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The Wily Gnome
A Fae Fable Composed and compiled by Myeira Aslanti The "Fae Fables" are human renditions of oral stories in the Fae communities. They...
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LEGENDS OF ICARIA
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Aug 6, 202320 min read
9. Ghosteaters
Letti awoke to the most curious sensation that her skin was crawling over itself. She thrashed, remembering the spiders. Two pairs of...
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Aug 3, 20235 min read
Excerpt from: A Short Compendium of Icarian Prophecy
A Short Compendium of Icarian Prophecy Compiled and Edited by Isfani Aslanti 3459 A.A. Table of Contents Introduction...
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Jul 30, 202318 min read
8. Traces of majik and fire
Candor rediscovered her dislike for bushwhacking. It seemed at every step, some vine or branch blocked her way. Finally, she took to...
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Jul 27, 20239 min read
Behind the Barrow Walls
Excerpted from: A Book of Prudent Stories: For the growing of young children There are no shadows on the plains. There are no places to...
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Jul 23, 202320 min read
7. Honor and Blades
Back when the world was still new, and the grass was a lighter green than it is today, and the center sands were farmed by elves of the...
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Jul 20, 20237 min read
First language: A Dialogue
The Fae do not learn their origin through stories. They learn of their beginning through dialogue, through question, through sound of...
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Jul 16, 202320 min read
6. Songs of Sadness
Thorn insisted they split the remaining water in their large skin into their four smaller skins (Thorn had two) and divvy the gear...
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Jul 13, 20239 min read
Blessed be the Twins: An Origin Story
Anaia was the beginning. There was nothing before her, but there would be those that came after her. She evolved from nothing and out...
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Jul 9, 202315 min read
5. An interlude
“Give me your socks.” Thorn held out his hand. The large man had insisted they rest for a full day and night. Candor and Letti, despite...
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Jul 6, 20234 min read
A Star's Lament
In the blackness, two stars battled. One, aged and close to death, sought the fire of a younger sun nearby. Though the younger star...
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Jul 2, 202322 min read
4. Thorn
The night passed quietly. “Blessed be the twins.” Letti said as she sat up. Candor had insisted that Letti sleep after they saw the...
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Jun 29, 20235 min read
A Flash of Fire and Flame: An Origin Story
There wasn’t anything in the shadows at the beginning of all things. And the beginning of all things wasn’t reallythe beginning of all...
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Jun 25, 202318 min read
3. A different kind of shadow
Letti did not wish to wake Candor. Her white hair pressed against her cheek, Candor’s eyes flicked back and forth under her pale...
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Jun 22, 202311 min read
A Trace of Majik
The violet waters of the sandstone aqueducts shimmered in the sunset light, throwing an odd alignment of shadows over the walls of Ent...
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Jun 18, 202316 min read
2. Secrets
Letti soon trailed behind Candor as they ran towards the village. This was the moment every parent feared; their child running pell-mell...
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Jun 15, 202315 min read
A Dance of Fright and Fire
“We’re too far away to go for help.” Thalia could hear the whispers from the women who surrounded her mother. She thought that might...
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Jun 11, 202322 min read
1. Starfish and swordplay
When the rains came, the stars slept on the beach. Candor stood facing the ocean, head thrown back to the ceiling of the sky. The...
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Jun 8, 202315 min read
When Time Began
In the early ages of the land, humans arrived from the sea. Prior to this arrival, all nature of Fae inhabited the hills and ravines,...
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Jun 4, 20233 min read
Prologue
The breaking of the Great Stone Way tickled the roots of the grove. A quiet breeze, chilled and brittle swept up through the tops of the...
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