LM Konkel-Dixon

“Leaping Together” by LM Konkel-Dixon

*Featuring characters from "Let's Face the Future" "There has to be more to it than this," Lhan reasons. He sidles closer to the lake. The water was clear and glistening with a murky bottom made of sand that had crystallized clumps and shimmering silk spots. The lake stretched for a few miles, surrounded by rough banks of rock and tree debris with a dense forest blocking any view from the City to the wat...

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“No Goodbyes Today” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #89

*Featuring Characters from "Message from the City" and "A Trickster's Tea Party"You would think that a human left to wander the fae court of Madness alone would be doomed. Countless stories depict unhappy ends for such unlucky folk. While bathing the muck of the hunt off, Iki made a mental list of all the ways she could have been ensnared if the fae so chose. And yet, here she was. If anything she'd been ignored. She runs her fingers through her hair, delighted to find it already dry. The efficacy of their facilities alm...

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“Liar, Liar, the Truth is Dire” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #88

*Featuring characters from "Message from the City" and "A Family Secret"  Alyvia taps her pointed nails against her throne's armrest. "I don't see why you're so upset." She had gone for a more elegant appearance today for her fae form. Draped in silk with a veil that went behind her in the form of a train, Alyvia felt particularly royal. "You have always had an... attachment to these humans." "Yo...

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“Changing Tides” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #88

*Featuring characters from "A Spirit Set on Revenge" and "Escaping the Fool Virus" Kalena sips at her sweet drink. The mix of fruit and rum tingled on her tongue. "You know I could get used to this." Being on this island with Je had softened her a bit. She was still entirely dedicated to her vengeance, but it was nice to put on a bikini, stretch out a chair, and watch the waves with Je lounging...

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“The Silver Bird, the Hunter's Crown, & the Queen's Treasure” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #88

*Featuring characters from "Message from the City," "A Trickster's Tea Party," and "A Family Secret" "This is not what I expected." Iki has never felt more out of place than she does right now in the woods. Wearing brown leggings under a skirt of woven branches, a brown tunic belted with leaves, and a custom antlered crown on her head and holding a spear... that's not her thing. "It takes a bit t...

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“Truth Magic Works in Mysterious Ways” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #88

*Featuring characters from "Let's Face the Future"  The longer Lhan walks, the more he realizes the danger he's in. His supplies wouldn't last long, and frankly, he wasn't sure how to tell what was safe up here and what would kill him gruesomely. He felt panic clawing its way up his throat, threatening to choke him. What was he going to do? He couldn't make it on his own! He stumbles over a mossy stone an...

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“Pranked the World to an Oblivion ” by LM Konkel-Dixon

* Connected to "Let's Face the Future" The reporter stood on the lawn of Cochise and CO, a local corporation. "Every year, the public awaits news of Cochise and CO's pranks. April Fool's Day is a major affair for the employees of this local company, with last year's biggest prank nearly sending a car to the moon after Cochise and CO's researchers and inventors decided to have a little fun at their boss's...

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“Escaping the Fool Virus ” by LM Konkel-Dixon

* Featuring a character from "A Spirit Set on Revenge"  Kalena peeks around the tree. "How do we know what a fool looks like?" She wasn't familiar with this strange tradition until she saw all the signs and posters for this day to celebrate the fools. "I find the whole thing distasteful." "I believe they will be wearing those atrocious mask-glasses combos," Je says, cautiously stepping out from co...

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“A Trickster's Tea Party” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #87

*Featuring characters from "Message from the City" and "A Family Secret"Neri rubs Iki's shoulders. "You got this. You are going to kill it, and it's going to be awesome." She adjusts her friend's hat. "I think you look great, and this whole tea society will love you." She smooths out the skirt of Iki's dress, an elegant white number with a pink floral pattern. "He won't be able to look away.""I feel like that duckling you found and put in little dresses," Iki complains. She was all for dressing up and going out wi...

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“A Family Secret” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #85

Present Day If someone had asked Neri a week ago that she would be in North Rim City, STATE to clear an ancestral estate she inherited, she would have told them they were crazy. Yet here she is, riding in the back of a taxi cab with her best friend Iki on the way to the grand North Dale Estate, once home to the wealthiest family in all of North Rim in 1920. She had no ...

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“Message From The City” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #85

Neri has only been in this city for two months and she has grown to hate it with a passion. Ever since she inherited her grandfather's estate, she's been rebuilding, repainting, refurnishing, and tidying up thanks to the money inheritance that came with it. It was her best friend Iki's idea to turn into the Calloway Manor, a local B&B with horse riding lessons and trails. But the city that came with it was more than she could handle. Everywhere she turned, she always seemed to catch a downpour that she swore was aiming for her. Iki wa...

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“Let's Face the Future” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #84

Lhan takes the corner at a dead run, slowing just enough to not slam into the wall. He makes it past the residence halls before he has to stop to catch his breath. Keeping in shape wasn't particularly important in the bunkers, at least not the one Lhan was born and raised in. The facilitators focused more on farming, animal husbandry, and keeping the populace more or less well-educated. As soon as he doesn't feel like he...

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“A Spirit Set on Revenge ” by LM Konkel-Dixon

Submitted to Contest #83

Kalena emerged from the water with one goal in mind: Revenge. The water was cool. The air was warm. The sand was hot. Everything was perfect. Except for the body half-buried in the sand. When she emerged from the depths of the ocean, Kalena found being on land to be constricting and almost suffocating. Being at the bottom of the ocean made her feel free, surrounded by open water. The air drifted through h...

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