Fantasy
Gnomes - book review
Gnomes By Wil Huygen, Rien Poortvliet (illustrator) Book review- no spoilers 1976 - Holland, 1977 – USA 212 Pages From the limited contact I have had with folks from previous generations, it is clear this book has made the rounds. I understand it adorned many a tabletop since its inception in the 1970s. How different my life would have been had I discovered this book at a young age. Then again, perhaps I did, and this experience is a reopening of past chapters... I digress.
By Jordan J Hall5 years ago in Fiction
Silent Knight
It was late. I should have been asleep, but I had a secret duty to attend to. Phillipe had been limping each night as we stopped to rest. He was a magnificent horse; strong, tall, and swift, and he served as steed to Mikhail, the knight I squired for. Mikhail loved that horse, and so I did all that I could to keep him healthy. I outfitted him with different shoes, I made sure he had a healthy diet, and I even took to carrying some of the saddlebags as we marched. But when all that started to fail, I used magic.
By Dexter Davison5 years ago in Fiction
Dystopian Gods of Amara
Asherah was still sitting in her palace room surrounded with emptiness and memories of times gone by. She fiddled with the necklace around her neck – her birth right and felt the power surging around her hands. She remembered the good old days of when she, Yam and El first met, and how they had saved the universe. The first war.... Her reverie broken; a booming knock came to the door.
By Karen Quinn5 years ago in Fiction
The Story of Helel (Chapters 1&2)
1. A MEADOW OF WILLOWS There was nothing, and then there was everything. An intelligent being, born not as an infant nor as one wise with age, opened his eyes for the first time. His senses tingled with curiosity as the world introduced itself. The new sounds graced him in passing. The sensations were glorious; a rush, if you will.
By Alanna McNiel5 years ago in Fiction
The Stars In Her Eyes
She stared at the stars above her, relishing in the feeling of gentle winds and the sounds of soft crickets. She named all the constellations one by one. The Twins. The Branches of Virtue stretching across the Arms of the Lovers. Sync had often wondered about the lovers in the sky. How they could always found each other in their infinite lives, even though their love was forbidden and they were separated time after time. When Sync first heard it, she laughed. What a silly story, in all the world how were they able to find each other? It seemed impossible and subject to belief. At least that’s what she was told back when she was a servant--a slave. There was a time where she believed such things, but since her first shift in her life, Sync Roastleaf wasn’t quite sure what she believed.
By Daniel DeShazer5 years ago in Fiction
The Empress III
Hello My name is Eden, I am the empress of grace land today I will tell you the story of how i became empress it is quite a journey. I will begin with what started all of this, i was six years old when my mother died so that left me with my father don't get me wrong my father is a great man, he made sure that i had the best education and the best of everything because he wanted me to become empress one day, but i had other plans i wanted to fight beside my father and fight for our country so in my early day i took lessons on how to become a great warrior like my father, my aunt was the one to teach me she always made sure i had the best training but my father did not like the idea of a young lady fighting in a war so i made sure to keep quite about y training with auntie vel. Eventually once i grew up i became the best ahead of my class my 16th birthday was coming up soon and that's when things started to change for me, on a young lady 16th birthday she is bestowed to become a woman so she must marry and have children but the thought of marrying and having children did not cross my mind one bit, i was too worried about father he soon begin to fall ill and i knew soon i will have to become empress of my kingdom, so here's something about my family my mother she was a goddess in her time before she met my father, once they met they instantly fell in love but the Gods did not like the idea of the goddess of life loving a human so they stripped her of her power and banished her to earth to live the rest of her days as a human but before they could do so the Goddess was barring a child and she asked the Gods that they watch after her baby after she is long gone from the earth and they agreed. So it was Harmony the Goddess of life was banished to earth where she had her baby girl Eden. As the day's went on beautiful baby girl Eden grew stronger and on her 3rd birthday the God of righteousness came to visit her and gifted her the power of righteousness and so along with the other gods and goddess they each gave her a bit of their power to show the young empress her true self who she will become. Once I turned 5 my mother fell very ill I didn't see her much in these times she was always in her room but when i did mother sang this song to me that was so beautiful it could light up the whole world with just it's words even though at that time I didn't understand what she was saying but that didn't matter to me I got to see mother smile and that's what I wanted more than anything in the world. After that day I never seen mother smile again it's like she was gone and then she was! that day the sky cried for a long time father says, that day I met some new friends who will change everything for me Lily and peter they are the best honestly 10 years later it's just us me and my best friends or is it? Anyway guys this is my story so welcome to my world Grace land where anything is possible.
By Amora Rose5 years ago in Fiction
King Alvin (Chapter 1)
1. CAREER CHANGE My past isn’t all that impressive. I lived in a small, one bedroom stone hut with my mother on the outskirts of a small town called Highland, several miles away from the giant port city: Mai. Let’s just say that I was a dreamer; I was absolutely certain that there was some great destiny for me to fulfill; perhaps as a noble knight, or even a mysterious scholar. My mother often took me to the library where I would study all sorts of maps and the history of every single kingdom to ever exist. When I was thirteen, I traveled alone to Mai and began my knight apprenticeship under Sir Rochel: a difficult man.
By Alanna McNiel5 years ago in Fiction
Defiance
Ali gazed over the tree line as darkness faded into the glow on the horizon. The twin moons lost luster before the rising sun. Brief wisps of fog dispersed, revealing the valley below. Her sharp vision searched for motion, found none. She sniffed the air for signs of life, residue of wood smoke mingling with varied scents of the forest. And was that…? Yes. Delicate yet irrepressible, just strong enough to trace. She could almost taste the fresh bread cooling below. With a warm, cheerful grin, she began her descent down the rough mountain path.
By Patti Larsen5 years ago in Fiction
Defiance
Gault’s eyes were closed, dark hair wreathing his pale skin, clinging in strings to his cheeks and forehead. His chest rose and fell with ragged unevenness, breath harsh gasps. His face appeared gaunt, cheeks and eyes sunken. Ali felt the fist of ice tighten one last time.
By Patti Larsen5 years ago in Fiction
