An Epic Christmas: On The Twelfth Day…

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true Muse sent to me…

A Twelve-Sided Table from a Room with Twelve Doors

‘Malian…saw her own awe and wonder mirrored in Kalan’s face. The room’s twelve walls remained, but now the roof was far overhead and points of fire glimmered in the arched dome. Like stars, Malian thought, staring up—or meteors burning through space.

The twelve doorways, too, had grown tall, stretching toward the distant roof. Each frame was outlined in golden flame and the solid wooden do...