{"id":14739,"date":"2026-05-19T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/?p=14739"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:32:41","slug":"14739","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/?p=14739","title":{"rendered":"Sand and Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sand-and-Storm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beneath the relentless sun, the desert lives.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient powers stir beneath shifting dunes. Serpents coil in forgotten<br \/>\nruins. Djinn bargain in the shadows of crumbling cities while monsters<br \/>\nfrom old legends stalk the sands beneath burning skies. Travelers,<br \/>\ntreasure hunters, warriors, and wanderers discover that the desert does<br \/>\nnot forgive the weak\u2014and some creatures were never meant to be found.<\/p>\n<p> From scorching wastelands and haunted tombs to and storm-wracked<br \/>\ncaravans, Sand and Storm gathers a thrilling collection of fantasy tales<br \/>\nfilled with deadly beasts, ancient magic, and the mysteries buried<br \/>\nbeneath the sands.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring stories of fiery serpents, cursed creatures, mythic horrors,<br \/>\nand the brave souls who dare to face them, this anthology invites you<br \/>\ninto a world where every grain of sand may hide danger . . . and every<br \/>\nstorm may awaken something ancient.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the desert\u2014if you dare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the relentless sun, the desert lives. Ancient powers stir beneath shifting dunes. Serpents coil in forgotten ruins. Djinn bargain in the shadows of crumbling cities while monsters from old legends stalk the sands beneath burning skies. Travelers, treasure hunters,[&hellip;]<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/?p=14739\">&darr; Read the rest of this entry&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diaries","uentry","postonpage-1","odd","post-author-medron-pryde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14742,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions\/14742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofharts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}