FANTASY ADVENTURE HUMOR

Werner and the Alchemist

Wizarding is best left to the wizards

Patrick Metzger

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Fictions

9 min readJul 27, 2021

I was lounging away the effects of a long evening at the Crying Man when Darvyn knocked on my bedchamber door.

As I review a long, misspent life and all the times I’ve almost died horribly — and there have been a shocking number, considering my lifelong commitment to…

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FANTASY ADVENTURE HUMOR

Werner and the Alchemist

Wizarding is best left to the wizards

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