Tag: wizard

Darkness settled over him as he fell at the policeman's feet, the world dissolving like snow. Something was against his throat—the tightening fingers of the policeman. He would not struggle.…

"Or maybe," the host said, rising from his chair, "you believed him when he said he'd take you back home, that this world would dissolve like a dream, a bad…

There was a little click as the hammer was pulled back. The policeman stuttered, "You've killed us all!" "Maybe," said the host. "But he was a liar." "If he did…

"Ever since the wizard stole me from my family and home, ever since I was brought into this strange and wild world, I have prayed; night and day I have…

Wiping his eyes, the policeman asked, though he knew, "Where were you at noon?" The host smiled up at him and answered, "In the house of the wizard." The policeman's…

When they found the one who had been the shadow, he was not hiding. It was the same day, in the evening, in the sunset, and he was throwing a…

He did hear, though, the creaking of a window opening, and a glance—just a glance—did he catch of the silhouette of the murderer against the bright day. The alarm went…

The wizard was dead. His butler came in—he had just left, but he'd heard a noise—and found his mater's body slumped over the desk, a knife sticking out of his…