Novel excerpts: Magical fantasy

by Sirena Willim

The Legend Sabrina was a well behaved child that was considerate of other people and was always said to be the most beautiful girl in the Kingdom. She had long flowing like all girls of her age, and her eyes always shi...read more

by Don Barnhill AKA STRONGBOW

THE MAGICIAN Chapter one Cold gray clouds moved across the sky propelled by the same chilling wind that swept through the square, swirling the bits of refuse that littered the streets as though a tiny tornado...read more

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by Micheal Hallowell

One: 525 A.D. Twas a dark night, that night, but palely lit by the glow of the teal moon was suspended overhead. A dangerous chill pervaded the desert planet Myrianth as the darkness of night wiped across its nebulous s...read more

by Patricia Davis

Redemption through Vengeance Part One - Vengeance -1- She wore black. Her fashion wasn't so much a statement so much as a requirement. For a funeral especially one as high brow as this, one wore black. Her ligh...read more

by Jen Ladley

Greenfield Manor - a working progress I let out long sigh of relaxation and closed my eyes; enjoying the sun against my body, "life doesn't get much better than this" I said to myself, as all the muscles in my body sta...read more

by Nikki Melton

Prologue Stars and planets, water, fire, meet to raise our beings higher out of mud, ooze, and slime, bathed in blood, fused in time. We grapple skyward, blow-by-blow, leaving our putrid past below to speak, think, d...read more

by Stevie Bullock

The sound of battle could be heard for miles around, the screams of the dying, the battle cry of the victorious and the clang of metal swords clashing with vengeance. His own sword was dripping with the blood of the enemy,...read more

by Samuel Jones

THE STAR OF SILVENEIR CHAPTER ONE: ELYISSA Through the light veil of a soldier's sleep, Deron heard a woman scream. Waking, he was already on his feet, crouched in the snow amid the ruins of his bedroll with his swo...read more

by Lazaro Mendez

chapter 1 The Rebirth of a God "In order to get to the end we most start at the beginning." On December 17, 1977, I was born, it was at 8:30pm, and Jersey Ci...read more

by Greg Quinnell

Sample from Book 1 of the Pandora's Resurgence trilogy, the first part of the Warthian Chronicles series. - Scene 1 Of Separate Realities and Clown Abuse Imagine traveling down a road at night before stopping righ...read more

by Renee Soulie

From The Wyldrenwoode series Iseo Twelve fires burned low, reflecting as small glowing wreaths in her amber eyes. Eyes that marked her as different. Again she was seeing the twelve women, standing with arms outstret...read more

by Thomas Riddell

Rhuel was a hawk-faced man. His hooked nose very much made him look like a bird of prey. He worked feverishly in his well-lit laboratory. The sickly sweet aroma of this room could mean only one thing, alchemy. He quickly ...read more

by Joshua Johnson

"Dragons!" he heard one man yell as panic erupted through their ranks as more fire rained down on them. Gerrard could barely believe his ears at such a claim. Why would dragons rally against them? He knew enough about d...read more

by Roxan Finnell

What Bean Sidhe Found She hid the child in a tiny basket covered with Guelder Rose and crept silently out. Not making a noise she made her way through the bushes that surrounded the tiny territory, where the Siog hid fr...read more

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by Mark Walters

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Consider for a moment the sovereignty of God. He begins life and takes it away. What do you think would happen if He allowed government to take over the job for a while? In this...read more

by Megan Rhys

A Bard's Eye View Section I: The Journey Begins Darkmoon Chaos Day, Year of the Hearth Uncle Mallandry says that writing one's feelings in a diary heals a troubled soul. Uncle Hetharil says that the discipl...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

Chapter One Fascination. Was that it? No, more like mesmerizing or hypnotic. The cool blue eyes glued upon the young girl moving across the room in silence. Almost as though moving upon clouds. Red hair curling lik...read more

by DrN

The Wayward Home (Part 1) Its hard to tell you my feelings right now. For a long time it was hard knowing that things where not the way people perceived them to be. So much time waisted, so much pain, and the ...read more

by C. A. Hargreaves

Fairy Alliance Chapter 5 Leaf Jumper groggily awoke to darkness; something was restricting his left wrist. Then the pain hit him. His wings felt like they were in shreds. His whole body ached. He felt weaker than he had ...read more

by Kathryn Henderson

Excert from "Rozelle" Description and history of the village of Marigold He wandered around the remains of the village for the better part of the day. The stones for the streets and a few crumbling walls wer...read more