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“Maev and the Wrath of the Dead ” by Daniel Rosas

This story was supposed to be for the Prompt: Start your story with a character seeing something terrifying BUT unfortunately I lost track of time and missed the cut-off date. Sooo, since Reedsy doesn’t have an option to submit something after the deadline even if it’s not for the contest they recomended I just submit it under a different prompt for the current week but not for the contest.. So, when you read this story it has NOTHING to do with the prompt “Set your story on a film or TV set, starting with someone calling “Cut!”.”  Thi...

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“Maev and the Broken Oath ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #205

“You ask for direction. A specific line upon which to follow. This, I cannot give,” the Oracle began her voice thin and light. “Circumstances can make fate feel like a certainty. An inevitable destination regardless of one’s own desires. For Erylis, the Bringer of Death, and Princess of Vestroya she finds herself in the rather vexing confines of a familiar location in her home world of Haut-Rhin. A place she should n’er have returned and yet,” the Oracle paused holding up a taloned hand. “Now she will face the very destiny she wished to avoi...

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“The Hidden Moon ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #205

There was death waiting for him. In a cold, haughty embrace that terrorized Urloc to his core. Nervous beads of sweat rolled down the side of his face and he closed his eyes to try to steel his nerves, but her vengeful cackle filled his mind and his eyes shot open in a ripe panic. White streams of moonlight cast through the window in front of him. The light shone as if it were a sun but with no warmth, no heart no soul. Instead, it was but a reflection. A hollow, fathomless well where there was no joy, no empathy...only misery.  A mise...

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“Maev and the Dragon Quest ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #204

Bengt had the worst luck. His father, who his mother had told him had been a great knight, was killed in the Battle of Antiok leaving behind him, his brother and mom. Then his brother up and left them as soon as he was of age. So, it was just Bengt and his mom with the stories of his father and the occasional visit by his brother when he needed money or a place to crash. Bengt’s mother worked all sorts of odd hours as a nurse at the regional hospital, which left him pretty much alone to his own devices and imagination. That imagination helpe...

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“Maev and the Dawn of War” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #203

The smoke stung Erylis’ eyes while a dense choking dust swirled about the battlefield such that all she could see were vague shadows of her opponents. But she knew they were there. Surging and kicking, hitting, and smashing their way through her troops.   Letting out a baleful scream the likes that sounded alien to her own ears she brought her broadsword down blindly. It crunched on an opponent's helmet, embedding it in a divot under the force of the blow. She didn’t stop to remove the body from her sword. Instead, she heaved her sword...

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“Maev and the Enemy Within ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #202

"Bengt Skara Brae you have got to get out of here and stop moping around!” scolded Senzel as she pulled back the drapes allowing a beam of light to shine into the room. Bengt rolled over and put his pillow over his head. “You know you’re not even supposed to be in here. This is the boy’s dormitory.” “Rank has its privileges,” Senzel said with a smile to which Bengt lifted his head briefly to shoot her a sarcastic smirk. Senzel was the daughter of the First of Magi in the Court of Antioch, Moniak Illnoi. She could go pretty much whe...

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“Maev and the Life of Dragons ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #199

Maev blinked and opened her eyes. Her throat was dry, and she rubbed her eyes from sleep. It had all been a dream! A curious and wonderful adventure but just a dream! She leapt up from her chair, sending it crashing against the far wall of her room. She had just fallen asleep pouring over the equations for spell-making. She shut the book and tossed it onto her bed. She was done with magic and wizardry. The life of an accountant seemed very appealing. No excitement and no crazy adventures with a stupid cat or elf or whatever he was! She ...

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“Maev and the Destiny of Dragons ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #198

 “Your daughter, King Corliss, is lost!”, the oracle declared darkly. “Consumed by the callous flames of war.”  “Bah!”, Corliss said hotly. “I don’t come to you to tell me what I know! Where is her body? We must retrieve it before the humans desecrate her making impossible for her soul to pass to afterlife.”  The oracle gave Corliss a look of distaste then waved a clawed hand through the thin, white smoke that rose from a candle and closed her eyes.  “Close she is. And yet,” the oracle broke off her eyes opening w...

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“Maev and the Path Not Taken - Version 2” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #197

“You have failed me Erylis,” growled King Corliss his deep rumbling voice echoed throughout the throne room. His golden eyes glowed hot with rage. “And now, you have brought dishonor on our name by appearing in my court as a humanoid,” said Corliss in a disapproving tone.  “Father, if you would just let me explain! I...”, Erylis started but Corliss cut her off with a wave of his hand.  “I have heard all I need to,” he said and motioned forward with his hand.  From behind the fine-grained slate throne stepped a black dr...

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“Maev and the Path Not Taken - Version 1” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #197

“Why is this taking so long?”, Erylis groaned.   Anker had known of an old informant he had used during his early days when he had first graduated from the Academy. So, they had come to Sirus, a neutral planet that sat in the middle of several star systems, hoping to get a lead on finding out more about this Maev so they could find her and switch places back.    “Nawt that much longer yur highness,” Anker whispered back. “Yew know, the longer yur in that form the more impatient yuv been getting', yur majesty.”  “I...

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“Maev and the Prisoner of the Mind” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #196

“Who are you?” It was more a demand than a question that battered against Erylis’ body while attacking her mind, probing her thoughts and memories. Erylis let out an exasperated sigh. The last thing she remembered was being hauled off in a transport to be transferred to a maximum-security prison. But as soon as the door had closed everything had gone black until she woke up here in this bedroom with a crazy woman and her two massive bodyguards holding her down.  “I already told you,” Erylis said through gritted teeth. “My name is Eryli...

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“Maev and the Gift of Flight ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #195

Maev let out a frustrated sigh. It had been three months. Three months and she hadn’t been able to master a single spell. She stared at her red, shiny scaled hands hoping they could give her an answer. Groaning Maev flopped back onto her bed.  It’s not fair! she thought sullenly. She had been given this gift, or more a curse rather, that had transformed her into a dragon. It had been her ticket to get into the most prestigious school for spells & incantations in the Kingdom. Before she could run circles around all those naturally gi...

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“Maev and the Search for Power ” by Daniel Rosas

Submitted to Contest #187

Maev let out a sigh. Magic was simple. She knew the correct sequencing, conjugations and permutations. She prided herself on having the appropriate level of intonations and movements from wand-craft to reading spell books and even advanced arts with a staff. All were child's play to her. But what she couldn’t do was cast a spell. Nothing. Not one iota of a spell that would help her pass her eleven plus exams allowing her to be on the mage path.   A movement to her left caused her to look over. A cat had found its way onto her windo...

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