The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 22
She woke in the gray light of predawn, and everyone else was stirring as well. Hastily eating a light breakfast of whatever remained from the previous evening, the group quickly packed the few things they…
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The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 21
She awoke next morning feeling better than she had for many days. She pushed the covers back and got slowly to her feet, noticing that the other beds in the room were all empty. She…
The Bluebird: Bluebird Helps Ananse
By: Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 1338 Rated: PG (mild combat) Summary: A fantasy short story setting where Bluebird ventures out from an island to find the genies. The Bluebird Being the son…
C. S. Lewis and the Calormenes: A Critique of Narnia’s Arabesque Baddies
Stereotyping all things “other” has been something of a given in the history of humanity since the first concepts of tribal, religious, and territorial distinctions emerged. The East and West divide between Christians…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 20
Evin stepped off the step and then suddenly laughed. He turned to her, sweeping her up in a strong embrace, swinging her around like he had done ever since she was a little girl. “Fia-sister!”…
The Minstrel and the Apple: A Story of Avalon and Robin Hood
In the depths of Sherwood Forest, under a spreading apple tree, a figure halfway between man and tree dozed in the spring sunshine. His name was Ablach, the Treeman of Apples. He had other titles,…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 19
It was a fair piece to Brethil, and the sun lying warm on their weary shoulders seemed to invite the travelers to slow their pace and linger in the comfortable embrace of golden light on…
The Nosy Elf Problem
By Donna L. Ferguson Dudley Word Count: 180 Rating: G Summary: A plan is hatched to foil the Elf on the Shelf 'Twas the week before Christmas and inside the house, All was quite decorated…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 19
It was a fair piece to Brethil, and the sun lying warm on their weary shoulders seemed to invite the travelers to slow their pace and linger in the comfortable embrace of golden light on…
Cutting the Cord: A Game of Thrones Serial – Epilogue: Scarlet-Fringed Rose
20 Years Later, in the Mountains of Davneros… The twilight of life fell softly over the woods, at the edge of the lake, lapping at the edges thirstily, like a tale of tongues, told…