Christian Fantasy
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The Philospher of Stones
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? The meditation garden lay shrouded in morning mist, ancient stone circles emerging from pale fog like islands of contemplation in an ocean of uncertainty. Evangeline Thornwick knelt beside the central fountain, her weathered fingers tracing patterns in water that reflected fragments of sky Continue reading
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The Gravity of Hearts
Who do you spend the most time with? The workshop bells of Lumenvale’s Artificer Quarter chimed their evening song as Matthias Silverheart set down his jeweler’s loupe and flexed fingers cramped from six hours of intricate wirework. The commission piece—an engagement pendant for House Brightwater’s youngest daughter—gleamed against black velvet, its crystalline heart pulsing with Continue reading
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The Most Perfect Chocolate Bar in All the Realms
Describe your dream chocolate bar. My name is Luna Brightwhisper and I am eight years old and three-quarters, which is very important because three-quarters means I’m almost nine and that’s practically grown-up. Mama says I have the most active imagination in all of Lumenvale’s Enchanted Quarter, which I think means I’m very good at dreaming Continue reading
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The Books That Made Me
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? The scent of old parchment and binding glue transported Evangeline Stormwright back through the decades as surely as any temporal enchantment. She knelt beside her daughter’s bed in their tower chamber overlooking Lumenvale’s Merchant Quarter, watching seven-year-old Celestine’s eyelids grow heavy with approaching sleep. The child’s fingers Continue reading
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Small Hands, Big Ideas
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? The amber light of my study’s perpetual flame danced across parchment older than most kingdoms, casting shifting shadows that seemed to whisper secrets only I could decipher. My workshop, carved into the living heartwood of Lumenvale’s Great Library tree, hummed with the quiet energy Continue reading
Chadwick Rye 