title: Monsters and Dust: A Novella
author:  Jacob Glidewell 
description: Jacob Glidewell is the author of a non-fiction work on schizophrenia, but his first love is fiction. He and his wife and daughters reside in North Central Texas.
zlib_text: TRACES OF SULFUR
  Blade Keeper Academy #1
  MADELINE FREEMAN
  
  Contents
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  Chapter 25
  Chapter 26
  Chapter 27
  Chapter 28
  Also by Madeline Freeman
  About the Author
  
  Copyright © 2020 Madeline Freeman
  Cover Art © 2020 EmCat Designs
  All rights reserved.
  First Edition: August 2020
  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely
  coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.
  For information:
  http://www.madelinefreeman.net
  
  Chapter One
  I BIT BACK a curse as the second person in less than a minute bumped into
  me with such force that I almost lost my footing. The crisp autumnal air that
  had been circulating its calming influence through the city 