I. 📖 Reading Order

Start here if you are a new reader.

Volume I — Savannah + Water Hole

Chapter I - A Chase Through the Grass

Chapter II - Savannah Journey

📌 Links:

Purchase the retail version from the following storefronts.

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHV5ZQCF

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/terrors-in-the-brush

Royal Road:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/143008/terrors-in-the-brush

II. 🦖 Major Characters

Characters with POV weight or long-term narrative impact.

Raptors

Long Tail

Swift Foot

Small Toe

Enemies

Red Rhamphorhynchus — Hive-minded pterosaurs; sadistic and relentless

III. 🧠Worldviews & Philosophies

TITB is not factional—it is ideological.

Themes

• Predation As Bitter Necessity
• Survival Without Malice
• Violence Without Hatred
• Protection Without Force
• Loyalty vs Obligation
• Hierarchy vs Care
• Change as Threat / Change as Growth

IV. 🌍 Arcs & Structural Phases

Savannah Arc

Water Hole Arc

New Dawn arc

V. 🧬 Appendix Species Index

The Appendix is a structured expansion of the world beyond the core narrative.

It will explore species, behaviors, and ecological roles introduced—or never seen—within the story.

Rubirhamphorhynchus mordax

Terrasuchus iratus

Aerosynapsis fortudum

Issue #1 - Scale And Rage (Available for purchase at Google Play, titled The Appendix for The Brush: Scale And Rage)

Issue #2 - Coming Soon

VI. 🖼️ Art, Storyboards & Visual Canon

Official character art

Storyboards

Studies & early designs

Art I drew of Terrors In The Brush over 3 years ago.

Long Tail poses both colored and uncolored.

Several art pieces of Small Toe from Terrors In The Brush.

Several studies of Repenomamus, Drepanosaurus, and Long Tail.

Deprecated / prototype designs (clearly labeled)

VII. 🧵 Theories, Interpretations & YMMV

This section is explicitly non-canon.

Fan theories

Moral debates

Alternate readings

Reader interpretations

📌 Nothing here overrides canon unless stated by the author.

IX. ❓ FAQ & Boundaries

Is this queer text?

Likely the most pressing question on most reader's minds, but no, not primarily. However, Terrors in the Brush by no means condemns it. It simply paints queerness as another aspect of the natural world, an aspect usually ignored or skirted over in favor of violence and inter/intraspecies rivalry (usually depicted between males). Whilst this is not uncommon in our own reality, I seek to show that there are many more elements (like two males of the same or different species bonding with each other, or a mother having a crisis over nearly cannibalizing her own offspring) that can be just as interesting if not more.

Is this speculative evolution or fiction?

Speculative evolution elements are the spine of the story, but I absolutely wrote Terrors in the Brush to be fiction-first, an exploration of what happens when family does not equate to safety, and the idea that the ones who care for your life could also be the most dangerous to it. These are undeniably themes reserved for Shakespearean tragedies and ancient literature, not the realm of speculative fiction.

What is canon vs interpretation?

Canon is any name, event or character that the author declares as existing or having any effect in TITB's story world. Interpretation is an idea or way of thinking brought on by anyone who isn't the story's author that hasn't been deemed canon or official by said author. Interpretations and theories are highly encouraged here if the creator sees that they are made with enough thought and care, and are respectful of the universe's established characters, biomes, and limitations placed upon them.

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