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Their Eyes Held Darkness

“See Tom, can you see the eclipse?” asked the boy's grandad, the boy on his lap as he sat on his chair in the garden.

“Yes, grandad.”

They both wore protective goggles, and when the moon was obscuring the neighboring blue sun, his…

First Date

“C’mon, it will be fun!”

Your words still echo in my mind, Tom. First date. A boxing match? But like a good sport, I went along.

We sat in the front row.

“Only the best for you, Bev!”

Slow Day at Stamie’s Swimwear

The days were getting longer, the sun setting a bit later each day over the shores in Santa Barbara. Not that Canaan cared. Her shift usually ended around 5:00, roughly an hour and a half before the skies faded from cyan to peach-pink. Plenty of time for her to walk the…

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A Marital Discussion

Rosalie stared at the six-foot by four-foot painting her husband Tom had just framed and hung above their sofa. “You’re kidding, right?” she said to him.

“What?” he asked, looking bewildered. “Isn’t that the most fantastic study in boxing you’ve ever seen? Look at…

The Eight Spires

I stared at the print with sheer determination. The museum had acquired a collection that included several depictions of an ancient temple. A temple my father had spent years excavating when I was a child. A temple I’d sworn to finish excavating after my father’s death.

Don’t Forget the Return Spell

The portal called to me.

It whispered in my mind, in voices over voices, the ceaseless susurrations spoke a snake’s promises.

My master forbade me to attempt this spell. He’d rightly told me it was far beyond my understanding…

Birth of a Dragonchild

Mansel balanced his exhaustion against the brutal dragonswind. This mountain had a reputation to maintain.

Bruised, maybe broken in places, Mansel staggered into a cleft. With shaking fingers he freed his last fairy. At the bottom of the mountain he had been too…

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Prompt: These mysterious, ancient manuscripts have been discovered. What story do they tell?