Tag: Short Story
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Above The Pack
Salnaal rode her winged steed, Shayde, with the same confidence and determination she approached everything else; confidence and determination that had increased steadily over her twenty-four years of active service. Her gleaming blonde-white hair flowing in stark contrast to Shayde’s night-black mane, they rode and flew around the grunts, cries, and howls of the carousel…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Sandbags at Dawn
Beryl draped the second sandbag over the first, over the sign’s stand. Berylette, the imp perched on her right shoulder, whispered they’re peeling, the letters, peel them more, rearrange the letters, extend the tour. On her left shoulder, Berylene threw her halo around the back of Beryl’s head, which caught on one of Berylette’s horns…
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Out of Time
The longboat moored flush against the river bank, and tied securely in place by two thick ropes to a couple of large oak trees, Ert had to now catch up with the rest of the crew who’d wasted no time in disembarking. They’d headed upstream toward the tiny hamlet Modlinium, a fortified Roman village that…
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Unicorn Challenge: To The Letter
“The man said to carry on passed the old manor house, the arched gateway, the ancient monument and the fish and chip shop, but if we reach the curve in the road we’ve gone too far.” Samantha gripped the steering wheel in despair. “That looks like a curve in the road.” Gloria frowned. “Well, I…
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The Unicorn Challenge: The Maze
After three hours and forty-seven minutes, fifty-eight seconds, not forgetting the seconds, in seering heat, with not so much of a drink between us, we reached the centre of the maze; open space at last after corridor after corridor of leaf-lined runs that mostly led to nowhere. At one point, we seemed to walk up…
The Mansionic Perspective 