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 […]
Welcome to Xaranya Book 2 – The Knight’s Tale 2.1 – Susan’s Story Susan has had this same dream many times. The location is different, the time is different, but the dream is basically the same. In the dream, she is always young again, no more aches and pains as she arises from her bed, […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Close one door, open another Alice pauses to look at the empty lab, empty fridge, clean surfaces, ready for Professor Sorenson to take over on Monday. “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” her mentor once told her. Assuming her study worked, this place, this process would […]
1.7 When It All Comes Down I gave Vikom some time to collect his thoughts before I stepped out on the beach, where he was sitting, close enough so I could see him and reasonably infer he might not mind if I joined him there, sitting on the beach. By the time I got there […]
1.6 When God Takes Charge “Ow,” I said to no one in particular as my fist punched through solid oak, splintering the wood, bruising my knuckles more than it hurt the wall. Meanwhile, the crowd cheered my opponent, who had won yet another round. I paused to glare at the target about twenty feet away […]
