The Night Court
The city of Vanadur suffers under the thumb of the Night Court¸ whose bailiffs snatch random people off the streets and whose masked judges know only one verdict: guilty. Meldom¸ thief¸ cutpurse and occasional assassin¸ is one of those who are snatched off the streets and put on trial by the Night Court. The accusation: murder. But while Meldom may have done many questionable things in the past¸ he knows that he did not commit this particular murder. However¸ the Night Court is not inclined to believe him and so it's up to Thurvok¸ Sharenna and Lysha to save him from the gallows. This is a short story of 7100 words or 25 print pages in the Thurvok sword and sorcery series¸ but may be read as a standalone. Includes an introduction and afterword.