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Tag: fantasy

Lessons

The Warped Reflection

4 Apr 202211 Apr 2022
A Longing Heart) My latest short story is centered on a young woman, Freida, who has just broken up with her lover, Lukas. Freida returns home to try and forget…
Lessons

A Proper Drama

24 Jan 202231 Jan 2022
An Outsider) I recently watched the latest Disney animated film, Encanto, which tells the story of a most magical family. Each member of the Madrigal household has been gifted with…
Lessons

The Love of Magic

30 Aug 202131 Dec 2021
Obsessed With the Unreal) Why are stories so full of magic and surrealism? Why do fantasy and sci-fi novels dominate the industry? Even stories based in the real world push…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Fourteen

4 Aug 202131 Dec 2021
Cace couldn't tell whether she was alive or not. Her face was still submerged in the water, so it wasn't possible that she was breathing, but was she being sustained…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Thirteen

28 Jul 202131 Dec 2021
Cace shivered all over, then slowly rose to his feet. Earlier that day he had stood with a foot in both the overworld and the Ether, not seeing either in…
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Covalent: Part Twelve

21 Jul 202131 Dec 2021
"Please no!" Aylme moaned, but as she looked up to where the sling scraped over the bough she could see that the fibers of fabric were peeling apart more and…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Eleven

14 Jul 202131 Dec 2021
Aylme struck the flint against the rock again. This time the sparks fell where she wanted: into the shredded scraps of old cloth. The fibers quickly ignited and she leaned…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Ten

7 Jul 202131 Dec 2021
Cace observed an inexplicable shift in the Ether. There was a change, a sense of pressure...but what it meant he could not tell. He took his attention off of Rolar…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Nine

30 Jun 202131 Dec 2021
Back in the overworld, Aylme found herself in quite the predicament. The one positive thing was that Rolar's condition seemed to have improved. His ever-weakening pulse had finally returned to…

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