fantasy – Page 62 – Tale Told

The First Dragonslayer

The knight shuffled forward a few paces, teetering in his clanking armor before falling to a knee. His vision was blurry, and he couldn't make sense of the broken images…

Secret Shadows

The thin, oily skins flipped easily from page to page. The texture was new to Tom. It was at once too smooth and too heavy. He was used to paper,…

Smells and Memories

There was an indefinable scent in the air. Robert was not sure whether his own excited imagination was working upon his senses, bringing only a memory to his nose of…

Facing the Faceless

It didn't hurt so much once the hope was gone. Free, I think, a type of freedom. I still find myself going through the motions now and again, but never…

Fallen Star

A star burnt up the nightand spread this wicked blight.Its cloud smothered the skyand caused so much to die.And here, what hangs so still,these drifting flakes which fillthe air about…

The Shadows Whisper

The continuity between yourself and my own is stretched, I'll agree. You cannot, at this moment, recognize your own shadow, but I am; or, perhaps, I am naught. I am…

Quiet in the Library

4 Feb 20243 Feb 2024

It is quiet in the library. I cannot hear a sound here except for the beating of my heart, the incessant whooshing of my lungs, and the thousand other burbling,…

I Am

I sat, my eyes glued to the blaze. There the bodies writhed, not screaming, I doubt they could scream, but they writhed. Was it agony? Could they feel? I watched…

Sink or Swim

1 Feb 202427 Jan 2024

"There's a chance we make it out alive," I said, staring up through the bars. The sun was rising, and a lone seagull squawked as it flew overhead. My heart…

The Old Men

30 Jan 202427 Jan 2024

One of the favorite grotesques of this forgotten people seems to have been the face of an old man. There are few variations beside something in the expression. Each one…