Fat Princess
The needle poked her again. Clumsy fingers, Princess Alena cursed. She stuck her salty index finger in her mouth and sucked. “Gently... gently...” said…
BIG
“Fee Fi Fo Fum! Im going to crush you! Just for fun! HAHAHA” laughed the horrendous giant as it made its way to the castle walls. Its toes smashed the village…
(What Actually Happened) The Lady Or The Tiger?
The semi-barbaric princess was agonized, torn between telling her lover, who was to serve the justice of the arena, to go to the left door or to the right…
Dark
*Fear me.* You’ll die. All of you are going to die. *Look at me.* I wander forward, all long black hair and amber eyes and sharp white teeth. *Who am I?*…
Eventide
Olivia tapped her finger against the surface of the lake, watching the ripples shake the reflection of the stars. Her shoulders dropped. Three months and she…
Fly The Palace
“This is undignified!” Mira said as her most trusted aides tried vainly to hussle her into a hidden compartment in the underside of a hay cart. It was gone…
Tradition
“But father! I do not love him!” I said. “But honey. He’s such a fine suitor. You just have to spend more time with him,” my father said confidently. I sighed…
A generation's hero
The heat rose like a furnace off the glowing lava hundreds of feet below. The fact that this rickety bridge had not yet burned to ash would have given him…
Work Experience
Georgina sat awkwardly in her father’s vast stone chair. The velvet-covered cushion was too thin - already her buttocks ached. Her new clothes itched and her…
The Princess In The Tower 3
“I had to meet the person behind the voice,” he said. “I am Rapunzel,” she said. Then she walked over to her bed, and sat down. She smoothed her dress and…
The Princess In The Tower 2
Every now and then a rabbit would hop by. She sighed. It was the same as yesterday. It was beautiful, but the same. Oh well. Soon I’ll have my prince, she…
The Princess In The Tower
She sat up in her bed, waiting for something to happen. Anything! Day after day she waited for her prince to come and rescue her from her tower. Every day she…
Shattered Angels
Glennen shuffled solemnly away from the throne room. The sun which had been so bright at mid-morning had now folded itself away behind clouds. It draped…
Of Dust and Gears
Glennen knelt wearily over his demolished creation. There was nothing recognizable remaining of the perfect, beautiful angel he had crafted. Even its gossamer…
The Princess
Glennen’s footsteps echoed, clattering rhythmically about the cavernous throne room. He walked towards the throne, holding the delicate angel cupped within…
Charming Prince
Once upon a time their was a charming prince, who met a charming princess and for a time the prince and princess were happy together and dreamed of a happily…
Sihde Dragon
I feel my entire body transform, and I grow taller and taller, until I’m looking down at the castle grounds from a towering height. I am transformed into a…
To Kill the Princess
Zalfaqar raises his head and stares into the crowd and then he moves toward me in long, measured steps. The Sihde captives are hypnotized, moved beyond the…
The Light of Sihde
He strikes me again and I fall to my knees. I rise when I remember my father’s words. “Even the darkest shadows cannot escape the light of Sihde!” The light…
The Sihde Princess
It is still raining when the Ash-Shayton clerics come for me. The light from my crown glows steady amber, casting shades of checkered light along the castle…