Novel excerpts: Fantasy

by Michael Collins

The Three-headed Dragon Chapter 1 "Fairyland at last," muttered Michael Tempest to himself as he swung the big Citroen station wagon around a sharp bend in the road. As the car dipped down a hill, his twelve year old so...read more

by Jarrid Cantway

Working Title: Tsu'ae: Legacy of the Phoenix Chapter One: Blood Rain August 25, 2007 Tsu'ae crouched among the shifting shadows. Wan moonlight glinted off the steel blades trying to surround him,...read more

by Rebekah Blackwolf

Shadow Unholy The legend of Zargor and Shael. She gazed outside her window at the crescent moon, her mind far away in thought. To love in darkness, how was that evil? To worship in light, how was this goodness? She...read more

by Steven Wengland

Yheith The mist swirled about Yheith's feet, curling about his black trousers, clinging to soft leather boots like the tendrils of an angry plant, the ground completely lost from view. The sod underfoot cushioned his...read more

by Xiang Xiang Liew

The forest was pitch black. Now and then starlight managed to slip through the lattice of leaves, creating smudges of smoky green on the canopy and sprinkling highlights on Ruwach's night blue hair. 'Is it just me, or...read more

by Andrew Privett

Time Thief Prologue: Crossover The night sat over Oxford like a grim shroud, breached only by the diffused yellow light of street lamps. The late night revellers had all stumbled off to collapse on their respective bed...read more

by J Allen Smart

Escape to Antioch Part 1 Roman pressed against Roman, shields clashed and swords swung through the hot desert air. Steel glittered in the sun for mere moments as swords arched up and slashed down, searching for a...read more

by Phaedra White

Arianne He gazed out the window and saw the ethereal effect of the moonlight turning the leaves of the great oaks to silver, but his thoughts were not on the trees or the moon. After to...read more

by Michelle Niederer

THE GATHERING It is not enough to be lovely It is not enough to be bright It is not enough to have virtue It is not enough to be right. The way of the world lies in questions To grow in both wisdom and might. Th...read more

by Leah Tompson

"Its cold" The young girl was stubbornly set on that fact. The young man beside her sighed, " of course its cold, its called ice, frozen water". From where he stood he could see the tinniest of frowns on her face, one that...read more

by Michelle Blood

Short excerpt from Chapter One of "The Twins". "Do you guys ever not get in trouble," Christian sighed, running a hand through his shoulder length, black hair and pacing back and forth in the living room. He stopped...read more

by Renee Soulie

Dire Need "Bloody Hell, Bloody Hell, Bloody Hell!" Kiran was not sure if he was cursing himself, the five wolves snarling at the base of the tree he perched in, or his bloody horse. "Kiran Armstrong you are ten ki...read more

by Lisa Kay

Bitten This took her breath away. The sun was hot on her back, the pale grains of sand rough under the soles of her feet as the cool water lapped at her toes. She could barely believe that just a few days ago, this wave...read more

by Whitney Sanderson

Chapter I I always wondered what would happen if the world was a cube, instead of a sphere. Would people fall off the edge if they wished to travel the entire world? Fall into that great beyond called, Space,' or woul...read more

by E.M.Robinson

The Adelheids had penetrated the forest, having lived there for years. This craggy forest was a place of great delight or great fear, depending on how someone presented themselves. Tho...read more

by Renee McKusky

Earth Dream Journal Entry Earth time: June 12, 2006 Some part of me knew I was asleep and yet I am still overwhelmed by fear. That night replays in front of my eyes, and this is all I can see: Lily smiling, orange f...read more

by Katie Olson

I turned my head and looked at Delphi. She was lucky. She didn't have to see these horrible things. She didn't have to see the disastrous event, the deaths, the lies, corruption. She saw the good things in life, and i wond...read more

by C. Cowet

When the Earth was born it was small and weak. Like any new life it needed protection and guidance to survive in those first days. So the Creator took the remaining bits of energy and created the Spirits. Spirits had no...read more

by Todd Christian

If you've never stood alone on the bow of a ship on a moonless night, when watching the starlight glimmer in the glassy black sea is like riding over a boundless carpet of stars, you have no idea what you're missing. Be...read more

by Amy Sanderson

EL YSANDRIA - The Beginning CHAPTER ONE Veronique leaned over the back rail of the carriage and peered out at the dusty horizon. In every direction lay endless blank deserts through which the train rattled like an echo...read more