Doug Lefler

Tag Archives: Adventure

March 1, 2025

Red Outlaw and Wandering Star – Part One

The code of the old West dictated that sometimes you had to stand up to those who threatened your town or the woman you loved, even if the ones facing you weren’t of this Earth.

February 28, 2025

Once More In Hammer Clash

The few records that survived the sacking of Fergibben suggest that the renowned sword maker Turchier was an arrogant ass. Not wanting another’s work to surpass his own, Turchier refused to teach his metallurgic techniques to anyone, including his apprentice, who was his son. As a result, most of his artistry was lost, scattered, or melted with the kingdom’s fall.

June 30, 2022

“RIONAH”

War is Hell for an elf alone, but Rionah has found an unexpected friend. RIONAH is an alternate history WWII story with dieselpunk elements and mythical creatures. I wrote and illustrated RIONAH simultaneously in two formats. It is a standard comic, available HERE at storyattic.com, and it is also a vertical Scrollon®. The vertical scrolling

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April 5, 2022

Sir Tiro

Sir Tiro sought to distinguish himself by slaying a dragon, but he had no idea where or when it would take him.

January 10, 2022

Selects from my 2021 illustrations

Last year I sketched and painted a lot of aquatic-themed pieces. At the beginning of the year, sea shanties were trending on TikTok. Some of them found their way to me and influenced my work process. I am not a marine artist, but many a good adventure tale has begun with a sea voyage, and

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September 2, 2021

Courtship in the Forest of Extinction – Part 2

By Doug Lefler Bryn was gone for more than a week. “King Edryd wants me to perform for him?” the young man asked the emissary. They were standing to the side of the raised platform that served as a stage. The crowds were dispersing, but the clapping and shouting from the audience still reverberated in

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August 27, 2021

Courtship in the Forest of Extinction – Part 1

By Doug Lefler Bryn Oakkart was listening to the music of the stream at the center of Whispering Hollow when he saw her for the first time. Her eyes were so attentive and her smile so mysterious that he forgave her for not being human. At the age of sixteen, Bryn had fallen in love.

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June 27, 2021

Voyage Rhapsody 2

The Mysterious Passengers “Inform your Mistress that this will not stand.”             The surf was teasing the launch’s stern while three Krimsian Guards waited in the sand near the vessel’s bow. The sky and the beach were white, with sea birds attracted by the novelty of humans on their shores. “You have been paid in

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June 17, 2021

Voyage Rhapsody

1 “Overboard” “I probably deserve this,” Durn thought when the guards threw him from the forecastle of the Xebec. He felt a rush of warm evening air before the cruel ocean swallowed him. When he broke the surface of the water seconds later, Durn saw his former ship plowing relentlessly toward the horizon. The lanterns

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