Fantasy
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We stared at the sky watching the Earth burn. Some cried out at the site. Others stood with silent tears drenching their faces. “It’s ok. You’ll learn to love this world just like your own.” Behind the crowd the delegate from the Kritilian people stood with arms outstretched. “Come. You must be tired from your…
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Brilliant colors dance about the flames, as warriors stomp and chant the holy names. An ousted queen in silent reveries sits sadly as she no longer believes magic enough can gather from the trees. She ruled her land in grace and dignity, her kindness known throughout the lands and sea. But frightening whispered tales began…
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The black cat stared at me, her tail swishing back and forth. I never cared for cats. My grandmother’s Siamese in the Philippines would bite at my ankles as a child. Everyone lives in fear of that cat but Lola loved it and so the cat was going nowhere. Two decades later, I promised a…
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Many books tell the tales of children who have stumbled into magical worlds, whether it be through mirrors, wardrobes, tornadoes or other magical doorways. The reader is brought along on the journey and follow the child(ren) as they move through the stages of fear, confusion and fun. These stories usually end either one of two…
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The key fit into the door but it would not turn. He wiggled the key for a moment trying to finagle the lock. Still the key would not work. Some doors are best left locked. What if this was the door to the Amarthis Kingdom? Henry spent years trying to find his way to the…
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Autumn stared at her computer. The usual executives walked by not once noticing her vacant gaze. As long as the work kept getting done, she could be in a coma at her desk. Little did they know in those moments, she might as well have been. She was beyond the cubicle walls, away from the…
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Flames licked at the walls of the castle. Banners burned and armor melted. Thick smoke flooded the halls making it impossible to search for an exit. Word spread throughout the town of the fire. Soon all the townspeople stood outside their homes watching the devastation. It had long been rumoured that the royal family dabbled…
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He could not remember how many mortal years it had been since he had begun watching this tribe. As their designated guardian many moons ago, he witnessed the birth of the current leader, an elderly man who many believed to be almost 100 years old. Now this news did more than stun the being, and…
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