Tag: Short Story
-
The Unicorn Challenge: Natural Makeover
Glynis Fairchops left her sisters’ hairdressers hastily; she’d spotted Myrtle and Ognar Rance walking into Avian Way, and needed to catch up with her friend. Miriam and Barbara Barber, AKA the Spinster Sisters, were more than used to Glynis’ unpaid exits. On Avian Way, Glynis found the Rances chatting with Edvard von Grünne outside the…
-
No, Not Yet
Alison slipped through the crack in the revolving door unnoticed and found herself on the otherside. The room, filled with gravestones and wild flowers made her shudder. The indoor rain didn’t help either. A whirring clanking noise behind her made her turn, just as the room’s robotic guardian knelt to stare her in the eye.…
-
Take a Horse to Water
Felm loved his job as a horseherd. He had four horses to look after, which he did so very well. He kept them groomed, fed and watered and they loved him in return for it. Unfortunately, the great storm hit the homestead one Summer night. The drinking well was struck by lightning, with everywhere else…
-
Birth of a Hero
I sit and look at the blank screen in front of me, thoughts racing in anticipation of the words I will eventually fill it with; I ponder the location, the weather, the people. Ah, the people! I want – no, need – a new type of hero… he has to be male, strong, human (human…
-
The Unicorn Challenge: Lawman
1652. The country is getting back to normal after nine years of civil war, not that the residents of Lumdy noticed anything different. Suffering from their self-imposed exclusion from the rest of the region due to their mini Plague outbreak, most of the villagers were gaunt, withdrawn and lawless. They thought nothing of helping themselves…
The Mansionic Perspective 