PHOTO PROMPT © Nancy Richy Blue Wave Have you heard the old saying: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Sometimes, maybe. Sometimes what doesn’t kill you leaves you wounded for life. “Okay, now,” I say, the evening of November 4th, 2026. “Show us the Epstein files. Show us that you really mean it, that […]
This will be my second time doing NaNo after there is no more Office of Letters and Light which feels weird. Last year, I made plans to go on a trip for the start of November, to be literally on a train as October 31st become November 1st. This year, I spent part of November […]
Welcome to Xaranya Book 2 – The Knight’s Tale Chapter 5 – Rebuilding the Temple Swimming down is harder than swimming up, for so many reasons. It takes longer for one thing. Even with her stat boosts, her muscles strain. Even with enhanced breathing, the breaths come hard. But, she is driven. She is driven […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Nobbinmaug Outside the kitchen window, everything seems to slow as I pour milk into cereal. Our tuxedo cat Robbie taps my leg with his cold nose. I reach down to scratch behind his ears, as you enter the kitchen. “Breakfast for dinner again?” Two days ago, our last child left for college […]
Welcome to Xaranya Book 2 – The Knight’s Tale Chapter 4 – The Drowned God Lives Most of the guards and residents of Tilton can breathe underwater, and therefore this punishment only works on visitors or newcomers for the most part. Susan stood inside the air-filled airlock, while the guards held her, but they need […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot While antiquing with friends, Susan found a small pine box with the words “Wait for the final riddle” scrawled across the top. Susan pressed the black button beneath the words. A small slip of paper, the size and texture of tickets at a carnival ride, popped out. “Why are ghosts […]
Welcome to Xaranya Book 2 – The Knight’s Tale Chapter 3 – Under Arrest “You are under arrest.” Those were the first words Susan heard upon entering Tilton for the first time, having arrived not in the starter area of Chellest – which would have also caused something of a ruckus mind you, but – […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Once a week we met here to kiss and to whisper, as the waves lapped gently at the shore. Now I sit beneath the creaky wooden boardwalk alone while families and couples and friends run and play and talk above. I wonder why you stopped coming, if your body will […]
Welcome to Xaranya Book 2 – The Knight’s Tale Chapter 2 – Starter Quests After this, it gets monotonous for a second. I mean anyone who has ever played a role-playing game knows that these introductory sections can be a) very monotonous, which is why many games let you skip them and just get the […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Rose always comes out at night, dressed in a red cloak, pale cheeks only just visible beneath her hood, carrying a basket of baked goods with her, for the brown bear that lives near their home. One night, a dwarf offers her sister Snow a seemingly honest job. Rose knows […]
