fantasy – Page 66 – Tale Told

Cycled King

What ails you there upon the throne, upon the seat of power? For long you strived, yet still you groan, your head bows in this hour? What is this look…

Remains

And when the sun was set upon my world, when the shadows lengthened over the unending winter, when all song had died but for the howling despair of lost ghosts,…

Stars in the Darkness

And in the deadly night, I paused, a moment's sigh, and gazed above my head into the starry sky. A glimpse was all I caught before the time was done,…

The Sleeper’s Mask

In the ruin of that great house, buried under broken beams, fallen walls, and ash, there lies a mask, a pale mask without expression. Content, the sleeper's mask, its eyes…

The Devotee of Death

The devotee of death has learned to stand in silent rageat all the living, breathing souls passing before his cage,and sometimes now, he's learned to smile, yet seething in his…

The Abomination

A Sudden darkness quelched the dinful banter of the square. Voices fell away into silence as the beast's horrible, shrieking cry filled the air. The people looked up, could not…

Logic of Pain

Pain consumed him. It burned from his head to his feet, like some sort of explosion. There was no time under the machine's ray, only boiling, searing heat. Then, eternity…

Virpig Hunt

When the thing finally stepped into the light, my heart skipped a beat. Since we began tracking the monster, I had wondered what sort of man or beast had left…

Rough Draft: Winter-Robbed Trees

Feeling sick. Here's a bit of something I've been working on. The wind wept through the winter-robbed trees, their creaking limbs adding to the mellow air a threatening undertone. Vecrain…

Deadly Vapor

As the deadly vapor, carried by an evil wind, came rolling ever nearer, I felt again that strange impulse, to stay, to watch the yellow billows of the mist until…