The Name of Evil
The Name of Evil
This is the first chapter of an ongoing webnovel and an attempt to start up adding more short stories and webnovels on this Substack account. In the vein of old magazines like Weird Tales or The Magic Carpet Magazine, I would like to add illustrations to the stories as well.
The Name of Evil Chapter 3
[Author’s Note: Sorry for the delay on this story but here’s another chapter for this weekend.] Morbid Ink is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Lost in thought, he did not see the shadowed figure standing along a wall. The solid punch landed square in the middle of Hilko’…
The Name of Evil Chapter 4
After the two jail guards pulled Hilko from the cell, they bound his hands to one of the cell bars before giving him a vicious beating. Intended for his fellow prisoners to witness, the guards nearly killed him. When Hilko flopped down on the filthy stone floor back inside the cell, he had broken ribs and a concussion. None of his fellow prisoners bothe…
The Name of Evil Chapter 5
“Pay attention!” Hilko’s tense voice brought Silna out of her memories. “Yeah, I got it.” She stiffened.Morbid Ink is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As they wound their way through the abandoned shafts, the man and woman focused on the intentionally obscure signs engra…
The Name of Evil Chapter 6
The quiet pair made the long trek out of the tunnels, their minds trying to decipher the deal just made. They carefully followed their path back to the surface, spilling out into the dark, quiet street.Morbid Ink is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
The Name of Evil Chapter 7
[Author’s Note: As a reminder, I hope you’ll become a paid subscriber if you like the stories coming to Morbid Ink. Click on the Subscribe Now button for pricing and benefits.] Hilko and Silna arrived at the Shadow Walk, named for the nearly constant shadowed area from the overhanging cliff. After carefully dodging patrols of Amryno guards along an uphil…
The Name of Evil Chapter 8
[Author’s Note: My apologies as I sent out Chapter 9 before this chapter.] Hilko held out the candle before him while he carefully crept to the area. Three arched entrances came into view. The smell of rotting flesh reached them, and they halted. Right below the middle entrance was a large mound of broken stone. Carefully, Hilko held his nose and crept c…
The Name of Evil Chapter 9
An immediate chill went through Hilko. The most precious object on the island, the Nalith, was the most remarkable symbol used by the Conclave of Chara. "The Priests of the Conclave will never rest trying to find us for stealing that orb." "No, you can't be right," he insisted. "Nobody but the Chara gets to see this relic. How can you know this?"
The Name of Evil Chapter 10
On Charax, Hilko and Silna found getting back through the fissure to the tunnel easier and faster as they followed the slope down. Soon they were back in the mineshaft leading to the three arched entrances. Silna followed Hilko, remaining uncharacteristically quiet. She listened to his excited chatter about what they had just accomplished.
The Name of Evil Chapter 11
The candle went out as Hilko gave a quick yell, falling back into the debris mound. "Ha, I've always wanted to do that." Hilko stared into the dark before him, trying to recover as the ghost suddenly became visible. "Yeah, real funny." The runner started trying to light his candle again. It was easier now with the blue haze of his ghastly visitor near him.…
The Name of Evil Chapter 12
Silna quietly waited for her death inside a cramped, water-filled cell deep in the Guryo tunnels used as a prison by Regaar. Curled in a fetal position on a rough outcropping in the hollowed-out room, the woman tried not to move. However, she inadvertently shook in the cool, damp air, lying on top of the cold rock that drained her body's heat. Silna was…
The Name of Evil Chapter 13
They finally reached the exit from Jossop’s tunnels, into one of the main tunnels to the surface. Hilko realized why no one knew about the miner’s secret passage. The shaft came out over a pool of water inside an enormous cavern created from years of rainwater leaching into the area.
The Name of Evil Chapter 14
He was a dead man. Or soon, he would be. Hilko knew in his soul that Jenrar would betray him. That’s why he stopped there. She would take this route to find Regaar. Hilko was trying to figure out if he could kill the woman. He pulled out his dagger and then slammed it back into the sheath. Disgusted at his weakness, he cussed at himself. He knew he coul…