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Flash Fiction #317 -- Connor of Northgate/1

For the next few months I will be posting a flash fiction serial based on a novel I wrote some time ago.  I hope you enjoy it!

The wind blew through the open window; a cold, baleful blast that was not, in itself, much of a surprise at the Northgate Keep. The fae could not always keep such weather at bay, nor worked to do so. Nature would take her revenge against magic, and they tried not to

Flash Fiction # 316: Fallen Flowers/2

Caitlyn stood by the doorway and thought through the last hour or so of her life.  Being called to visit her eccentric grandmother had been a bit of a surprise.  Catlyn and her brother Terrance had been to the mansion just a week before.  Grandmother was not known for liking family visits.Before the hour was out their grandmother had gone from being eccentric to being a witch of some sort,

Flash Fiction # 315: Fallen Flowers/1

There were dead flowers on the spiral staircase.  The rose blooms had cascaded downward over the steps and died, the colors fading and some leaves turning to dust.  They couldn't have been there more than two weeks, the last time Catlyn and her brother had been to the mansion, and yet they looked as though they'd been dead a year or more."How did the flowers get there?" Catlyn asked, looking

Flash Fiction #314: Myth of the Rainbow (Drabble)

Tiny pixies once ruled the sky, darting everywhere with flashes of bright color, pleasing all who saw them -- except for the orcs who hated and envied their beauty.  The orcs drove them into caverns and wells, using dark magic to trap them away from the sky.
Ors also hate rain.  When it falls they hide and their spells weaken.  Storms are dangerous for pixies, though, so they can only take

Flash Fiction # 313: Calis Rules

(Previous Story: The Throne of Obsidian)Calis liked the new throne made of wood and jewels.  Since the death of Argonis a year before, things had quietly slipped back to normal.  People still did not entirely trust the flying fortress that had been a place of evil for a few years, but Calis began to slowly win them back."We'll sit down in the capital before noon," Draken said as he came

Flash Fiction #312: Serena's Baby Buffy/3

The odd women who had been stealing babies were getting away, but they'd only gotten one child this time, and that baby was not what they expected.Serena, though, had a slight problem.  The women of the village were upset, and they were not listening to her as she tried to get away from them."You can't follow them, my dear.  Look, look --""So much magic --"Oh, that poor baby --"It could have

Flash Fiction #311: Serena's Baby Buffy/2

Serena didn't have much time to do anything except a quick illusion spell.  By some miracle, the magic worked without any trouble.  Buffy's face now looked like that of a baby, though Serena could see the fur from the shoulder's down, and a tail that twitched."Quick, into the clothing," she whispered and shoved Buffy, complaining slightly with a few muttered curses, into the baby clothes and

Flash Fiction #310 -- Serena's Baby Buffy

Sometimes having wings was a definite distraction and problem, Serena decided.  Now as one of the worst as she tried to push Buffy into the swaddling clothes.  The cat was not cooperating."Buffy, do you like your wings?" she finally asked, her voice uncommonly calm.Buffy blinked bright blue eyes and looked at her with a slight bit of worry.  "Ummm ... yes?" she offered."Then if you want to

Flash Fiction # 309 -- Buffy Did It

From the day that Buffy the cat accidentally got her wings to the adventures with the flying mice, things had been rather hectic for Serena. So when Serena awoke late in the morning and found the cat wasn't sleeping on the pillow beside her, she began to worry.  Usually, the village's temple bell would have woken her by now.  In Serena's haste to get cleaned up and dressed, a simple spell

Flash Fiction # 308 -- The Forest

Guardian stood before Mother Tree, his hand on her warm bark, the feel of life coursing through his body as she fed him strength.  These were trying times for humans and for others like him.  Evil had touched the world again and drove humans to hide in the sacred forest, which was more dangerous for the forest than for the humans.He hadn't expected the ancient dryad to leave her tree.  She had