Tag: Short Story
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Knight’s Fail
“So, tellest me sire, why hast thine armour rusted?” “The rain, o wise one. The rain, and the walk you sent me on to retrieve the amulet of Lah.” “Didst thou not think to remove thine armour in the rain?” “I did not.” “No need to bow, sire, thoust will surely never straighten again. Continue,…
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No Distraction
I can’t be late… I can’t be… the lecture ran over, the door wouldn’t open, that odd girl with the violin wouldn’t let me out of the main exit… then I couldn’t open the padlock. Typical, but at least I’m on my way now… and the weather’s good. It’s so good to be out here…
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Red Lightning
The apprentice and the professor barely managed to get out of the campus storage facility before a beam of red light followed them out and struck the old oak tree on the opposite side of the road, with a deafening crackle and sending splinters of wood out in all directions. Eunice Fothergill sat with her…
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High Noon at Dolnoon’s Saloon
The tumbleweed was the only thing moving along the dusty high street, baked by the blazing hot sun hovering directly overhead. The townsfolk were either in their homes barricading their windows, or in the saloon. Most, though, were in the saloon. Herbert Hatherthwaite sat on his usual stool at the corner of the bar, looking…
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A Long Long Time Ago Just Before Dawn
“Husband, you are beneath the stars again,” Queen Ellimayee held her palms upright beside her shoulders, just as she noticed King Rabletop III staring blankly into the space in front of him, “what in the name of the Gods Before The Nile are you doing?” “Shush, wife,” Rabletop commanded in a whisper, “I am awaiting…
