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Fiery Night

A troubled young woman grapples with the boundaries of reality in this gripping, standalone story set in Kell Shaw’s Vestiges of Magic universe.

Half-human, rejected by society, Patience spends her days doing hard labor in the Industrial Institution for Deviant Children. Escape is impossible and she daydreams of reuniting with her long lost mother. At night, she’s plagued by uncanny visions of a monstrous woman oozing dark tendrils and a mysterious half-elf screaming warnings of danger.

Patience fears she’s going mad, but when girls and nuns disappear, no-one seems interested in investigating further. She must overcome her own fears and the cages of the Institute to investigate the missing girls and piece together what’s going on.

When it seems like she might be forced to disappear altogether, Patience must work out what to believe and uncover the true secret of the Institution.

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About Kell Shaw

Kell Shaw is an author and avid tabletop roleplaying gamer, whose lifelong passion for fantasy—especially Shadowrun, the Lord of the Rings, and the World of Darkness—inspired him to create the Vestiges of Magic urban fantasy universe. Kell’s fascination lies with the modern world colliding with magic, and his stories explore the lives of individuals caught between these realms.
A picture of the author, Kell Shaw, looking into the middle distance. He's in his late forties, with grey hair, a scruffy beard, and cool leather jacket.

The Revenant Records

Check out the complete first season of the Revenant Records series.

1. Final Night

The cover of Final Night, by Kell Shaw

2: Feral Night

3. Fractured Night

Welcome, reader

I’m Kell Shaw, writer of immersive urban fantasy stories in the Vestiges of Magic universe.

Check out the short story below to see if my world and writing are your cup of tea.

The Feral Library

There are few magical librarians left in our modern world. Not because there’s a shortage of individuals who’d like to care for secret collections and forbidden tomes, but because most of the enchanted libraries that survived the end of the Age of Magic have gone feral.

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