In Between Minds: Into the Beyond
The net slipped away, each loss sharp and painful. Below me She howled Her abandonment, terror and rage tearing chunks of my consciousness apart in an…
Jessica Cahill
95 stories written on Ficly, 2009–2012, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Ivy: Playing With Fire
Dmitri bobbed his head to Phillips, grabbed my hand and tugged me from the room. I laughed as we nearly ran down several corridors before reaching his door. He…
In Between Minds: Separation Anxiety
“A model for what exactly?” I asked aloud as I shot to my feet to begin pacing. On how to be the best you possible, came Natalya’s snarky retort. I heard…
At the End of Things
I knelt at the edge of the cliff and looked down into the maelstrom, just as I had knelt next to enraged elementals, deamon hunters and fallen kings. Power…
The War for Pinnacle Tower: United We Stand
There’s no way you can win in a duel. But a thought occurs to you... “Shoot at him,” you ask Callis. He arches a brow, but does it. The arrow disappears in a…
The War for Pinnacle Tower: Burden of Duty
You watch as the remaining Dukesmen retreat and the mage who issued the challenge steps forward. Heart in your throat you know your duty. It is up to you to…
In Between Minds: Truth in the Silence
Foolish girl, Grandmother’s voice, without echo, sliced across my thoughts so cleanly that I flinched. But my daughter... _Is safe enough for now. You will…
The War for Pinnacle Tower: With Trust
As you protect your soldiers, so do they protect you, says the memory of your teacher, Battlemage Ferlis. And with that, you decide to keep your attention…
Only One
Lightning poured through my veins, the pain of it exquisite. Identity fled and I simply existed in this moment, an instant eternity awash in amethyst. Then I…
The War for Pinnacle Tower: Save Yourself
You panic and back away from the advancing Dukesmen, your shield failing as your concentration wavers. Words of Power call up a fireball and you hurl it at the…
The War for Pinnacle Tower: The 75th!
If there are Dukesmen in the city, it’s nothing you can handle, so you decide to keep on toward the 75th. Finally you see them, gleaming in the sun. Major…
The War for Pinnacle Tower
“Listen up ladies! Your mommas ain’t here to wipe your noses. This is war!” Sgt. Ardale paced before your group of young battle mages, giving what he thought…
A Gift of Forever
The angel appeared in glory, brilliant white wings spread wide and dripping sunshine. Its beauty was so sharp, so perfect, I could not breathe, could not think…
Psychic Assault: Consequences
Morgan floated within the bleeding corridors of her mind, mental anesthesia keeping her from dissolving into a creature made of pain. Are you there beloved?…
In Between Minds: The Cycle
There were parts of the cycle that I was intimately familiar with. And a part of me was sad that I was neither surprised, nor horrified at the splashes of…
In Between Minds: The Journey Begins
I dreamed. Dr. Kozlov sat behind his desk talking to a little girl. She looked about five, with shifting green-blue eyes. _He watched her a moment and said…
In Between Minds: Respite
Days passed and the simplicity and repetition of tending the garden became the backdrop for lessons in controlling my abilities. While I weeded, I spun my…
Moment in the Silence
She knew the moment his body hit the ground. Tears welled in her eyes and she sighed with soft grief. Stories ended, naturally, abruptly, gently and if the…
Lessons in Moonlight
When the man beneath the stands looked up the Lady of the Fair Isle was there, smiling. He gasped and stepped back, hands held up in warding. She tilted her…
Lady of the Fair Isle
She arrived with the gloaming, wreathed by the rising moon’s first silver. Barefoot, only the whisper of her deep green robes betrayed her measured step as she…