Tag: fantasy
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Unfortunate Circumstance
The young woman strode down the moonlit street. Fog, rolling in from the sea, billowed around the hem of her skirts. She much preferred these older cobble streets. They were one of the few remaining to be lit for the most part by the full moon herself with a few gas lanterns along the way.…
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Fire’s Soul – the King
The King bowed his head and sighed. This was the third time Trystan Dryden had requested an audience to complain about his brother. He refused to count the number of times Triton had come to the capitol for the same purpose. When will these boys ever learn? The King thought. His headache that had begun…
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Lost Wolf – The Run
“Bobby! C’mon, kiddo!” The grunts and huffs of running beasts grew louder behind us. “Denni, I don’t think we’re going to make it…” “Shut up and run!” “There must be hundreds of ‘em, Denni!” I glanced over at my brother, running beside me. His auburn hair, cut short and shaved close to his skull on the sides, had started to matte with sweat. His usually gelled…
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Lost Girl – Ambushed
Clowns, why did it have to be clowns? It could have been Kelpie, or even my mother-in-law for Pete’s sake, but instead I was granted with rainbow costumes, squeaky noses, obnoxiously permed bright-colored wigs, and oversized shoes – and as a real bonus, razor sharp teeth and claws. All I wanted was a nice, relatively…