Valen Arelius

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019

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“A Hero's Lament” by Valen Arelius

Submitted to Contest #263

What had he done to deserve this? Surely, they knew all he had done was for their benefit. Yet there he was, pinned to the wall, his life essence slowly trickling away drop by drop off the sword that he had forged.The very sword that would have been the cornerstone of his great work. The sword he would have used to raise a grand army. An army so vast no one could have resisted. With it, he would have ushered in an age of peace, an age of prosperity. But now those noble ambitions were but ashes in his mouth.He hacked up blood as he struggled ...

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“The Adventure Of the Muddy Boots” by Valen Arelius

Submitted to Contest #12

It was a dreary morning for the small town given it had rained last night, but the mood was even more somber since the word had spread that the resident convenience store had just been robbed. Every bit of money the store had was spirited away in the middle of the night, and the only clue that the incident happened was a track of muddy boots leading from the entrance of the shop up to the safe and back again. It seemed like a close and shut case, just find who had the boots given their size and tread and it should be easy to track the owner ...

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