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NaNoWriMo CH 3
Posting chapters from NaNoWriMo will hopefully introduce some accountability. Honestly, though, I still don’t anticipate much success. Guess I’ll see. STAR-CROSSED AND HELL-BENT CHAPTER 3 Her back was breaking over her shovel, but she took the time to glare at … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo CH2
Posting chapters from NaNoWriMo will hopefully introduce some accountability. Honestly, though, I still don’t anticipate much success. Guess I’ll see. STAR-CROSSED AND HELL-BENT CHAPTER 2 Lored was sore, that was clear. Not his arms, of course. As he hammered away … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo CH 1
Posting chapters from NaNoWriMo will hopefully introduce some accountability. Honestly, though, I still don’t anticipate much success. Guess I’ll see. STAR-CROSSED AND HELL-BENT CHAPTER 1 Ulvis Handler was crucified on the Great Wheel in the village circle. His witches were … Continue reading →
Maggy’s Treasure
Mystery Card #4 The River was turning gold as Maggy meandered along the LaZell Bridge. The clouds above, the color of sun-drenched parchment, dotted the golden sky. Maggy’s bag was rattling and whumping behind her on two ancient wheels that … Continue reading →
The Crystal Poppy Skeptic
Mystery Card Writing. #3 It was Spring again, and the crystal poppies bloomed. I remembered my first time in the crystal poppy field. They were transfixing: bright orange and clear, the brilliant white sun shown through them, and they glittered … Continue reading →
Upon Her Wyrm Cadaver
Mystery Card Writings, #2 Imperious she flies upon the Sea, In ragged seaweed, shining majesty, Her trident ever upward to the Sky, Proclaiming she of gracious greatness, Aye, Determining her gracious greatness High. The pallid serpent in her ankles gript … Continue reading →
The Wayward Women & The Paisley Dragon
Dame Grendela’s fart still lingered in Quill’s face, as damp and palpable as the sultry air. “Quill, come and inspect these tracks,” the knight had insisted. Quill had known what was coming, yet had no choice but to obey. She was … Continue reading →
Pinnacle Star: The Seven Failures of The Little Professor – Chapter 1
Posted on February 4, 2017 by jaredmcdaris Comments Off on Pinnacle Star: The Seven Failures of The Little Professor – Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1 TWENTY-SEVEN DOGS [Read the Prologue here] In Solinus, the sky was always black as onyx. When the white sun rose, its crystal-clear light illuminated the Town and the Beach and the Hilltop and the Golden House brightly, but … Continue reading →
Clair de Luna: The Trouble With Hills
The trouble with hills, generally, was that they inclined. Their inclines were not necessarily brutal; indeed they were often subtle and sometimes merely suggestive, and these latter descriptions aptly applied to the hill upon which Ursten and his erstwhile cohort were presently … Continue reading →
The Safeguard Our Children Act
Inconveniently, the Storii and the Ixylvii were prevented from using their Cataclysmic Doomsday Devices on one another by a national treaty that had to be overturned by a majority vote. Conveniently, there were just enough Storii and Ixylvii in the … Continue reading →