She heard a rustling behind her. She turned toward the sound and noticed a young acolyte with a bucket of embers, hesitating in the archway. She gestured toward the hearth, indicating that the child could start come and clear things…...
• Edna of House Alchymia – blessed with the gift of the elixir Transformation of liquids. She carries an elixir from which all alchemical processes were born. This elixir allows her to change the blood in someone’s veins, the rain…...
He’s stayed out late before but always made it back before daybreak, before the school day started. The last time this happened, she was already outside scraping frost off the Yaris’s windscreen, Sunny strapped into his car seat, when Chuda…...
I stared at the empty Diet Coke bottle from yesterday that was toppled on its side against the edge of the filing cabinet. The bright, summer sun streamed in through the window making more pungent the musty smell of old…...
Protagonist: Iris, single attractive young lady in early twenties who grew up in a small farming community and her parents own a coffee shop on the main road in town. Iris is an only child and grew up living in…...
The Inciting Moment Rafe’s plate was laden with sliced ham and cold chicken. He was headed for the great hall, having decided he would dine there. No one would object. Returning to the kitchen for his beer Rafe saw Helen…...
Liza turns off the lamp beside her bed and opens her laptop to check if Jill messaged her while she and her father watched Zootopia. She sees that Jill read her message at 7:47pm but she did not respond. Liza…...
After her session with Doc M, Presley went for a lengthy walk around town to think about what they had discussed. She often did this, because she found her mind quieted if she moved. It was when she was still—lying…...