Fantasy
The Man in the Black Coat
It was getting late on Sunday, and Jacob Waknosky had been working since eight. His boss had called him in on his day off because another employee was sick. It was against the law for Jacob to say no to his boss because enough pro-capitalist extremists had gotten elected to office to make what they called 'pro business' laws. This made it very difficult to be an employee, but businesses were thriving. The government made it illegal not to have a job, so everybody worked, even those with severe disability’s. Have you ever seen somebody with no arms try to mine for coal with a pickaxe in his mouth? Jacob had, and it sickened him. To make matters worse, they had converted everything to solar a decade prior, making coal obsolete.
By Alex H Mittelman 4 years ago in Fiction
The Toddler and the Dragon
Deianeira did her best to creep through the Enchanted Forest, the screams of the humans and the roars of her kin a resounding chorus urging her faster. Stealth was never her strongest ability, as she had reached full maturity several centuries ago.
By Madison Rankin4 years ago in Fiction
The Drake
Kieren wiped the sweat off his face with a blistered hand. It was unrelenting, and he never felt so useless. As if on cue, a deep, guttural scream rang through the forest. He looked up at his cabin at the edge of the woods and sighed. He grabbed another hunk of wood, set it carefully on the stump, raised his heavy axe, and split the wood into two smaller sizes. He brushed them aside and reached for another. He had been chopping wood since before sunrise, and almost all the upcoming winter’s wood was chopped.
By Mayra Martinez4 years ago in Fiction
The Dragon Lost to the World
Ashes rained down from the red soaked sky. The Alpha star setting in the North while the Minor star rose in the South, both barely visible through the hazy pollution of Kronsphere. Trees still smoldering, crackle with new life, remnants of the fourth Great Burn.
By K.H.A. Wassing4 years ago in Fiction
The Silver Dragon and the Flower Girl
Mazril had been wandering this world for many years. He had done so long enough that he knew what to expect. Humans were rather protective of their younglings, enough so that they didn’t let them venture far out of sight, leading to his stunned reaction as he stared down at a rather small human.
By Sophia Murray4 years ago in Fiction
Gift
{Ravinn, One} Thud. A tremor laced the ground, heavy and powerful, enough to wake me from my dozing. I was turned on my side, curled and filthy, with tear stains streaked across my face. Hours upon hours of sobbing had reduced me to nothing more but the frightened infant I was, weak from my own cries.
By Bridget Couture4 years ago in Fiction
It's All Hours
Varvale was the name of the forest. Autumn was a dawn rolling over the canopy from the inside and working its way out. A pond lay beneath it. It wore the sky like a mask. Mostly blue, the pale of peace. The underbrush was bearded with leaves, branches, shrubs, dirt, lichen, and moss. The dead stuck out like bits of food in that beard. They’d been camped next to the pond.
By Matthew Daniels4 years ago in Fiction
Shadow & Scales
It was twilight in the forest of dragons. Time for Basal to hunt. The green dragon stretched his wings in the clearing. He looked back to see his mate Sylva, her wings sheltering three new hatchlings nuzzled up to her warm belly, bits of shell clinging to their lanky frames. Basal thrummed with pride and delight.
By Dave Trumbore4 years ago in Fiction
LORE'S PRIZED TREASURE
LORE’S PRIZED TREASURE: A SHORT STORY BY: NICOLE TORINO WAGNER Noa’s parents, King Archer and Queen Deann, weren’t like most. While other young were red in the cheeks from love pinches, or raspberry stains from their mothers lips, her’s spent lengthy time away in foreign lands or holding council. Noa didn’t understand any of those words, but she did know it was unfair. Why didn’t her mommy and daddy want to be with her? All she had was Lou, her nurse maid, who would often put Noa in solitude.
By Nikki Torino Wagner4 years ago in Fiction
