Fantasy Stories

A story in the Stories from the Hearth Universe
Friends gather to celebrate the life of their friend Richard Jordan: Fireman, elder, and mentor. What happened in the fall of 1965 that changed Richard forever? Nobody knew. Before he died, Richard shared the story with a young man he was mentoring. He made him swear to wait until after his death to share it. Now, Sam, the young man, tells about the magick that entered Richard's life. All Norse Words are defined in the story. Dedicated to Þór Óðinsson (Thor)

A story in the The World of Erasthay Universe
Knight-Errant Angela and Acolyte Sophia continue on their quest to find the High King's sword. But a goddess's vengeance and a mad spirit threatened her mission. / (Reviews)

A Dark Wars Tale
Edgar Laetham had enough. He had spent enough time shedding blood and losing friends for Queen and country. A chance encounter with an old friend from Australia while recovering from a wound in Bahrain a year after the First Gulf War sent his life on a different path. How different he would not know until one fateful, rain-soaked day while driving his new charge through the streets of Harrow. After that day, he knew life with Dame Alice Spencer-Killdare would never be the same. Or boring!

Step sister loves her step brother. / (Reviews)

The king's knights were mostly bastards and their sons were ripped away from home and family at a early age. They were trained in a rough and brutal way to be knights like their fathers. When we marched to war and I left the cage that held me, I was not going to follow tamely. I was free and determined to go my own way. My decision to fight with a company of regulars might have offended everyone but I had made the choice. Besides, I knew the dance of war and these men would follow me.

A Rage Story
Angus O'Shea ruled the underworld with an iron fist as the Bloody Hand Lord of New York. When his namesake cousin is nearly killed by mafiosos, Angus smells rotten fish. Little Angus' father, Rory O'Shea (formerly Angus Cavanaugh), scours the night for answers and the answers he finds reveal an old blood feud come back to haunt the O'Shea Bloody Hands that threatens the balance of power in the city.

The Hosts of Heaven and the Legions of Hell have battled over the Realms since the Creator and the Destroyer spoke both into being - and for ten thousand years, the only result has been stalemate. Worlds have burned and been reborn, countless souls have been corrupted and raptured, and neither side has come closer to victory...until now!

A Character Sketches of Sketchy Characters Story
"There is an underlying current that ties all bastards together. It binds them, bonds them, creates a loyalty between them where none existed previously just by their knowledge that the other is as they are. And in that current is a need, a hunger to prove that what was denied them was deserved all along." - Jurna, the Merchant

A story in the Dark Wood Universe
The third short story based around Dark Wood. This is a standalone story that does reintroduce some of the charactors from Apprentice Smith. Hope you enjoy.