The Ahlissan Chronicles ~ Novella 3 ~ The Dread Prophecy ~ 1 ~ The Open Door The Kingdom of Ahlissa, the capital city of Prymp (477 CY) Prymp, a bustling port city of 23,000 people and the capital city of the Kingdom of Ahlissa, is a large and bustling center of trade for the young kingdom. Built on a natural harbor off of Relmor Bay it receives trade...
My obsession started in 1978 when I first saw Linus waiting in a patch on TV. The local CBS station,WCAX, had been airing the Peanuts special since 1966, but '78 was the year it caught my attention and I became obsessed with pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns. That year I must have carved a dozen lanterns, with faces ranging from a simple smiley to an elaborate,...
"For heaven's sake, will you please hurry with that door," Olivia whined, stamping her heel on the worn cobblestone for emphasis, "I'm about to catch my death, and this lantern is beginning to get unbearably heavy!" "Shush!" Greta replied as she moved on to the next key on the heavy iron ring. The thick key slid noisily into the rusty lock, but wouldn't tur...
Late in the night, the touch of a hand roused the princess from her sleep. "No, my lord," she mumbled. "I can take no more tonight, I beg you." "Hush, girl..." hissed a raspy voice from the darkness. The fire had died down to only coals, and in their red glow, the princess could make out the figure of the old man she'd seen in the banquet tent. "I have see...
This is my first solid story effort in a long time. I hope you enjoy and feel free to leave comments letting me know if you liked it and want more. Thank you and please enjoy! **** The night hung dark and silent over the sleepy village of Whitebridge. It was a black evening, the stars blanketed overhead by a thick canopy of clouds. A darkness broken only f...
Chapter 30 I ran into the house, grabbed my phone and dialed 911. "911," came the female voice on the other end of the line. "Please state your emergency." "My wife has just been kidnapped by a bunch of drugged-out nuts in a weird cult!" I shouted into the phone. "Sir, please calm down. Where is your wife now?" "She's in the back of a black stretched li...
Diana looked at the clock on the wall again, he was more than an hour late. He was never late. The man literally cannot be late to anything unless there was a worldwide emergency. And the last she checked, there were no alien invasions, no giant monsters running amok destroying everything in its path, and Lex Luthor locked away in prison so he can't create a...
Claire simply couldn't believe it... Where did the time go? The September long weekend was past, the kids had been back at school for a few weeks and now Halloween was approaching. Was she getting old? she wondered. Did time actually speed up after you hit 40? She didn't like to think so, but... With just a few days to go until Halloween, Claire was rushing...
Diana's face was now a shade of pink. "He definitely doesn't know how to propose to a woman" she thought. But her own insides twisted at the mere thought of marrying Superman. She couldn't exactly say she loved Clark but she could easily think of spending her whole life with a man like him. They knew all there was to know about each other. She said "Yes". T...
I followed the instructions from your note, written in flowing cursive, sealed with your kiss, and found myself at the edge of the garden. As the moon crested the clouds in the eastern sky, I creaked open the gate, beholding the silver glow upon the leaves of sycamores, gently rustling in the warm breeze of a summer evening. Along the winding path, crickets...