Delmen MacDougall lived a relatively comfortable life for a dwarf in Steamtown. He had his enchanting shop, his flat, and his health. He even had a friend. All he had to do was follow Governor Law's mandates to the letter. Non-citizens of Steamtown, called travelers, didn't make sticking to the mandates easy. They robbed him. They killed him, forcing him to resurrect. They hurled insults at him, calling him an "NPC," whatever that was.
When one traveler attacked his only friend in the world, Delmen eagerly abandoned his mandates and fought back. He earned himself a bounty that forced him to hide underground. Now a fugitive, Delmen must do everything in his power to gain his freedom again, and that meant clearing his bounty by whatever means necessary. The alternative, being captured by the guards and locked up in Steamtown Stockades for the rest of his life, was not an option.
Steamtown Chronicles GameLit Series
RJ Castiglione was raised in upstate New York until he moved to Boston in 2002 to attend Boston University, graduating with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Religion. Since 2006, he has worked as a technical support engineer and spends his days fixing software issues and writing technical documentation. His evenings and weekends, however, are spent penning short stories or grand novels that span multiple genres and niches within speculative fiction.
His stories are inspired in part by his interests in gaming and from his travels with his husband and friends.
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