Tag Archives: magic

Guest Author: Ernesto San Giacomo ~ Villains and Heroes: Tweaking a Standard

Posted on December 9, 2019 by

Imagine someone whose only desire is power, world domination, and/or gathering riches beyond the average dreams of avarice. Such an individual represents a classic villain from the SciFi or Fantasy genres, like Darth Vader from Star Wars or Voldemort from … Continue reading →

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Afar ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

Posted on December 1, 2019 by

I stand on pagan feet, verdant beneath beside winter stripped leaves my eyes roam the blue snow laced hills where legends speak of heavy snow that hides a secret Continue reading at Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie

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Field of Nine…

Posted on November 27, 2019 by

* Why is the Octave so important? * Because it is simultaneously both the end of one thing, and the beginning of another.” * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Walk Toward the Light ~ Rosemary Carlson #writephoto

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

The door of the hut where Ladd lived with his family faced east. Dawn broke soon after Archer, Knowledge, and Mercy left for work and Ladd still sat in the straight chair in front of the fire. He noticed Cat, … Continue reading →

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Swords redrawn… #bookextract #fantasy

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

Some years ago, I published a fantasy novel, set in the magical landscape of Yorkshire. It was initially written to preserve some of the stories and folklore I had learned as a child, wandering the moors with my grandfather. From … Continue reading →

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Glass~ Rosemary Carlson #writephoto

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

As Ladd and the small man made their way toward London, they stopped to sleep at dusk at whatever shelter they could find. The first night on the road found them by a lake with water so still it looked … Continue reading →

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Wily Wotan…

Posted on November 20, 2019 by

* Determined to retake the mead of poetry from, the Giant’s who had stolen it, Odin, The High God, disguises himself as one of them… * He calls himself, ‘The Evil One’. * All the Jotunn have those sort of … Continue reading →

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Stone of the Night…

Posted on November 19, 2019 by

* You are a passenger… You stay under glass… You are driven through the city’s ripped back-sides. You leave the city’s ripped back-sides on a road which snakes through low, rough, foothills. Far on the horizon a solitary fin-shaped peak … Continue reading →

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Hunting the Moon…

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

* We thought we would get there early, to soak up the atmosphere, and await the fall of night… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Glow ~ Jan Malique #writephoto

Posted on November 13, 2019 by

Here’s my offering for Sue’s Thursday Photo Prompt, one involving a return to the Great Forest of the Green Man, a knight, the Grail and a being known as the Lightbringer. A sea of green stretches beyond the horizon and into … Continue reading →

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