Stories

Short stories, poetry and prompts that I write on the whim

This is a collection of scenes, shorts, and story ideas set in the fantasy space

When they are small children, Aiden's older brother discovers a magical land which he saves from a great evil and becomes king. When Tony leaves for college ten years later, he leaves the magical kingdom of Araleigah to his younger brother. Aiden has to suddenly learn to deal with pre-technology communication, crop shortages and the feudal system, as well as trying to get along with a weird set of magical and mythical peoples.

After being turned into a werewolf, a man has to go against everything he was taught in order to survive.
Will he follow his training or his heart?

This was written as part of a tribute to Skinnydragon, a wonderful author, reviewer and friend.

You can find it here: hic sunt dracones

This story was written as part of the Idioms Are Real! Challenge. After being given the idiom "when pigs fly" I read a piece about Dungeons & Dragons in one of the forums and this story was born.

They said his mother was a witch. They said he would go to hell like her and he did. In a way.

Blake is on the pursuit of the solution of his problems. This lead him to a strange manor, a strange Lord and an even stranger deal. It contains acts of mutilation.

Arjun Foehammer is home to celebrate his family's founding.

In the tradition of Rudyard Kipling, a boy who is a thief becomes a spy.