Wizardness

Fantasy and Speculative Short Stories

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  • Is That You, Death?

    I woke up and found Death’s grinning face peering down at me. The face pulled back, allowing me to focus on the rest of the Death’s being.Death cocked its head at me. Then Death glanced about, scratching the top of Death’s head.I realized then that Death wasn’t wearing the traditional garb I’d seen Death portrayed…

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  • A Strange Traveler

    I felt my cart roll to a stop. The gravel crunched beneath the hooves of my mule. It was a dumb brutish animal and didn’t like stopping only moderately less than starting again. It was an animal that liked things to be consistent. I tried to understand why the mule had stopped. We were on…

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  • Dragon’s War

    Cyrus’s stomach was in his throat. He could barely keep down his lunch. Even after 50 years, Lilly, his Dragon, still managed to find new ways to shock Cyrus with her maneuverability.Cyrus glanced up at the passing matte black dragon. Its own rider struggling to stay mounted. As they leveled out, Cyrus pulled his bow,…

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  • Quite the Trip

    Elane pushed her daughter into school. Allyson was a freshman in high school, she’d been paralyzed by her drunkard father. Makalya walked next to Elane, she wasn’t too happy about walking into school, her first day of high school, with her mother. Elane was tired. It had been a struggle, but she needed to know…

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  • Death, the Accountant

    Douglas decided it was time for him to step out of the darkness. to take his rightful place in the world again.He smiled as he looked at the little people studying his home. They had these little brushes, large wide brimmed hats, and sacks with pieces of chalk and string. The leader of these people…

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