Tales of Strings: Three Short Steps

The Story

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:
Strings Are Attached
Crush Depth
Knighttime
Sticks and Straws
Three Short Steps (You are here)
 Varsity Vixens

If you are interested in future stories, you can check out the Knights of Justice Catalogue.

Next time on the Knights of Justice: Bound by Love and Grace

Igor needs money, a lot of it, and takes a second job working for DeliverFly. He's happy delivering packages, but he's exhausted all the time, and his skill in battle as a Knight suffers. His teammates start to notice, but he loves this new job. He loves his co-workers, and this job might just give something he wants so badly, but can't tell his friends about. It might also give him a lot more than that. 

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!

Chibi Knights by Nox Butterspace on vgen.

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

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