The Trickster's Game

Edinburgh is at its most chaotic.
That's exactly why no one notices what's wrong.

The Fringe has taken over the city. Streets are packed, stages are full, and stories are everywhere. But beneath the noise, something older is moving.

People aren't dying. They're being emptied.

Fear is being shaped, gathered, and fed on. And as the pattern spreads, it becomes clear this isn't random. It's deliberate.

Brodie recognises the game. He's seen it before, long ago, and he knows how it ends. Badly.

As the city begins to twist in subtle, impossible ways, Dan, Lisa, and Anika are pulled into something far bigger than they understand. At the centre of it is a force that feeds on despair, a man who thinks he can control it, and a past that refuses to stay buried.

Because this isn't just chaos.

It's a move in a much older game.

And this time, no one is playing to win.

Brodie has always played his own game, but this time the stakes are different.

Dan is still trying to understand what he is, and whether that matters when everything starts to break.

Lisa wants answers. Anika wants control. Neither of them are going to get what they want.

The deeper they go, the clearer it becomes that this isn't just about stopping something dangerous. It's about understanding why it was allowed to happen in the first place.

And somewhere beneath it all, something ancient is watching the board reset, patient enough to wait for the next move.

The Trickster's Game is a darkly funny Scottish urban fantasy set during the Edinburgh Fringe, where folklore and modern life collide.

A standalone story set in the world of Soon Enough, it expands the Thin Places universe, where ancient forces move quietly beneath modern Scotland.

If you like myth woven into the everyday, flawed characters, and stories where humour and darkness sit side by side, this is a world where nothing is quite what it seems - and no one gets out unchanged.