Down the dark'ning halls Of frozen night and colder lightFlies an angel wingedOf tidings true the messenger. Cracks impris'ning ice;A burning day and warmer darkDawns in shadow brightThat brings a death of fairer life. A once-frozen lifeGives way to death as cold as ice –Death can break life's deathTurn living death to dying life. To die, to rise high …
Category: Paths of Fantasy
Reviews, art exhibits and spotlights, and more. Usually fantasy, may be high, low, or epic fantasy. Sometimes historical fiction or sci-fi may be looked upon. Some of these paths of fantasy, I’ve followed long and with heart. Some of them, I bear you the report of only a glance down the road. Some of them, I have discovered and trod first myself. Explore and enjoy! Sometimes, visions of reality are seen in Fantasy.
Dragonrider’s Nuisance: An Excerpt
Noren saddled Evena, and mounted her. It was a couple hours since sunrise and the realization that the partner of his heart was a member of the persecuted race of dragons, whose existence he had still then doubted. He now understood the source of the change in how Silmavalien had regarded the 'gods,' which he …
Dragon Song: Poem for DragonBirth
Swift and fiery, wind immortal, Running beyond all mortal sight, Now made one, undying in unity eternal Beyond the everlasting fire and light. Before the worlds were born This was and is a world of its own; Only those to love forsworn Know this world to which no eagle has flown. Now see and behold, …
The Legacy of Queen Valiena and Dragon’s Mystery: An Excerpt
Silmavalien was the name of a girl of about thirteen. She lived in the small village of Treas in the rich land north of the proud city-citadel of Kranah in the kingdom of Silrah. One late summer afternoon she sat in the village square with the rest of her family, tired, hot, and exhausted after …
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Awakened: An Excerpt
Cassian Shearin Muireal was a slender girl of nine years old. She had soft, thin, blond hair and hazel eyes. She was generally energetic and aware of her surroundings, but there was nothing particularly unusual or spectacular about her or her three-years-older sister, Amrath Shearin Muireal. Amrath was built about average. She had dark brown …