This was not what the knight anticipated when the princess said there was a creature hiding in her most treasured rose garden. He’d never seen anything so hideously frightening, but he had a duty and rushed toward the behemoth monster.
Fantasy
40 Words Friday: No. 18
A scarred knight carried the princess to safety. “You’re safe here,” he said. She refused to let him go. “I must return to fight,” he added, gently pulling her away.
“I owe you my life,” she finally said, and hesitantly let him go.
40 Words Friday: No 15
Queen Azalea, with her pink curls cascading down her shoulders, sat on her ivory throne and pondered. She sought a worthy consort to ensure her lineage. Her heart yearned for true love, but her duty to her kingdom came first.
40 Words Friday: No. 14
Under the silvery full moon, he held her close, and whispered, “Be mine. Forever.” She gazed at him and saw the centuries of loneliness in his eyes. With a soft kiss, she bound their hearts, sealing a love destined to defy time.
40 Words Friday: No. 12
Tears welled in her eyes as they clung to each other. “You’re home,” she whispered and buried her face in his neck, inhaling the scent of him. He held her as though she were the most precious thing in the world.
40 Words Friday: No. 11
Amidst the salt-kissed breeze, she stood in the courtyard overlooking the sea. Her eyes, ancient and melancholy, traced the horizon where sea met sky. In that quiet moment, she pondered eternity, her heart a tempest of forgotten dreams and lost hopes.
40 Words Friday: No. 7
The warrior stands defiantly—eyes locked on the dragon that looms over her. Sword in hand, she calculates her next move. The wind whips through her hair as she assesses the rocky outcrop beneath her feet. She must strike swiftly.
40 Words Friday: No. 4
While her trembling hands grazed the troll’s rough cheeks, the truth hit her like a blade: her friend was lost forever, trapped in this monstrous guise. Tears blurred her vision as she whispered, “Why?” But the troll’s eyes held no answers—only pain and longing.
40 Words Friday: No. 3
Looking out at the whirring airships and the smoky factories, she said, “Wisdom comes with time, dear daughter. Rule with both heart and gears. Listen to the whispers of the tinkerers, the inventors, and the tea-sipping poets. They hold the secrets of our city’s beating heart.”
Writer’s Unite! Anthology Cover Reveal and Release Date
If you remember, I was in the Writer’s Unite anthology awhile back but under a different publisher. I’m not sure what became of that publisher but the Writer’s Unite! team is at it again with a new publisher and two volumes of fantasy short stories. I’m in the first one with the same story (that was published with the previous publisher). There have been minor revisions/editing to my story but it’s still the same theme and magic and all the wonderful things you’ll find in a fantasy story.
The ebook will be released on December 15, 2021, but you can preorder on December 1, 2021.
Here’s the new cover:
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