Daily prompts
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The First Step
A fantasy short story set in Nomados — a land of walking mountains — about a sixteen-year-old Peak-rider attempting his first solo stone-reading, and what he learns about nervousness when he turns out to be right. Continue reading
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The Last Hour of the Forge
A cozy fantasy short story set in Lumenvale. When apprentice blacksmith Petra follows her master to the canal every evening, she discovers the secret ritual that keeps him sane — and learns the most important lesson of her craft. Read this atmospheric fantasy fiction story and explore more tales from the world of Lumenvale. Continue reading
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Seventeen Minuets.
A fantasy short story about a Crystal Spire-singer in Lumenvale who has found the only thing that works after a demanding day — seventeen minutes of absolute stillness on a cold stone ledge, watching the city light its lamps. Continue reading
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What the Lanterns Rememeber
A fantasy short story about an old craftsman who visits an enchanted lantern post each evening to share memories of his late wife — and the young woman who stops to watch, and understands something she hadn’t before. Continue reading
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The Mountain’s Shadow
What’s the first impression you want to give people? The first time Mica Ashvein saw Cragsen Ironheart, she was certain he would kill her. She was cornered in the narrow alley between the Deepstone Merchant Hall and the communal grain stores—one of those forgotten spaces in the Peak-rider settlement that seemed to exist outside normal… Continue reading
