Tag: magic
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The Necklace: Part Four
Read Part One, Part Two, and Part Three here. “I won’t let your power destroy the innocence of another Bryne woman,” Alayne’s eighteen-year-old granddaughter Nora snarled as she held up the necklace before locking it away in a dark brown wooden jewelry box under the floorboards by her dresser. Twenty-five years passed before the necklace ... -
The Thinnest Edge
Both of them stand at a precipice. Neither of them dares to speak for fear of saying the wrong thing- or perhaps the right thing. He stands with arms outstretched, magic crackling up and down their tanned skin. At his fingertips, the magic is lightning. She doesn’t move because if she does, he’ll react. Instead, ... -
Crowdsourced Magic
At home, life is messy and covered in broken amber-colored glass bottles. Here the noise drowns out the screaming in him; there’s a test tomorrow, and he should be in bed. Here, Andrew could ignore how terrible his home life is and move with the crowd. He could bend and twist and shout and clap ... -
The Necklace: Part Three
Check out Part One and Part Two here. “I can’t believe you gave it to her,” Stanley fussed over the phone. “It’ll ruin her, Ma!” “It won’t. Yes, it will change her and she might struggle a bit,” Alayne replied, “but it will strengthen her.” “How do you know for sure?” “I just hold on… ... -
The Justice Of Usa – Part 6
It’s not exactly a clean getaway. Not like it should be. Usa knows as much, but there’s nothing she can do about it. As her feet crash against the forest floor, as her heart beats in her ears, she tries not to think about her messy escape. She tries not to think of the woman ... -
Tooth Fairy
Howard sat chomping on a sour green apple. He mashed the apple between his teeth, biting down hard on the green fruit and tearing apart bits of the yummy treats. Howard was not consumed by ravenous hunger; rather, he wanted to finally lose his front tooth. He had spent the last few days chewing gum, sugary ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 24
Click here to read parts 1-23! “This is a trap,” Pikkif said, trying to persuade the queen to listen. She flicked him away like he was an especially annoying fly. “I insist that you let me detain that mage and get the truth out of him.” Sorcha’s head drooped and she sighed. “Captain, the boy ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 23
Click here to read parts 1-22! Sorcha didn’t wail when her child disappeared. She’d learned early on that crying served no one. Unlike the king’s first wife, Sorcha didn’t come from nobility. She’d come from the slums and the brothel district, a spindly girl named Sia. Growing up, she’d ferried messages for the girls, taking love notes ... -
Who Stole The Artifact
He wasn’t there to do a noble deed. The metal door to the vault unlocks with the sound of two clicks, his amber magic fading into nothing. He strains his ears to listen for trouble, for signs that those two clicks set off something. When nothing came, the figure dressed in rags opens the door ... -
The Hand That Steers The Kingdom – Part 22
Click here to read parts 1-21! They moved through the halls as quietly as possible, Tristan’s feet now safely encased in a found a pair of boots. Sean had been bundled up in Connor’s arms, finally giving out after nearly a half-hour of sneaking around. Petya had used a little magic to help him along ...