L. R. G. Carter

Stories

Here's a few stories. More to follow!

Shanks Family Curse

When Armitage watches his parents fall foul of an ancient family curse, it leaves him somewhat out of sorts. His new guardians are retired pirates, so their solution to every problem is high adventure on the seven seas. They’re soon dragging Armitage over the waves, to face whatever the ocean can throw at them. Armitage needs to hurry up and convince them that his depression calls for more than just fresh air and exercise. Otherwise it’s only a matter of time before the Shanks Family Curse strikes again...

Thumbnail of the cover of Shanks Family Curse, showing a gobin sat on a rock amid a misty sea. There is a seagull on his head.

What Urbi Did Next

The events of Shanks Family Curse left Urbi Hotep with a couple of unresolved issues.

Most pressingly, she still needs to vanquish the invaders that long ago conquered her home. The invaders that enslaved her people and fed them to carnivorous fish-things. The invaders that are nearing the end of their plans for total world domination.

What Urbi Did Next is a short follow-up tale to Shanks Family Curse.

Thumbnail of the cover of What Urbi Did Next, showing a Sea People enforcer riding some sort of hideous fish monster.

Shanks Family Legacy

Armitage is not having the best of times. Fresh from watching his family die, he's now having to spend the weekend in a haunted house!

On the one hand, survival could win him a share of his family inheritance. On the other, bodies are starting to pile up, and Armitage suffers the extra vulnerability of that whole family curse thing.

Still, inherited wealth makes the pain of life worth suffering, right?

Shanks Family Legacy is the long awaited sequel to Shanks Family Curse!

Thumbnail of the cover of Shanks Family Legacy, showing a dissected rat-like thing with its innards arranged in an educational display. The rat-like thing looks happy about this situation.