Thank you for checking out these five openings to short stories. I worked really hard on these and had a blast. I hope you'll have a blast reading them, too! There's a survey at the bottom of the page to let me know which ones you like! Thanks again!
The Man Who Talked to Himself
Medieval - Low Fantasy
A fallen hero named Variel slays his sworn foe, then perishes in a fire. He then awakens in the body of Nigel, a common crook whose sister has been taken by a local mob boss. Every time either Nigel or Variel sleep or otherwise lose consciousness, the other takes control.
A fallen hero named Variel slays his sworn foe, then perishes in a fire. He then awakens in the body of Nigel, a common crook whose sister has been taken by a local mob boss. Every time either Nigel or Variel sleep or otherwise lose consciousness, the other takes control.
A Fractured Fairy Tale
Medieval - Low Fantasy
Strained from the pressures of running a kingdom at war, a ruler sends his childhood friend, a fool and storyteller, to solve the issues of a small village begging for the king's help. Believing his mission to be real, the fool pulls from various stories and myths to solve the village's crisis.
Strained from the pressures of running a kingdom at war, a ruler sends his childhood friend, a fool and storyteller, to solve the issues of a small village begging for the king's help. Believing his mission to be real, the fool pulls from various stories and myths to solve the village's crisis.
Lilly and the Vixen
High Fantasy
A young woman awakes in her own grave. Pulled back from precipice of the Next World, she now inhabits her own corpse. Desiring to return to her family and her love, but tainted with the dark magic of another world, she must decide how she will exist.
A young woman awakes in her own grave. Pulled back from precipice of the Next World, she now inhabits her own corpse. Desiring to return to her family and her love, but tainted with the dark magic of another world, she must decide how she will exist.
Fallen
Paranormal - Supernatural
A fallen spirit who sided against the Christian god in the war in heaven has existed as a formless creature on Earth since creation. Neither angel nor demon, she wanders the Earth, learning, observing, and waiting for the day that her beloved is born. Her story is told through brief encounters with humans she has forged relationships with.
A fallen spirit who sided against the Christian god in the war in heaven has existed as a formless creature on Earth since creation. Neither angel nor demon, she wanders the Earth, learning, observing, and waiting for the day that her beloved is born. Her story is told through brief encounters with humans she has forged relationships with.
The Page of Xiria
Sword and Planet - Planetary Romance - Sci-Fantasy
A young page for the mystical knight Lady Arwana dreams of leaving her barbaric planet of sorcery and evil villains to return to cultured and civilized society, but only members of the nobility have access to interplanetary travel.
A young page for the mystical knight Lady Arwana dreams of leaving her barbaric planet of sorcery and evil villains to return to cultured and civilized society, but only members of the nobility have access to interplanetary travel.
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