Tiny Tales
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Here you will find short fiction stories, a few poems, and the occasional musing. I have a love for fantasy, the unexpected and the evocative, and a desire to find and tell what it is that makes us human.
Tiny Tales
1y ago
Wow, has it really been over a year since my last post? I’ve still been writing, reading, learning… And here, at long last, is a new story. I hope you enjoy.Don’t forget to check out the Tiny Tales Podcast for more stories that you might not see here: https://www.tinytalespodcast.com/ The child lay on the shore ..read more
Tiny Tales
2y ago
The creature turned its face toward me; a face like a person’s, but yet, not. He wasn’t young or old, just static and stretched, like a moment frozen in time ..read more
Tiny Tales
2y ago
First, a note to the person copying my stories onto their website and not crediting me (you know who you are): Stop. You are welcome to share my writing as long as you give credit where it’s due. These are my stories, not yours. Your time would be better spent trying to improve your own ..read more
Tiny Tales
2y ago
When blood sun sets,And full moon rises,Look east to the weeping maiden. When nightingale sings,And nighthawk cries,Look west as the lost sun rises. Two figures disturbed the evening stillness of the valley. They moved through the brittle grass and bare trees, grabbing for handholds to climb the slope, and a sweet voice drifted on the ..read more
Tiny Tales
2y ago
No sword or arrow or poison could slay the dragon. It came like a storm from the north, rushing on the wind and raining fire. The land turned to ash under its breath, and when the village had emptied, the dragon dug out a nest with razor claws and draped its scaly coils over the ..read more
Tiny Tales
3y ago
Coals whizzed out of the fireplace in orange arcs, pattering with sharp hisses around the room. “That’s cheating!” Vanka wailed and dove behind an overturned table. “That’s magic, my dear.” I fell back against the wall for a breath. “What would you do with thirty golden varnums anyway? Gamble it away?” Vanka ..read more
Tiny Tales
3y ago
It was dark in the shadow of the attic. Rain pelted the window. I swung my legs, drumming my heels idly against the side of my trunk, waiting. Grandfather had told me to wait here. To wait until he came back and then he would take me to where I belonged. The rusty key ..read more
Tiny Tales
3y ago
The scent of blood drew her. She had been sitting on a tussock surrounded by the buzz and chirp of evening swamp-song, watching the mottled reds and oranges of sunset, when a hint of iron floated by on the cooling breeze. Curious, she slid into the water and followed. A small island of land ..read more
Tiny Tales
3y ago
It was well after first moonset when Kierk hauled himself onto the craggy plateau and looked down at the sleeping city. Borysi III was small. The smallest place in the multiverse, Kierk thought, and the more he’d grown, the smaller it had gotten. Now, from above, it looked like a metal pock on the ..read more