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Silent Rain 10: Prisoners

Silent Rain Silent Rain Episode 10:  Prisoners In total, twenty refugees, more than half of them children, the rest fathers and other adult males without druid training, arrived.  Some of the men helped carry three wounded on cots; two sentinels … Continue reading

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I is for Identical Twins

A to Z April Blogging Challenge I is for Identical Twins Twin studies fascinate me.  Growing up, I wished for a twin, though I came close with my cousin, David.  We grew up fairly close as children, only a year … Continue reading

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Silent Rain 4: An Old Enemy

    Silent Rain    Silent Rain Episode 4:  An Old Enemy There was no mistaking the distant alarm of a long and deep horn blast.  It raked Lesara from sleep early.  Adriala already stirred noisily from her cot in … Continue reading

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Silent Rain 2: Breaking the Fast

    Silent Rain    Silent Rain Episode 2:  Breaking the Fast After every fasting her mother demanded, the flat bread always smelled divine, even if her stomach remained unsatisfied by how slowly she reintroduced food.  Any other time flat … Continue reading

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Silent Rain 1: Seeking a Vision

Silent Rain    Silent Rain Episode One:  Seeking a Vision Wispy tendrils of smoke rose and danced from the altar, creating a gossamer web above before blurring into a thin fog near the ceiling.  The burning herbs with their heavy-sweet … Continue reading

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The Walled Garden

Thanks to my son’s nanowrimo workbook (I’m helping him through it), I’m thinking about setting more.  A few of my earlier stories contain settings filled with character, done on purpose.  Until recently, I simply didn’t think about trying the opposite:  … Continue reading

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Adventure Ends Beginning

And another nanowrimo ends barely begun.  Next year I aim to try my absolute hardest to start in October.  Part of my problem is that I don’t remember nanowrimo until November and I spend the better part of the first … Continue reading

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Forget Rounds: The List

My nanowrimo project?  Nope!  Still without a clue.  Go me!  I’ve waffled and hedged but come up with the complete list of 19 projects what want attention. NINETEEN! My interest in each one is equal, and as I attempt to … Continue reading

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The Lost Binder

I mentioned this treasured item (by both my sister and I) in at least one post prior.  I find myself thinking of it again and felt it deserved its own entry.  My mother wrote short stories in my early childhood.  … Continue reading

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Forever Goodbyes

Why the hell was I there? Gida stared up at the dark canopy of trees above, not really seeing them as she slouched against one and slid down to sitting. What was the point? She already knew Illumyn belonged to … Continue reading

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