The airship’s floor trembled again and Max snarled as she bobbled the vial. “Cursed ferret!” The emerald liquid steadied as she corked its container. She grabbed a quill to mark it, and even her handwriting looked briskly angry. Surely the Prime Minister would be done with his tests before noon. Her experiment couldn’t wait another […]
THE SMELL OF NORTH – #flashfictionmagic
Lux made a disgusted sound as his boot sank ankle deep in Bayou mud. “We should have stayed in the northlands.” “And let the Empress track us through the snow? I don’t think so.” Autumn picked her way around the small bog he was still wading through. Lux’s mutters turned to a prolonged grumble, one […]
A SWIFT CURRENT – #flashfictionmagic
“You don’t believe all those stories about me, do you?” Autumn swept her hand across the ground before she sat, sending acorns scattering. Something still jabbed when she settled in gingerly, facing the fire. “The ones about your dying of disease, or the ones where you murder all your lovers?” His laugh sounded like liquid […]
A SNOWY TRAIL – #flashfictionmagic
“I’m pretty sure Ibena is that way.” Lux waved a hand toward the unblemished snow to their right. His tousled blond locks glowed even more angelically when dusted with snow, and Autumn’s fingers twitched with an urge to rip them off his head. “We’re not going to Ibena, Lux,” she said carefully. Sweetly, even. His […]
D I S T A N C E -#flashfictionmagic
“I can still feel him,” Eyla whispered. The Raj’s boots crunched in the snow as he shifted. “You have a strong bond.” She jerked her head. “This is different. The lake is frozen, our bond should be dead.” He took her elbow, his fingers firm through her coat. “I don’t think he’ll let ice slow […]