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For Glory
High Fantasy. There’s an evil that lurks in the woods beyond the castle’s walls. A sort of sideways reply to a r/WritingPrompts post, but I still like how it turned out. 420 words.
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The Dying of the Light
Daily Writing Exercise: Superhero Fantasy. Sleeping lions aren’t always dead– leave your poking sticks at home. Another r/WritingPrompts reply. 539 words.
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The Place Where I Am Lying
Daily Writing Exercise: Historical Fantasy. Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling… Another r/WritingPrompts reply. 384 words.
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Sin Eaters
Daily Writing Exercise: Superhero/Urban Fantasy. Crime has always been about paying your debts, one way or another. Yet another r/WritingPrompts reply. 867 words. They’d been trying to kill Shadow for far longer than I’d been alive. Guns, knives, poisons, radiation, drowning, lava, vacuums– there’s little that villains, super and otherwise, hadn’t tried. He’s taken down corrupt […]
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Folk Tales and Family Legends
Daily Writing Exercise: Science Fiction. History’s rewritten by the victors. Yet another r/WritingPrompts reply. 895 words. “You’re old enough now to know the truth,” his grandfather said as they sat on the back porch watching the starflies blink in the growing dusk, “not just the smooth-edged lies they teach in school. I’m not the best […]
