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Category Archives: Short Fiction
Clues
Why did you do it? Why? It was agreed. We all hated him. The professor and I had to play rock-paper-scissors to determine the privilege. You see, whenever the professor had to pause in a sentence to search for a … Continue reading
Vanishing Point
There was nothing but the road. It was barely visible because the only hint of light was no more than a hole in the darkness somewhere unreachable ahead. Anything else that might have been was lost in a deep and … Continue reading
At First
He lived in a large park-like place, and took care of the animals and plants there. A woman lived with him, and helped him—or maybe he helped her; they didn’t stop to consider which it might be. When he … Continue reading
On the Playground
They played dodgeball every day, all of them, with their distinctive styles. There was Danny, who ran up to the line and heaved the ball as hard as he could; Peter, who ran around in the back and hurled the … Continue reading
A Tale from Clevaria
In the time of the god-king, lord of the sky, director of rain, clouds, and wind, whose name was secret, emissaries came from the plains to Clevaria. They worshipped strange gods of earth, and carried one with them in a … Continue reading
Posted in Setting, Short Fiction, World-Building
Tagged Clevaria, Four Realms, gods, history, legend, Shankhar, war
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Creation Legend (Retold from the Ailu)
When the titan Ghan scooped out the Armhold Valley and built up the mountains around, he did so as a playpen for his three children: the twin brothers Thahn and Thahr, and their sister Eyyafel. But unknown even to the … Continue reading
Posted in Setting, Short Fiction, World-Building
Tagged creation legend, Four Realms, Shankhar, signs, Smog-Goat
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A Flight of Words (a most podern tale)
Today I went out on the balcony just in time to see a hundred small black birds wheel through the sky above me like a living constellation. The sky struck me as being incredibly blue. Not that it really was, … Continue reading
Creation Legend (Retold from the Amsa of Ya-Khem family)
Long before the world was divided into Halls, all things were mixed and uniform. This was called the living world. It went on for such a long time that each element slowly changed into each of the others and then … Continue reading
Posted in Setting, Short Fiction, World-Building
Tagged creation, creation legend, Four Realms, legend, living world, setting, Shankhar
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The Last Labor of the Titans
The Last Labor of the Titans (A creation legend of the Slakiv Empire, from Hloen’s Tales of Our Mothers) Listen to what I say, you young and old, for I tell of how our world was made and what its … Continue reading
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Tagged archons, creation, creation legend, dream, labor, legend, setting, Shankhar, Slakiv Empire, titans, twilight
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The Boy Who Would Kill the Wind
Time to start adding things again! Here’s some short fiction. Incidentally, I wrote this when I was in college, and later had it illustrated by the talented Ryan Armand. In a further incident of unknown consequence, that image is this … Continue reading
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