Tag: fantasy
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Winnie’s Portrait
Jeremy exhaled slowly as his brush tip finished the lines of his signature “Jeremy Tacit” on the corner of the page. From the breast pocket on his shirt a little pixie popped out. She was small, with dark eyes, russet hair, and a deeply tanned body encased in green and orange feathers. She reached out…
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A Trip North
Aydin decided it was time to leave Carsiol since his ruse for pretending to be of the common folk was well known by the people. He needed a new town. As he thought about it, he thought of his brothers in their respective domains, cold castles and secluded manors that they rarely set foot out…
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Elissa and Torin
Torin sat with Elissa on the banks of the creek where they had met when they were children. Their feet dangled in the water and the passing fish occasionally stopped to nibble at their toes. It was a companionable silence between them as they listened to the birdcalls on the breeze and the gentle rhythm…
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Tea at Burlynn
“Really, Father, must I go?” Carina asked with impatience, storming after her father while her maid rushed after her with a parasol and gloves. “I’m not even meant to debut this season.” Gauvin Lucassen turned round and faced the daughter he had spoiled into a headstrong young woman. She had delayed her debut by insisting…
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Moon Prince
Lilliana was sweating under the weight of the heavy woolen cloak. Despite the shade of the forest, the summer sun reigned high overhead and made all of the apprentices warm. In three days the equinox would be upon the Mildian village, but before then the apprentices who had come of age needed to be assigned…
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Pollen Sample: Onyxdrift
Abramo was speaking animatedly about the properties of the pollen and how the pharmaceutical companies of Elysia would be especially interested in it as well as the rest of the flower that Kasper had made the mistake of coming into contact with. In trying to move the plant out of his way, it had discharged…
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Tullia’s Morning
Tullia lay awake and listened as the raindrops splashed on the leaves of the plants outside. She closed her eyes and internalized the soft rhythm, wishing she could will herself back to sleep with the help of the rain. She counted her breaths, in and out, trying to keep her mind still so that she…
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Incognito
It was freeing to walk through the town square on market day. A certain liveliness filled the air with townsfolk and merchants filling the space with their goods and coin and voices. It had been a couple of decades since Aydin had been able to relish this feeling of walking through the common folk. Being…
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A Portrait of Lilliana
Just start, Argus thought to himself. Just put a color on there. The blank canvas grew and loomed before him as the anxiety rooted itself deep into his chest, growing tendrils to knot around his stomach and creep up his throat. Beyond the canvas his subject sat patiently, a maid posed in the gown of…
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The Wildlife of Holbeck
Torin sat quietly at the kitchen table peeling potatoes while all around him the cooks and maids clamored about preparing the evening meal. Fires burned and pots clanged while the dishes clinked and the chef cursed. It was the same chaos every evening and Torin slipped out the back door as soon as he was…
Paper and Rabbits 