In today's episode, we're discovering the story of Elani, a lonely huntress, cast adrift in a world of violence and magic.
Set hundreds of years after the Apocalypse, Elani's world is one of constant danger - and, thanks to a disaster, long lost to memory, home to a never-ending storm that threatens to swallow the earth.
But, Elani isn't the only inhabitant of the Drowned World - and upriver, darker creatures dwell.
Download and keep this episode's original short story:
ashtales.com/drowned-world-part-1-elani/
Get featured on the podcast:
ashtales.com/short-story-submissions/
Short stories exploring the end of the world.
From nuclear Armageddon to bio-engineered super plague, humanity has an age-old obsession with the end of the world.
Each week, we'll be sharing a self-contained short story, exploring what life might be like at the end of the everything.
Learn more: https://ashtales.com/