Category: Fiction
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How to Bargain with a Sea Witch
By Fibonacci Wren _________________________ First rule for dealing with mermaids? Never, ever, ever try to bargain.Child, when you’ve lived as long as I have, you’ve seen a lot. I’ve learned my lesson now, of course, butback then I was just a young witch. I had no idea how stupid, how utterly idiotic a young mermaid…
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The Last Solo
By Haniah Duerkson _________________________ June 12, 1854 She’s late. He glanced at his watch for the hundredth time that hour. It was seven minutes to one, an hour past their agreed meeting time. His heart stuck in his throat even as he told himself that she’d come. She would. She had promised five years ago …
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Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters
by Hannah Grace Staton [part one: the writer] Not again, Garrett thought, scanning the letter in his hands. After reading it a second time, he stuffed it back in the envelope and tossed it onto his desk. With a sigh, he leaned back in his chair and stared out the window, watching snowflakes spiral downward…
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Life from Death
By Liberty H. Durmaz _________________________ “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24 The broken glass crunched under my boots. I couldn’t help but wince slightly,…
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Cold, Cold Waters
By A. R. Raney _________________________ In all of my life, I had never known that there could be such a shade of blue in the whole world, or that there could be so much of it. The ocean stretched out in all directions as far as the eye could see. A crisp, yet not unpleasant,…
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Wings — A City Ablaze Story
By Lori Scharf ___ The following is an excerpt from the first chapter of City Ablaze, draft 2 *** Wings. I stare at them in the smudged school bathroom mirror, my hands braced on the counter in front of me. They stretch out into the space between my back and the wall of empty stalls…
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Street Rat – A Thicker Than Water Story
By Lori Scharf ___ This story takes place a couple of years before the events of the novel, and follows Ryder, one of my male protagonists. Enjoy his emotional pain, hehehe. *** How did I end up here? I peer around the corner, only to duck back as a pair of guards passes. The question…
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Radioactive – A Trapped In Comfort Story
Lori Scharf ___ Hello everyone! Today I have a story based in the same world as two of my other short stories, Trapped in Comfort and Firework. Most of it was written for a short story contest, which I WON!! This, however, is the expanded version. *** I didn’t ask for this life. I didn’t…
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Stranded – A Warrior Story
By Lori Scharf *** The impact was the last thing Vee remembered. The next thing she knew, Dustyn was setting her against the trunk of a tree while she drifted in and out of consciousness. The ground seemed to slant backwards, tipping her into oblivion. Down, Down, Down. “Vee, wake up.” Vee was jerked back…
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King of the Dark – A Thicker Than Water Story
By Lori Scharf *** They wanted me to be different. They wanted me to change my father’s legacy and break the chains of darkness that had entrapped this kingdom for centuries. They thought I would be better. And so did I, for a while. Then, I realized that there is no glory in following Light,…
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Then & Now: A Year In Writing
By Lori Scharf ___ It’s pretty hard to believe how much has happened this year. It seems like every time I turn around lately, another month has gone by. However, when I look back at my writing, I realize just how much has changed. I’ve come a long way from the girl who struggled to…
The WarriorCo. 