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  • Curse Breaker | Pursued

    Curse Breaker | Pursued

    Curse Breaker | Pursued Vaulting from boulder to boulder, he crossed the white-capped river mere feet from the falls themselves. On the far shore, he broke into a run and hit the maze the rich had dubbed the Lower Quarters. Though squalor, even one with such a genteel moniker, was still rankest poverty. Reeking of urine,… Read more

  • Elemental Senryu: Fire

    Elemental Senryu: Fire

    Elemental Senryu* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. Fire Purifies loved gold, strongest metals bend, mold licks life new or old. Sparks… Read more

  • Stars Dance – A Kyrielle Sonnet

    Stars Dance – a Kyrielle Sonnet Stars dance to music of the spheres within dark energy’s ballroom swaying through dark matter that’s there. Gravity’s pull makes them dance. In a vacuum their music sounds mathematical, oh what gloom– scientific, describes the boom. Gravity’s pull makes them dance. Colliding stars send shock waves out shaking the the long… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Intercepted

    Curse Breaker | Intercepted

    Curse Breaker | Intercepted “Easy,” said the newcomer, “It’s just Green Eyes.” Sarn risked a glance at the man standing at his elbow. Grime combined with the green glow of Sarn’s eyes made it impossible to tell what color the man’s garments were or if the fellow was sporting gang colors. The gap-toothed fellow waited… Read more

  • Elemental Senryu: Wind

    Elemental Senryu* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. Wind Whispers soft and light, scream signals storm’s strong might, yet cradles flying kites.… Read more

  • Elemental Senryu: Water

    Elemental Senryu* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. Water Evolves ceaselessly, frozen then flowing briskly, can’t live without thee. Water dashes rocks,… Read more

  • Elemental Senryu: Earth

    Elemental Senryu* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. Earth Above sprouts green lawns, beneath lies decaying bones, births, buries life zones. Cities… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Falling

    Curse Breaker | Falling

    Curse Breaker | Falling Sarn gave the forest one backwards glance just to confirm that neither Nolo nor any other Rangers had appeared. Trees stood by watching him, no doubt waiting for him to make a move. Was this all a cruel game to them? His hands curled into fists; he was no one’s pawn.… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Rift

    Curse Breaker | Rift

    Curse Breaker | Rift Sarn ran back towards the bodies. Dread dogged him. A branch shot out at chest level and Sarn struck it hard enough to bruise. He had managed to slow enough to keep from breaking anything but the impact still drove the breath from him. He ducked under the impediment and then… Read more

  • Curse Breaker | Queen of All Trees

    Curse Breaker | Queen of All Trees

    Curse Breaker | The Queen of All Trees Something tied the Child of Magic to the mountain and that tie refused to allow him to leave it. The Queen of All Trees tested its tensile strength and found the tie to be stronger than it. Each link was a promise forged in magic and blood.… Read more