Short Stories
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The Architects of Air
Master Crystal-Keeper Celeste Windwright knelt beside the massive Levitation Core at the heart of Nimbustown, her sky-colored eyes reflecting the ethereal glow that pulsed from within the twelve-foot crystalline structure. Each throb of light corresponded to the steady rhythm that kept their floating island suspended three thousand feet above the earth below, but today the Continue reading
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The Echo of Names
Aldwin Thornwright paused in the doorway of the Chronicle Tower’s genealogy chamber, his breath catching as he read the inscription carved into the stone lintel above: Here lie the names that echo through time, each one a thread in the tapestry of memory. The morning light filtered through crystalline windows, casting prismatic patterns across rows Continue reading
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Ink and Wonder
The evening light filtered through the tall windows of the Lumenvale Daily Chronicle building, casting long shadows across Edmund Silverquill’s cluttered desk as he leaned back in his worn leather chair. His fingers, permanently stained with ink from two decades of column writing, traced the edges of the letter that had arrived that morning—another piece Continue reading
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The Warrior’s Rest
Grasha Ironquiet pulled her woolen shawl closer as she stepped onto the stone porch of her cottage, the morning air carrying the crisp promise of autumn’s deeper embrace. From her doorway, she could see neither Lumenvale’s towering Crystal Spires nor the market square of Thornhaven, though both lay within an easy hour’s journey by horseback. Continue reading
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The Light That Finds Us
The first light of dawn touched the Crystal Spires as Matthias Lightbringer knelt in the small chapel attached to his family’s home, his weathered hands pressed together in the familiar ritual that had shaped his mornings for thirty-seven years. The ancient stones around him seemed to breathe with accumulated prayers, their surfaces worn smooth by Continue reading
Chadwick Rye 