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Day 27: Dark Magic

On March 21, 2020March 21, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, WritingLeave a comment

Kaz’s fingers clamped down on the back of the boys’ necks. His grasp was icy, and black shot through Cyprus’s vision. That iciness spread from the point of contact, sinking dark magic deep into his muscles. Cyprus didn't know if he'd collapsed or frozen in place standing.

Day 20: Driftwood Boys

On January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, Writer's Report, WritingLeave a comment

Xan turned and watched him until he misstepped, overturning the driftwood and tripping into the sand. “If that’s what you want,” he said.

Day 3: Seagull Eggs

On November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, WritingLeave a comment

Gilliana sat herself down by the fire, mottled brown robes bagging around her. The cage clanked to the floor. She handed him a warm, slightly muddy seagull egg from a brass bowl and pillowed the martin in her lap.

Quincy

On October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, Writing3 Comments

Valley wind strings birthday graves along the roadside, impossible to tell from the litter and waste.

Believer

On September 11, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn WritingLeave a comment

A man at Camalo Fair swore to me that if I came with him on the Ferris wheel he’d cure cancer.

Day 24: Before All

On July 26, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, Storybuilding, The Stars Went Out, WritingLeave a comment

“Ain't that the truth. So you’re training the patriarch’s boy, now?” Hanif wrestled playfully with his son's grip. “That’s a damned honor. Damned waste, too, if you ask me. Like five cats in one dog, that young man is. Think you’d be willing to give this little beast of wrath some lessons?”

Day 21: Horse-Breaker

On July 23, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, Storybuilding, The Stars Went Out, WritingLeave a comment

Her name was Zoya Nia. She was a foreign slave of an aristocrat who had ended the service for her crime a long time ago, and her owners paid her well. They trusted her with tending their babes and selecting the best of Árai’s horses for the warriors they sponsored.

Day 12: The Caged Path

On July 14, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, Storybuilding, The Stars Went Out, WritingLeave a comment

The pathway to the priestess’s tower was almost as lush as the flanking gardens. No one’s feet had disturbed it for quite some time. Vines and creepers spilled tiny blossoms before Umi's boots. When was the last time anyone had gone in, or out?

Day 6: Reading Stars

On July 8, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Magical Realism, The Stars Went Out, Worldbuilding, Writing3 Comments

Shiori concentrated until the room began to spark with magic. One by one, the crystals and glasses began to light with an aurora of colors. A warped space swam through the room, distorting the windows.

Day 5: Anastoria

On July 7, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Storybuilding, The Stars Went Out, WritingLeave a comment

“I remember," she said eventually. "There was a family who always brought goats past our street to the market. One ate the flower off my dress when I was little. Their son promised he’d marry me if I stopped crying, but I think I hit him. I don’t remember if I said yes or not. I might not have stopped crying, either.”

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