How did we get here. The end of the war marked by my father’s passing and my coronation were enough to make anyone’s head spin. The arrival of a newly appointed lord, a war hero who saved his legion at the crossing of Garion, was surprising. Then the subtle flirtations. The brush of hands in the palace archives, the longing glances across tables and rooms. I knew I’d been falling, but I never expe...

The crowd stepped back, her family included. Her father warily guiding her mother behind him. Teardrops slid down her cheeks cutting through the blood and gore.

“Mom?”

She went to step forward but her father held up his hands.

“Don’t Melantha.”

She froze looking around for an ally, but found only horror.

Soldiers encircled her as she through up her hands.

“It was an accident!”

She squeeze...

“Or maybe there is...”

She smiled, but there was nothing happy about her expression.

“After all i was not born this way.”

She gestured to herself. The drying blood caked over her face and arms, creating dark spots across her clothing.

The chandelier flickered casting the ballroom in darkness. Shrieks echoed through the hall as the crowd pressed further back attempting to disappear into the ...

In a world where magic is a rare genetic commodity, your main character, who believes they have no magic, recieves the following invitation:

You are hereby invited to the Magicians Ball, your attendance is mandatory and failure to appear will result in a curse to be determined by your host.

Write a scene that entails why your main character was invited, how they react to the invitation, or what ...

Dust.

It was both beautiful and an annoyance. Kicked up by cart wheels, beasts, children running through the road, and even the wind. It sat in the air casting the market in a haze as each particle waited it’s turn to find a landing point. The tanned skin of a shop keeper, its wares, or it’s customers, everything would be coated in dust before it exited the market. Gods help you if you forget to...

We danced.

The music swelled as prince Soren lead me around the square. I’d tried to decline his offer, but he had insisted. Denying the crown prince wasn’t something any court lady would do and if it weren’t for this ridiculous persona I had to uphold, I’d have done exactly that. But like a demure noble daughter I’d forced my cheeks to flush and obliged, taking his hand. My eyes remained on the e...

I couldn’t wait to tell him.

The public beach closed at dark but Ronny’s beach house was private. She’d set up a fire pit out in the sand and stocked a cooler with cheap beer. Reaver pulled up with a speaker and backed his way down to the circle. When everyone started showing up I waited, occasionally participating in the conversation.

“You’re sure he’s coming?”

“For like the billionth time, ye...

Undone

By Killian Moore

We could see the glow of the bonfire from the parking lot. Mia had talked me into coming by being relentless. She’d texted me all day that we could just stay for a few minutes, she would drive, there would be drinks, everyone was going to be there, wouldn’t it be nice to see everyone, and on and on. She had always been the social counterpart to my introversion. She jumped...

We could see the glow of the bonfire from the parking lot. Mia had talked me into coming by being relentless. She’d texted me all day that we could just stay for a few minutes, she would drive, there would be drinks, everyone was going to be there, wouldn’t it be nice to see everyone, and on and on. She had always been the social counterpart to my introversion. She jumped out practically vibrating...

“It ain’t our fault your father passed before paying his debt. Whatever you grab is all you’re getting.”

Beck stood in the middle of the small cottage, knife in hand while his goons stood out front. I stuffed blankets, clothes, and anything else that seemed useful into a bag.

“Wrap it up.”

I shouldered the bag turning towards him, “You’re a real piece of work.”

“Maybe, now get the fuck off my prop...