The Vrikt fiefdom has been plagued by internal strife ever since the urloc Lord Vrikt cast a spell to create magical progeny from many of the women who lived there. His progeny have been battling it out for the throne and killing or subjugating their half-siblings until there are only two real contenders left.
    Ytriam, Darke Elf king of the ( Read more... )

A week from Tuesday was not more convenient for Prince Frederick. 10 days. One third of a month wasted in not seeing her. Not even knowing if Elaine really was the girl he danced with. “What if she isn’t?” he thought. “Then that would be 10 days of not looking for the purple butterfly while I wait only to find it is the wrong girl. Still, Sir James ( Read more... )

I'm sorry. I don't have anything to add to Cinderella this week. Instead I offer a children's story I wrote many years ago. It was an assignment for my science class. In spite of a notable lack of anything even approaching science, my teacher enjoyed it enough to give me a good grade. I hope you enjoy it also.

Light at Night
An alternate theory of ( Read more... )

‘Prince Frederick was a panther ( Read more... )

Elaine was roused from her sleep to help her stepsisters undress when they arrived home. Lady Honoria went quickly to her bed, but the girls were far too excited to sleep. So they kept Elaine busy helping them brush the powder from their hair, a captive audience, while they tried to outdo each other with tales of their first royal function and the ( Read more... )

(Brother_ Order, EAK and I started a chain story some years ago. Life intervened, and our entries got more sporadic. I think we are now ready to continue it. If you'd like to read the first part of the story, see Brother_Order's post on October 12, 2008. I have also posted some episodes in May and June of this year.)

Felix noticed that the door to ( Read more... )

Hchahn started awake. She was warm, lying on a blanket near a fire. Across from her, tendrils of darkness swirled around the hermit Cython. One long tendril pulled back from her direction and shrank into the rest. As Cython opened his eyes, the darkness flowed into him and he became more solid.

“Master Cython.” Hchahn said in amazement. “You used ( Read more... )

After parting ways with Entwise, Hchahn eventually found herself in human lands. Of all creatures, humans were the most baffling. Their capacity for destruction was virtually unlimited and they made only the most casual effort at civilization as a whole. Their rules of conduct were inconsistent from town to town, even from person to person. What ( Read more... )

Part 3

Hchahn collapsed exhausted at the base of a tree. She had been running through the woods for what felt like forever. Time had lost its meaning. It was getting dark. And cold. She could hardly move. She wasn’t sure where she was or how she had gotten there. Those things didn’t seem important. She wasn’t even sure who she was for that matter.

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Eventually Brianna became aware that she was still in the woods. She sat up gingerly. Her body ached from the sobs that had wracked it. Still shaking, she marshaled her strength to stand.

Maybe not yet.

Brianna lowered her throbbing head into her hands. Directed thought was still too painful.

She heard the birds calling to each other. The trees ( Read more... )