dailyprompt
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The Council of Shadows
List the people you admire and look to for advice… # **The Council of Shadows** The old clockmaker’s workshop breathes with ancient dust motes suspended in amber light, each particle dancing its private waltz through the late afternoon beam slanting through mullioned windows. I trace my fingers along the workbench’s scarred surface, feeling decades of… Continue reading
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The Philosopher’s Ballot
Do you vote in political elections? The Great Library of Lumenvale stood like a sentinel of knowledge beneath the shadow of Castle Silverkeep, its alabaster towers and crystalline domes reflecting the late afternoon sunlight in prismatic shards across the cobblestone plaza. Autumn had arrived with uncharacteristic swiftness this year, bringing with it winds that carried… Continue reading
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The North Stars Compass
What gives you direction in life? The first snow of winter arrives early this year, falling in gentle spirals past my frost-etched window. Each delicate crystal catches the pale morning light before surrendering to the growing blanket below, a soft whisper of white that muffles the sounds of Millbridge waking to another day. I watch,… Continue reading
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The Words That Guide Us
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? The Words That Guide Us The ancient oak desk bore the battle scars of forty years of scholarly dedication, ink stains like tiny archipelagos, circular ghosts of countless tea mugs, and the subtle groove worn where Allister Thornfield had rested his… Continue reading
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The Waiting Light
Five more days until the Festival of Ascending Lights. Five more endless, torturous days of pretending I care about arithmetic lessons and proper table manners when all I can think about are silver-blue flames rising into the winter sky and the secret I’ve kept since autumn’s first frost. I trace today’s date on the frost-etched… Continue reading
