The Wight Family Motto

3/27/2016

I've just discovered my ancient family motto. Prepare yourself for this, because it's true, even though it sounds like I'm making it up. Ready?

"A Wight man never wants a weapon."

In case you might be unfamiliar with the secondary definition of "want," this means "A Wight man never lacks a weapon," or in other words, "A Wight man is never unarmed."

Doesn't that sound awesome? I'm going to have to work that into a story at some point. I'll include a picture of my family crest below, in case you still don't believe me.

Also, please allow me to remind you once again: I'm sending out another short story to the mailing list on April 1st. That's this Friday. Sign up now, or miss it forever!*

-Will

*By 'forever,' I mean I'll send it to you if you ask me by email, but I'd appreciate it if you just subscribed to the mailing list. It's much easier to send all the stories out at once.

31 Comments

Harlequin

3/27/2016 12:20:23 pm

What animal heads are those on the crest? A couple of harnessed Bears? or something else?

James Johnson

3/28/2016 07:08:17 am

I was going to ask the same thing, Maybe a llama or something.

Will link

3/28/2016 07:28:56 am

I honestly don't know. My first thought was bears because of the rounded ears, but it could be dogs. Or otters.

Whatever they are, they look very surprised.

Aaron

3/27/2016 12:53:32 pm

...so all Wight men have entered Valinhall and- at minimum- mastered the armory?

Will link

3/28/2016 07:29:18 am

I thought it was a very Valinhall-esque motto.

Brian Cody

3/27/2016 05:32:35 pm

Is the short story set in the the Travelers' World again? By that I mean pretty please have it set in the that world!! I'm having withdrawal from it!

Will link

3/28/2016 07:30:02 am

What? I just gave you a Traveler's Gate story! What does it take to satisfy your endless hunger, you insatiable cur?

Nikk

3/28/2016 02:57:52 pm

A new trilogy of a trilogy of Travels Gate Books!

Nikk

3/28/2016 02:56:56 pm

April 1st? Am I being Trolled? Wait.. there are no trolls in the Travelers Gate or Elder Empire Universe.. Am I being Incarnationed or Elder Spawned?

Billiam

4/1/2016 01:39:59 pm

I do believe we've been planked. No story :(

John

4/1/2016 03:18:39 pm

Thanks for the brief story Will, and keep up with your sense of humor!!!

Will link

4/9/2016 01:55:36 pm

Thanks, John! I couldn't lose it if I tried.

4/1/2016 03:44:42 pm

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL STORY!!!! haha

Will link

4/9/2016 01:56:01 pm

It's really a more distilled, refined version of my original vision.

James Johnson

4/1/2016 03:50:26 pm

For those of you who haven't read the story yet are missing out. Best one yet.

Brian

4/1/2016 03:56:18 pm

The story was pretty good my good sir!

Christina

4/1/2016 05:28:25 pm

Absolutely hilarious! That was incredibly enjoyable. Thank you so much! I certainly needed that after the exorbitant amount of schoolwork I've been accomplishing since professors seem to thrive on slamming students simultaneously the last month of the semester :-)

Will link

4/9/2016 01:56:38 pm

That's how professors work, Christina. They cooperate to produce the greatest degree of misery.

James

4/1/2016 05:40:21 pm

Haha I loved the line about interdimensional squatters rights

matt

4/2/2016 03:15:55 am

Angel

4/2/2016 10:24:25 am

Dude, why would you do that?

Will link

4/9/2016 01:56:54 pm

Malice.

Jeff

4/2/2016 02:42:06 pm

No story sent. I guess it was an April Fool's joke.

Will link

4/9/2016 01:54:59 pm

Nope! It went out on the first.

I mean, it WAS an April Fool's joke, but it was also a story.

Mark

4/2/2016 08:07:09 pm

Fun story :) There's a typo in there, though. "No go take a bath" should be "Now go take a bath", no?

Ben

4/3/2016 05:53:57 pm

The link to the story is dead. Unless this is a prank.

Will link

4/9/2016 01:54:24 pm

The link worked for me, Ben. Have you checked your email security settings? Sometimes they kill links for your own protection.

But either way, I posted the story on the latest blog post! Check it out!

stephen

4/4/2016 06:59:58 pm

No story?

Will link

4/9/2016 01:53:37 pm

There is one! Check out the latest blog post if you didn't get it.

Ashton Wight

9/1/2016 12:50:13 pm

I am wondering if some how or some way we are related and this crest is my crest as well.

Will link

9/1/2016 02:39:23 pm

Hey! Another Wight!

I was checking into a hotel once, and I spelled my name to the guy at the desk, and he gave me a weird look and told me that the woman ahead of me had already told him. I had no idea who the woman was.

Turns out her last name was also Wight, she was also a writer, and we'd been booked to speak at the same conference.

TL;DR - the mirror universe is spilling over, send help.

In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.