Wicked Witch

A collection of pieces of poetry that will be expanded as time passes and inspiration strikes.

The flames flickered in reds and oranges, casting a warm glow across the hearth and the old, overstuffed armchairs. The colors of the room were muted beneath the hazy light. A boy stared into the flames intently, headless of the heat warming his face. “I wished upon a star last night.” He mumbled to himself, sitting down on the mat in his pajamas with a thump. “I wished I had someone to talk to, about, you know . . . things.” The boy’s blue eyes glistened. He told himself that it was just th

Delighted to see this finished. I was in shock ehen i saw the update notifications haha. Worth the wait though

Thank you so much all! <3 It means a ton to me that you liked it.

Thanks guys! Sorry I've been out of existence for the last while. I really really appreciate your words. I have had lots of ideas for Yaidul's second chapter but nothing concrete has some into being yet, so I won't promise anything.

Oh sorry! I haven't been on gA for an age due to RL. Thank you a ton @comicfan

I always enjoy reading Tests of Blood and come back to it occassionally. I have never read the original works of Mercedes Lackey but I feel DKstories does great justice simply because of how alive the world feels when reading, and how good the characters are. Enjoyable to the end!

I will admit I think I may have ticked 'can't afford' even though once in a blue moon I do subscribe. It tends to be about two months out of the year, when I have the time to do a reading blitz. So that make effect it if other people did the same.

Glad you enjoyed. Thank you.

Thanks Valkyrie. I've had some thoughts on a longer story that follows Jo into adulthood but I know my commitment is so awful I'd never finish it.

A young boy called Jo meets a new friend in the fireplace on a strange night. One never knows what wishing on stars will bring you.

Good reviews! Broken Prince and Mismatched Eyes is totally one of my two favourite stories on GA. Its amazing. So well written and so emotional even on the 7th read.

The flames flickered reds and oranges, casting a warm glow across the hearth and the old, overstuffed armchairs. The colours of the room were muted beneath the hazy light. A boy stared into the flames intently, headless of the heat warming his porcelain face. “I wished upon a star last night.” He mumbled to himself, sitting down on the mat in his pajamas. “I wished I had someone to talk to, about, you know . . . things.” The boy’s blue eyes glistened; he told himself that it was just the he

I had more ambitious ideas in mind but I'm running out of time so settled on a 1,000 word short story that I like. It might, if I get the inclination, later become part of a serial but I don't need more projects . . . . This was a fun challenge however.

The Cure, Lady Gaga.

Thank you! You've saved my sanity. I was beginning to think I'd imagined the whole thing.

Sorry to be that person. But I have had this memory of a story I read nagging at the back of my brain and I can't find it and really want to reread it. The story was set in the medieval type of era. The only thing I definitely remember from the story was that the main character fell in love with a lord, and helped expose a conspiracy by nobles to overthrow the King. However, because he'd been servant to one of the nobles (a count, I think) he was worried he'd be blamed for helping them. One of the last chapters, he thinks they've found him guilty and that they're going to execute him. He's taken to a surprise ceremony which he thinks is his execution but it ends up being that he actually going to be knighted as reward for his heroism. His lover, the lord, blames himself not telling him ahead of time, thinking it'd be a nice surprise, not realising what the main character was thinking was going to happen. I also think that the story began with the main character sold into slavery by his parents, as a sex slave to a rich count. Years later lords come to visit, to blame the Count for stealing from them. Later the count boasts of his plans to poison one of the lord's and the main character saves him. But I might be confusing two different stories here.

Thanks Timothy. It was a great story to review. I loved every moment of reading it.

I'm hesitant but Fireplace.

I believe they don't accept general submissions at the moment. Only specific calls on specific topics.

I feel like one of the good times to use flashbacks is for a traumatic experience. It just rarely has the same impact describing what the present time character feels about the thing that happened to them, if its really a bit part of their personality, issues or how they handle something. Show us what happened and it can be very powerful. You don't have to be too detailed, or sometimes detail is good. I must say, and it may make me a poorer writer in some peoples eyes, but there are no such things as rules in writing. Just guidelines. That can bent or broken, because writing is so vast a field there is always going to be a situation where it is appropriate to go outside those guidelines.

DSP is Dreamspinner Press. They're one of the larger publishers of gay fiction.

Agreed on that. It is a trope that is really popular in television, more than writing. But I hate the 'oh by the way, the last chapter/book/season was a dream" reveal. It's lazy writing in my opinion. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllJustADream

I am unsure if the advice you read means just actual dreams, or flashbacks, visions and so forth which are technically under the definition of the writing technique called dream sequences. Flashbacks especially are useful, I will say. But dreams can also be important to a characters development to. Much like in media res, they're a legitimate technique in my mind. I'm not always a fan of them, but they can be implemented quite well at times. I feel like it really has to be the appropriate time for them. Some stories wouldn't work without them as they really help to explore the psyche of the characters in those cases.

Just my mouse and a quick drawing program. They're the only thing I'm marginally good at drawing. I could probably make it fancier, but by the time the story begins, this world has been destroyed by an apocalypse. So it is solely background information, and anything more feels unnecessary.