Ashton Wright

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“The Harpy and the Heartbreak Kid” by Ashton Wright

Submitted to Contest #287

Adonis perched precariously on the cliff edge, his mind a whirlwind of decidedly un-divine thoughts. His gaze was fixed on Nyphielle, a harpy of… let’s just say, distinctive charms. He’d first spotted her during his less-than-heroic pursuit of wild mountain tea (apparently, ambrosia wasn’t cutting it that day). The sight of her wrestling with the tea bushes, her feathered wings flapping in a chaotic ballet, had been… captivating. It was like watching a particularly clumsy eagle trying to parallel park a chariot.He chuckled to himself. Honest...

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In the shadowed hush of The Pas's Sleepy Hollow, where the scent of pine mingles with the wind's sly trickery, a witch of stories keeps her vigil. Her attic, a cathedral of cobwebs and whispers, holds the secrets of her craft. Though she conjures and brews, her true enchantment lies in the pages of a book, where she escapes the hollow's embrace and walks in other dreams.