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A Letter From The North Star.
Dear Clamenica, The North Star welcomes your visit with open arms, should you leave your weapons of cruelty at the gate, my sweet, insufferable sister.
The Horned Horror
Every boy at the lunch table was leaning forward. Steve was almost drooling, his mouth hanging slack. Julian picked at a pimple while staring at
S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-3)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Three It was nearly midnight when
Workings of a Star – Ch 4 – A Scifi Romance
Perhaps Esme was starting to get used to these hallways. She didn’t mind the monotony. With nothing to distract herself, it made it easier to
Dullahan Days
0800 Wake up because of a headache. Something I’m never going to get used to, even if it’s been a decade. My head is on
The man eater
She missed her pet. Silent tears streamed down her face as she clutched her locket which encompassed a picture of the deceased pet. All the
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-3)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Three Rin was still in the Lab
S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-3)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Nya stood next
Zero Hour
Most kids, as they approach high school graduation, are faced with hard choices. Should I go to college? A college near home, or one in
S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-6)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Six Nya’s foot did
Behind that Tree
Jody Kouistra sighted along the barrel of her telescope. It was a beautiful clear October night, the stars close enough to get tangled in her
Ivy-Covered
There was something out of place out there, in the lecture hall. Fergus Clegg, professor of economics, looked up from his notes and paused in
Revenge of the mermaid
The mermaid languished around lazily watching from the corner of her eye, as the boys played on the banks of the lake. She resented them
Love in Limbo: Part 2
Mary weaves her way through the gravestones in the cemetery, the moonlight illuminating her way. She hates that the only sound that can be heard
S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-3)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Three ———- Nya suddenly awoke, still
S.O.S. Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-3)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Once again, he
The Dead Have Arisen!
THE DEAD WOOD Winter, 1E194 The Nardic tribesmen trudged through the thorns and brambles that grew upon the forest floor, hacking and slashing at the
Screwed by Frankie Frog
“Who’s your favorite?” The woman looked up from her book, tossing her dark hair out of her eyes. “Excuse me?” Alan hadn’t meant to speak.
S.O.S. Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-6)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Six The man felt
Rand’az, the Majestic (Part 1 of 2)
Rand’az rested in the shadows of the cave. For decades now, that had been his abode, dark, damp, but rich. He rested sprawled on an
Victims
“Thought of someone to sue yet?” Bill’s dad called from the living room. “Not yet, dad.” Bill opened the refrigerator door. “Did you find the
Eternal Song
In the realm of the divine, where melodies reign, A song of eternity echoes through the rain, A tune so pure, so sweet, so full
(P.S.poetry series) S.O.T.O.
She has left all the sudden now I’m forgotten, what are you planning on doing when everybody’s got their back turned, judging you every moment,
Alchemist’s Due
Leckin gnashed his molars on his goza as he inhaled from it. The goza hissed as the device took in oxygen and transmuted it into
Coruscant
They are coming for us, Humanoid creatures with bejewelled eyes, A dozen of us against five of them, It started with one…. And then there
Gnomes in the library
He was in the biology section, and the sun had already started to set. Sliding Andival’s curiosities from the eastern plains (illustrated) between its neighbors
The Tale of the Young Man Upon the Mountain
On top of mount Chikarii is where the mourning men go to die. That was what the young man had heard from the shriveled prunes
Horkos, the Oath
When my friend Pythias told me that he would go abroad for a year to trade, and asked me to swear an oath to look
The Cursed Voyage
SUMATRAN OCEAN Autumn, 1E194 “It’s not much further now! The hungry jowls of Hölle have already closed shut behind us!” a Nardic sailor called out
Worthless Structure Ventilator
When your eyes are soaked in all the nuances of light, maybe it’s time to close them, just for a little while… (Rock’n’Roll in a
The Wonder of Truce.
Dear Daliah, My sister, it is with hope that I write this letter, for you have brought much sorrow to the seven stars. I do
A Letter Of Mind.
Dear Daliah, It is not my usual to write, not by least for the actions of perpetuity that you so wilfully exploit. Yet I find
The Doll Mistress
Normally, Celestine would never have gone so close to the witch’s house, but winter had made it hard to find anything to eat and they’d
Koehl’s Quality Impressions
Early Wednesday morning, not much past 10:30, I wheezed my way through downtown in my old ’31 Ford. Down to White Center, where the city
Smoke
Got a light? Oh no, I don’t even smoke, it’s just for the screen you know, feeling like Mickey Rourke here. I remember watching Nine
The Rorschach Test
I sat in a small grey room, wearing a matching grey jumpsuit. They weren’t very creative here. Why should they be? I thought with a
The Test of Thirteen
“Bloodroot, nightshade, pond scum, a live tadpole, and fresh guano. Put into a large kettle with two quarts of fetid rainwater and heat while intoning
The Two Sides of The Rose
Once upon a time, there was a place called Araf. Nowadays, no one knows what happened to it in reality. This place was full of
Zode
There wasn’t a word for how she felt about her mother. All the words she knew were either positive, negative, or neutral. Her mother wasn’t
The Hunt
NERO FOREST, AHGLOR Winter, 1E77 Robin trekked through the rough hilly terrain of the Ahglorian woodlands in pursuit of the caribou herd he’d been pursuing
Death doesn’t knock
My first novel, I will Paint the Night, will be out on August 31. These are the first 10 pages. Fun stuff – My publisher
S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-6)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Six “I think we
The Hooked Sword
Between the fields and the woodlands lies a little hill with a ruined chapel. It is outlined against the sky. You were aware of it
Branded
Copacabana Girl wasn’t a fighter, so when she found out that Maman Bisou had slandered her, her first thought was to respond in kind: make
The Law by Candlelight
The sheriff held his breath as he heaved the beam from its resting place, latching the nightstation’s wooden palisade gate shut. Staggering back and to
Recording Angel
Beth had been sitting on the marble bench for ages, her eyes fixed on Michael as he worked silently at his desk. When he finally
Personal Histories
Lawrence Hogben, Ph.D., sat at his desk and fumed. Before him lay that month’s Archeological Extracts, open to Beaglehole’s article on the use of toilet
S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-4)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four “Now that we’ve
Magic Love, Heart Sight
In twilight realms of mystic dreams, Where spirits roam, A wondrous place of enchantment beams, Where incantations gleam. *** The moon and stars shine bright
Merger and Marriage
A BrandLand story * InfoCiti Tower was a flat glass sheet reaching from the sky to the ground, a grid of mint green lights against
S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Two Aaron reached the outskirts of
Her Vampire Lover
“But I am a creature of the night,” Justin said. “And you – you’re a child of the sunlight. The sun I can never again
3. The Knight’s Wife – The Wolves
As they camp in the accursed Forest, the wife and the squire entertain an unwelcome guest, while the knight is away, hunting… Around the fire.
A Second Chance
They say we should not mess with time travel but I bet that they would change their minds if they had seen their disabled twin
Halloween Betrothal
It hit the floor with a thud. She watched in horror as the pumpkin basket bounced merrily off the floor of the patio scattering her
New Trick
The phone rang. Actually, it didn’t ring. It played that stupid “Who Let the Dogs Out” song. Jesse had made it do that, had downloaded
Discards
His mother had lain dead in the house for days, until a neighbor had become concerned. But the body had been taken away. The living
The Wrath of Grapes, or, The Sweet Smell of Success
It all happened because of the grapes. It wasn’t often that any fresh fruit at all was sent to the Issap Station. Oh, the diplomats
The List
The front door – that’s where they would come through. The house did have a back door, in the kitchen, but there were piles of
Workings of a Star – Ch 1 – A Scifi Romance
Everything was burning. The flames reached high into the sky, the smoke blocking out any sign of light. There were screams and crying from every
Of Marr the Unbeliever
At that time lived Marr, who since his youth had had no reverence for the gods or time for their worship. When he grew to
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem A short story
Ame stepped back and surveyed her work with a critical eye. She had built the makeshift hut as sturdily as possible years ago, using mathematical
An Economy of Words
Growing up so far from the wordfields, I’ve learned to appreciate the few words I have, so as the fitting for Baron Kensington’s festival garments
Sucks to Be You
Paul Flinchbaugh caught the elevator just before the doors closed, and patiently rode up to the seventh floor. Patiently, because the elevator was crowded, and
Meet Moi
I’ve borrowed some money from people with no intention of paying it back. Fuck ’em, the whole thing would resolve by itself eventually or at
Cause Ways
“What if?” is the essence of genre fiction. What if monsters were real? What if mankind had faster-than-light travel? What if there was a world
AfterWorld Part 2
When a teenager is trapped in a land of the dead, she discovers that ghosts are the least of her worries. Begin with Part 1
Water Cooler Talk
It was another day in the office, another Wednesday in the middle of a week that seemed to drag on forever. Samnas glanced up at
The Potion Maker (Story Cubes #2)
The potion bubbled furiously, releasing fumes of fortune into the air. The scent of lavender, the ocean, and an unplaceable aroma that was as comforting
Laid Back
The light from the lamp shade was turning everything under its grip into a shadow silhouette on the wall of this room with the curtains
Hop and Hop with Gleepglop-Geep! A Bedtime Reader
Gleepglop-Geep is curled up under the dried leaves, warm and comfortable. But not sleeping! Gleepglop-Geep knows that sleeping is dangerous, and she is far too
S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-3)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Pronunciation Guide: “Aerot” is pronounced similarly to
I Am Fire; I Am Tears
Ulykke crouched in the darkness, just beyond the sunray’s reach. Before her, along the forest path, an entourage of huntresses passed on horseback, armed with
I think, wolf wolf wolf
I want him before he wants me. I am twenty-three years old and sipping mint juleps from red plastic cups when I see him. His
The Sky Turned Purple: 30-day writing challenge
“Have I ever led you astray,” Charlie said, holding out the suspicious-looking mushroom he had found. “Yea, actually lots of times,” I replied. “Oh, …
S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-4)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four Once Lilleth had
Halls of Silt and Seawater
“That’s exactly what I imagined. Isn’t it great?” Ben and his friends looked down the dunes, over the beach and the rolling waves, crashing against
S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-1)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Nya made her
Where Ages Meet: Ch. 1: Paths Crossed
[Content Notes: Fantasy setting, magic] The carriage ricketed down the path, rocking from side to side not too unlike the boat Oliver left behind a
A Premature Farewell
CALAIS, LEGION Summer, 1E107 In life you are given choices and in life there are struggles. Sometimes you have to accept that things are out
The giant at my window wants to play a game
About four weeks ago, a giant appeared outside my office window. I don’t know how long it had been waiting there, nor to be honest
AfterWorld Part 4
When a teenager is trapped in a land of the dead, she discovers that ghosts are the least of her worries. Begin with Part 1
The Truth in the Garden of Eden - Flash Fiction
The woman giggled as the snake gently wrapped around her arm and rested his head in her hand. She adjusted herself in the tree and
Finding the Dragon Priest: The Global Hunt for the Man Who Forever Changed the World
Introduction There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. Now the largest tourist trap in the world, boasting multiple theme parks, petting zoos, guided safaris, and
Heart of Steel – Part 4
Old memories rose up from somewhere deep inside him, and took over. He had not set foot in the house, their house, for an entire
Heart of Steel – Part 3
They moved swiftly, almost at a near run, Gideon’s eyes looking everywhere as they walked. He held her awkwardly and somewhat painfully by the elbow
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
“What’s love got to do with it?” Shara said, as she slashed through the thick underbrush of the jungle with her machete that was almost
From the Ball’s Point of View
The chest of toys was a little town around them, if one can imagine a town without houses and in perpetual dusk. For the spinning-top
The Mutilator
I am the mutilator. That’s what I saw. This dream, where I’ve found myself in the middle of the endless white space. No horizon, no
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-2)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two The man felt as though he
Mystic Heart
Elayna’s tawny nose was buried in her enchanca, her mismatched green and gold eyes locked on the map of Myst Academy’s ancient halls. Classes would
S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-4)
***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four —– The alarm clock next
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
The ceiling opened and the Priest Judge Arbitrator descended into the Control Center. Tloygruu bobbed his head up and down the correct number of times,
The home of the weird and the wonderful
The Dragon is coming to tea. Grandmother sends me to The Village at dawn with a list and a handcart. Multiversal Mart (Unlimited Indulgence. Family
AfterWorld Part 1
When a teenager is trapped in a land of the dead, she discovers that ghosts are the least of her worries. ShyShy crouched among dried
BB’s Sweetfriends Book Club
“There you go, Kip! Soon your knee will be good as new!” BB rolled up the unused length of bandage and put it into a
Of Beastly Beauty (Part VIII)
Revealing the Beast Reyon and Raphaela managed to hide Reyon’s identity as The Soulless Demon for many years. However, after brutally killing the fiance of
The Firedrake’s Heart: Part 1
Astris liked to watch the fire-spirits dance from the outskirts of the lava field, where she couldn’t enter. The air scorched there, and none of
Ambush
OUTSIDE GRAENOR, GILAN Winter, 1E193 “There are the brughkt-prah*— up ahead!” an orcish scout called out from as his fellow slavers comprising caravan plowed through
Flame Paladin – Table of Contents
Flame Paladin” is an urban fantasy web novel. The description for the web novel is: After leaving the world’s premier superhero team, Chelsea Warner works