The Book of Forgotton Tales


You enter the building. Books, thousands of books. It must be a library or some such, you think to yourself. 'Looks like it has been abandoned for decades.' You walk along a corridor, each footstep resonating endlessly through the bookcases. You turn up to your torch, to make sure it was still alight, it was. Something caught your eye on the floor. You kneel down beside an object, a book. Not particularly unique, it was larger than the others. It looked sturdy, but quite old. In fine gold manuscript, written on the cover was 'The Book of Forgotten Tales'. You seem enthralled by the book.
You pick it up and move it over to a small desk. You ignite an ancient oil lamp, surprisingly still full with oil. You flip the book open and stumble across and index page, it reads:

Metholae's Revenge
The Fall of Metholae
Chances
The Ruins of the Kharbesh Wilds

©2004 Colm Boyd