Before the portal runs, before the noble games, Godfried and Stubbs were just two unlucky prisoners in Fainsworth’s cruelest oubliette.

The Penitentiary of Fools is a brutal and darkly funny fantasy prelude in which inmates are not simply punished, but tested, wagered on, and thrown into savage spectacles for the amusement of men with power. Stubbs is sharp, wary, and built to survive. Godfried is half-drunk, badly behaved, and far more dangerous than anyone realizes. Together, they are about to discover that prison in Fainsworth is not merely a cage. It is an audition.

"The Penitentiary of Fools"

by Joseph Marseau