Tales of Strings: Three Short Steps

On an ordinary trip to the mall, Andy watches a man die of a heart attack, and is utterly unable to save him. He learns of a page on the internet run by "The Judge" that passes judgement on the people of Midvale, and the sentence is death. Andy and Dorothy take it upon themselves to stop The Judge, but his methods remain elusive. Andy is going to need every ounce of his wits to save the next victim, because if he doesn't, then it will be the Knights he passes judgement on next.

Tales of Strings: Three Short Steps is a novella in the Knights of Justice series. It takes place before the events of Varsity Vixens, though you don't need to have read the other entries in the series to enjoy this one. It takes place in the same universe as the other Tales of Strings series but stands independently.

As an important content note, this story contains numerous depictions of death and a bit of suicidal ideation discussion. It is not for the faint of heart. As such, I do not feel right charging money for it, and have disabled all monetization. If you want to give me money, give it to a charity instead, they need the help more.

The Knights of Justice Series

In chronological order:
Crush Depth
Knighttime
Sticks and Straws
Three Short Steps (You are here)
 Varsity Vixens

There are many more Knights of Justice stories to come!

Next time on the Knights of Justice: Strings Are Attached.

After a battle with squirrel hybrids, Dorothy chews out her teammates for their sloppy form. She's under a lot of stress, and the new yoga place that opened in a mini-mall seems promising. Dorothy soon finds her mood improving, not to mention she gets to sleep at a reasonable hour. She even finds herself wanting to hang out with Jamie and the others. The only problem is that she can't really seem to remember what happened at the last yoga session, and finds herself becoming less herself, and more like someone pretending to be herself.

Important Contents: 

This is a novel with minor transformation elements. Unlike most of the Tales of Strings series, this one is not sexually explicit. There are explicit descriptions in the story of violence, death, and suicidal ideation.

Statistics: 110 pages, 37000 words. 3 full-page images by artist Judith plus title.
A zip file is included with hi-res versions of the in-story images as well.

Other Works by these authors: 

Salty Justice is the chair of the Bottled Starlight game studio. This story takes place in the String Tyrant universe (sort of), which is tangential to Runes of Pandemonium. If you like this novel, you'll probably find something to like in those games. 

Judith (aka Blue Orchid) the artist is on VGen, Bluesky, and Instagram! Go check her out!

Special Thanks: Editing/Proofreading/EPUB formatting by MarioneTTe. Stinkehund for adding title lettering.

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