Flash Fiction: Island Dream
Heart racing, sweat running down his face, Captain John Hicks slapped the water again with his magic, getting a pure tone, and listened for the echo. They might be invisible to his magic and eyesight, ...
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Flash Fiction: A Question of Immortality
“Stop burning the body,” demanded Shia, leading her guards into the smoke-filled chamber. “Your highness? Your father bade me destroy this thing,” the large, bare-chested priest responded in surprise, dumping red glowing coals from his ...
Flash Fiction: Unworthy
“Why does the Goddess of the Wood consider me unworthy?” the leather clad warrior asked, handing the old gray-haired wood-priest the leaves he’d been crushing in his bare hand. “I have always held to the ...
Flash Fiction: Toadeater
A stench wrenched nine-year-old Toadeater from his sleep, bringing him to his feet with a roar. The chain and collar around his neck brought back to him where here was. He knew it was a ...
Free Flash Fiction: Goddess Not
If she hadn’t had one of her eyes looking right at it, Ayia would never have noticed the indicator crystal worked into the wall mural, change from blue to red. Not even three thousand years ...