Out of My Write Mind
The blog and writing resource aggregate of an absent-minded Fantasy author
It’s Linda’s 13th birthday, and she’s been given a rare treat: a visit to the Isle of Dreams. The floating isle in the sky, home to fictional Characters and maintained by the Board of Authors, is in danger. The Board of Authors asks Linda to help them figure out who is messing with the magic of the sky. Linda agrees, never dreaming that the answer would be so personal.
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A short, original fairy tale, set in the world of Bookland, and told by Blue. The time of the tale itself is well before the arrival of the Conquering Flame, though the telling itself happens a little while after the events of "Trouble in Bookland." It is not necessary to read "Trouble in Bookland" to understand the tale, it just adds a bit of backstory to the world.
Written for the Original Fairy Tale Challenge held on Tales From a Modern Bard.
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A family depends on the timely gifts from the mysterious White Mare, especially this winter; the mother is pregnant, and she's had a difficult time of it. But when the mare doesn't show, little Tranquility is determined to make things better for her family. She sets off into the forbidden area of the forest...
A short story set in the early days of Bookland, before the Conquering Flame and Linda's arrival. Written for the Winter Writing Challenge held on Tales from a Modern Bard.
Cover courtesy of Hazel West.
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Snow White - fair or foul?
What if Snow White wasn't a princess? What if her step-mother wasn't evil? What if the conflict wasn't propelled by magic, but by popularity?
Explore these questions and more in this collection of six Snow White retellings.
The Poet's Missing Daughter by Phoenix Xiao tells the tale of a missing girl and her step mother who has something supernatural to hide.
An elven sorceress faces an impossible choice between saving one life or many in Julian Barr's Kingdom of the Mirror.
A young girl fights monsters in the dark world of sleep in J. W. Atkinson's Snow White and the Silent Death.
A young beauty influencer finally reveals all regarding the machinations of her step mother in Mark Hood's Skin Deep.
In Marlene Simonette's The Many Failures of Evil, a halfling child must relive the painful memories of her past and fight for a family.
A mysterious message prompts a young woman to cross the line of right and wrong in Robyn Sarty's The Fruitful Heist.
These Tales from the Treehouse will leave you spell-bound and wanting more!
Anthelm is just a nervous college boy on a date with a night-shift librarian. What could go wrong?
Written for a contest held on Tales from a Modern Bard. The challenge was Plot Twist. My twist was, "Boy meets Girl—but they’re dead."
Set in a world I'm hoping to write more in soon, currently called Convoluted Chronicles.
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A short, original fairy tale, featuring two classic fairy tale creatures. What happens when a spider tries to outwit a fairy? Nothing good.
Written for the Original Fairy Tale Challenge held on Tales From A Modern Bard.
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Kallias is a villain; he's conquered the city, and he will take what he is due. He sees a live form wandering the wreckage, and it's a boy. A boy that reminds him of himself.
A short story that inspired the character Kallias in a WIP currently titled Reality of Devotion. This particular event may happen at a later date in the story, it may not. Written for the Make the Villain a Hero Challenge held on Tales from a Modern Bard.
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Ellen doesn't mind earning her keep, but she would like more out of life. When her parents announce a move to a city famous for both mining and its school, she resigns herself to being close enough to observe the learned life, never to partake. Her parents have other things in mind.
This is the first part of a story I would like to continue, inspired by a game of Call to Adventure. Written for Mixed Media Challenge on Tales from a Modern Bard.
People are going missing, and Arthur knows where he can find answers. Fortunately, he also knows how to get them; from the Fae. The question is whether or not he'll understand them.
Written for Tales from a Modern Bard, Lost Civilization Challenge.