The wise old woman from your village has three colored power stones. You hesitate because you can't go back on your decision. You knew that it could imbue you with amazing abilities, making you a formidable force against other stone users. Red, blue, or green. Which power stone should you choose?
SYNOPSIS
In the forgotten town, the crumbling Willowridge Orphanage looms, shrouded in a suffocating silence that conceals dark secrets. Among its lost children is Elias, a boy straddling the line between reality and fantasy, drawn to whispers that beckon him from the shadows. As he endures the harshness of Miss Grayson, the tyrannical caretaker, his curiosity leads him to the forbidden garden—a wild, overgrown realm harboring an ancient malevolence eager to ensnare him.
As Elias delves deeper, he becomes entangled in a web of manipulation spun by a restless spirit, promising freedom and revenge. The once-innocent whispers transform into a nightmarish reality, blurring the lines between innocence and corruption. "Whispers in the Ashes" is a chilling tale of longing and the perilous cost of listening to the wrong voices, where silence reveals more than it conceals.
Follows a college student struggling with a newfound drinking problem who has befriended a ghost in the local tavern bathroom.
This is a short piece I wrote for school as a freewriting exercise.
~1000 words
I know I have to be grateful to my family for all that they've done for me. I have to be grateful. I have to be appreciative. But why, why do I constantly feel like something is wrong?
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Mateo Brook, a young Pinta Park Ranger, must learn the legend of the Green Guardian to save the Paperblank Forest from a ruthless basilisk. What starts as an enjoyable mission soon becomes a matter of life or death. ***
The fae are an ancient race in Pinta Country, but no fairy is as old as the Green Guardian. Sixty years ago, she trapped a little boy in time. Now, she begs for the Pebble Masters to rescue them.
Eleven-year-old Evie Amanda Madison and twenty-one-year-old Mateo Brook are part of a specialized camp to train aspiring Pinta Park Rangers. Evie, who dreams of being just like her hero, Ranger Anthony, is unaware of the danger she is about to face.
There is a basilisk loose in the Paperblank Forest. It's a creature of old magic that dates back to the Green Guardian herself.
Together with a talking Red-Crowned Crane, John, and Pinta's young king, Benjamin, Evie and Mateo must find a way to free the time travelers if they hope to defeat the monster. Little do they know that this is all part of a prophecy—a prophecy held dearly by the people of Paperblank Village.
Sixty years ago, history changed forever. A dark shadow is looming over Pinta Country, but Evie and Mateo are the only ones who can reverse the past. ***
*This is a solid Fantasy novel with soft worldbuilding, chapters ranging between 2,000-4,000 words, and character development for the MC.*
Word Count: 100,000-135,000
In the world of Empyrea, the once-bright future has been reduced to ashes. The Æbyssal Triumvirate has entered into the realm and ravaged the land and corrupted its people with the hammer that the Covenant of the Void was allowed to become over time. Despite the warnings of the ancient Order of the Dragoon, Empyrea's reliance on Æther, the revolutionary power source that was meant to bring prosperity and progress, has instead led it to ruin: once-holy places are now desecrated, and the people live in constant fear of persecution. However, the Coalition Against the Æbyss continues to exist in the North of Empyrea, and it may have discovered a weakness it can exploit if it can find the right people.
The Last Age is a gripping tale of romance and rebellion, told through the perspectives of many POV characters, these three are the main ones:
● The Adeptus Sociological: A Scholar of the Science of Human behaviour used as a tool of manipulation by a resurrected monster from Empyrean History.
● Provisional Prefect Ellanor Etatè: A young administrator forced to confront the consequences of her association with the EASP Party by an even worse regime that has returned to power again in the East.
● Viscountess Valerie Reine Ego of Chalcrystis: Hiding from the forces of her own family, Valerie must use her charm and wit to avoid capture by her brother and sister, all while navigating the treacherous landscape of power and love to secure her own future.
So this is not a work of fiction. It's the true life story of a person I met and the experience I had with her. I'm sharing this so that you can keep this lady in your prayers, as she is struggling. She is a beautiful, amazing soul. But she needs the protection of whatever divinity is out there.