Fantasy Stories

A story in the Stories from the Hearth Universe
Imagine, you are 87 years old and it is literally your last night on Earth - non-negotiable. You have one opportunity to resolve one issue before you die. All of your family and all of your friends are dead. There is only one other person you care about and she is 60 years younger than you and has no idea that you love her. Oh, did I mention the Norse Goddess of Death is involved?

Camille Wynter, suffocated by corporate life and hollow relationships, abandons everything to live naked and wild in Unbar Blackwood Reserve. Renaming herself Lena, she becomes one with the land—until Kelvin, a government consultant, arrives with plans to "restore" the reserve. Initially hostile, Lena teaches Kelvin the canyon’s rhythms, and he abandons bureaucracy to join her.

Magic of the Wood
Fond childhood memories prompt Daniel to revive a little woodland, turned into a dumping ground by cheap locals who won't pay to use the landfill. He becomes the steward of the wood, and eventually discovers that an imaginary friend from his youth isn't so imaginary, after all. / (Reviews)

Mercy, a female warrior of great courage and skill sets out on a quest to save the king’s only son from the evil witch of the woods. Things look bleak when she is captured, and discovers that the prince is now a princess! Just when she thought it could get no worse, the witch alters Mercy’s body! Can Mercy control her own lust until she can free them, or will she succumb to the urge to use her new manhood on the comely princess?

He was called in from training early to serve. He proved himself and his art and lived his dream / (Reviews)

The third Gareth and PteriDae story... but wait! How can it be that they are fighting a War with the Gods? On OPPOSITE sides? And do you hear ticking?

A Weaver's World Story
A young student finds himself spurred to enlist as the result of being given a white feather, for cowardice, by his ex-girlfriend. Facing death and near disaster at every step, he learns about different colored feathers, such as the blood red arrows of the Boar-Men. Damaged in heart and soul, he returns home to a land nearly without men, to feather her nest in an entirely unexpected way. An interlude, and the 2nd story of Weaver's World.

Among humans and elves, there is mostly peace, however any child born of the two is condemned on both sides. Out on the fringes of Alliance territory, an old sun slowly suffocates a primitive world. Humans watch over the natives with tenderness while turning on each other. Out here, humans own elves. Out here, the elves practice their rebellious side. Out here, the mongrels come to find some peace. Out here, song birds are caged.