Jun 2, 2023
A researcher comes across a legendary text and is overwhelmed by the knowledge contained within.
Genre: Mystery, Mythology
Excerpt:
I glanced at the clean
white bandage wrapped around her left hand and a good ways down her
wrist.
“It’s going to be all right,” I said. “I’m here to help.”
The steely-eyed...
May 26, 2023
A mortal apprentice to an immortal being is tempted to steal the great powers contained within the Cosmic Hourglass to tilt the balance of the cosmos toward good.
Genre: Mythology
Excerpt:
When young mortals were
told the story of the Cosmic Hourglass for the first time, and
taught to cherish each speck of sand, many...
May 19, 2023
A private investigator who thinks she’s chasing a thief realizes that her case may be linked to her own uncanny past, and a truth she may not be ready to face.
Genre: Mystery
Excerpt:
She didn’t let me into her
house, but she did give me the trash bag with the broken shards of
the mirror. And she did agree to take...
May 12, 2023
Every year on her birthday, the daughter of a mage receives a key that unlocks a different world in her enchanted triptych.
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy
Excerpt:
When I was born, a clever
mage, who was also my mother, made for me a triptych: three panels,
attached in a row by hinges, depicting paintings of our
home....
May 5, 2023
A student seeking to learn the craft of enchantment is challenged to pass through a forest filled with strange obstacles.
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Mythology
Excerpt:
“Wait until you are within
the borders of the forest before you open the box, else you have
failed before you have begun.”
With those words, the...