Tag Archives: fantasy stories

Creating Inspiration

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

A picture I’ve sketched to gather inspiration for a picture book. Poor lonely faerie.

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The Forest Girl – finale

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

In the last installment Lisa and Lance sought refuge at Lance’s house after fleeing from Cerridwen’s violent transformation. Then Lisa returned home. What will the two discover when they meet up the following day and return to Cerridwen’s home? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

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Charlie, Charlie

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

A little tongue-in-cheek story. ______________________________________ Foyer of a dark abandoned house at night. Wind howls outside. A sheet of notebook paper lies in the middle of the dusty floor encircled by candles. Two pencils lie across one another, the one … Continue reading →

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The Forest Girl – part three

Posted on May 21, 2015 by

In part two we left Lisa Browning fleeing from Cerridwen, who was revealing more of her bizarre character. Lance Carpenter, who has been interested in Cerridwen, also began to make connections with the Ash family and the disappearances of children … Continue reading →

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The Forest Girl – part two

Posted on May 6, 2015 by

Here is the second installment of the “Forest Girl”. In the first part we ended with Lisa and Cerridwen talking at the dinner table with Cerridwen’s parents. Cerridwen wanted to know if Lisa had brought music. Lisa said she had … Continue reading →

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The Forest Girl

Posted on April 23, 2015 by

This is the first of four installments of a revised short story. It is aimed at a young audience but should be fun regardless of age. Lisa Browning enjoyed winter more than any other season. She loved the crisp air, … Continue reading →

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The Aching Moon

Posted on April 12, 2015 by

All I remember is two other brothers and I returning to the abbey late at night, chilled and hungry. Our ministrations in the plague-ridden village had offered little to those poor wretches writhing in pain. Brother Alwin was the first … Continue reading →

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