“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” For the sixth time today, Amrita’s focus spirit was cleaning the toilets. She watched as...
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- March 1, 2024
- Fiction
Flash Fiction
Day 19 – Darkness
“Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.” Amber had been...
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- February 20, 2024
- Fiction
Day 18 – Folly
“Let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy.” It happened overnight. One day, just seeing a capital R in bright red...
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- February 20, 2024
- Fiction
Day 17 – Grief
“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.” The last time Faris spent a night in...
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- February 18, 2024
- Fiction
Day 16 – Forward
“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’” The following is dedicated to my...
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- February 16, 2024
- Fiction
FFF Day Fourteen: Smudge It
“A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.” “You know how much I love your sister,” Bratwurzt said in a...
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- February 14, 2024
- Fiction
FFF Day Thirteen: Friends
“It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.” “Question: What are you doing?” The Student of Applied Magic leaned over Wynona’s...
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- February 13, 2024
- Fiction
Day 12 – Wizards
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” 15 Kythorn, 1491 Addressed to the honorable Sir House of...
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- February 13, 2024
- Fiction
FFF Day Eleven: Golden Treasure Box
“A box without hinges, key, or lid—yet golden treasure inside is hid.” So last month I found a GameBoy Advance cartridge at an estate sale. The...
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- February 11, 2024
- Fiction
FFF Day Ten – No Adventures
“‘Good morning!’ he said at last. ‘We don’t want any adventures here, thank you!’” I was born under a full moon and a comet that only...
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- February 11, 2024
- Fiction
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