Curiosity killed the cat. Or so the saying goes ... all Klane can hope is that curiosity doesn't also kill gnomes. Klane is an uncharacteristically adventurous gnome, who's been smitten with the urge to explore places of the world few people—let alone hill gnomes—would dare to go. Since he was able, he has sailed down the Amethyst River and her many distributaries to satisfy his wanderlust. When Klane finds himself in the bowels of an abandoned mine holding a valuable stone and a dead miner's journal, he knows his days of lighthearted adventure are over. The Journal and The Stone is a short story set in the high fantasy universe of The Winds of Taramore, you can find more published work from Matthew Taylor at his kindle profile here, or on authormatthewtaylor.com.