A.D. 999. In the ancient Continent of Drakoonia, fear for the announced end of the world had taken control in every corner and the same had happened in the small Kingdom of Lombrady. King Lockhard died defending the borders of his realm from the neighboring Kingdom of Swabia and afterwards, taking his place was the pregnant Queen, according to the royal law....
With a sigh and a slight groan, he began. "We have precious little time, but I shall try and explain what I can." "As you discovered in the library of books deep below us, long ago we imprisoned a dragon in its hold 'neath the castle." "We?" thought the princess, but said nothing as he continued. "That should have been the end of it, the beast would have...
In the kingdom everything seemed to be going as planned. Farmers moved into the land and began growing crops, merchants set up shops in towns that quickly grew, and landless knights were flocking to offer their services. Everything was going exactly as he'd planned, with one exception: Jamie's new queen. The morning after their marriage Rosella kept herself...
The princess wound downwards around the curving stair, deep and deeper below the castle. The air grew dense and heavy and old as she descended. Down and down she climbed, until at last her feet stuck the flat stone floor of a tunnel leading off into the darkness. Though the floor was smooth stones laid in a geometric pattern, the walls and ceiling were rough...
If you were offered one wish,… What would it be? A million dollars? A promising career? To travel the world? Power? Influence? I was offered one wish, and I was promised that it would come true. But like all good things, this wish had a price, a price that I was willing to pay. What was that price?…My soul. What, you may ask is worth one's very life? What...
The Human legions had pushed deep into Elven territory faster than Queen Ethimilee could have imagined. The had marched north through her lands, burning forests and villages, killing her people, and taking anything of value they found. Her people were ageless and had grown complacent in the long period of peace they had enjoyed until only a few months ago. H...
Copyright© 2010 by Stultus Synopsis: Fresh from college, a young civil engineer finds himself suddenly living a life of adventure that only his famous grandfather could appreciate. Saving his lovely co-worker from dangerous revolutionaries will be just the start if he wants to restore the rightful hereditary queen of the island, and just maybe, if he's luck...
His home was remote by design as he was not the sort to blend in with the village folk and farmers who expected simplicity in life and who reviled the extraordinary. The few who knew of him and sought his aid were forced to undertake a long and arduous journey to his distant retreat. Four days hard ride north of the farming village Dubrin one's mount would...
Mara walked into the Palace grounds confident the guards wouldn't see through her disguise. Clean up of the massacre inside the Palace was taking a while, and continued into the night. Lights turned night to day and bustling servants in bloody livery rushed in and out cleaning and searching through her handiwork in the mess of the devastated Palace. The bodi...
First Story The Looking-Glass and the Broken Fragments The Snow Queen sat on her throne of ice, surveying all the people who toiled in service to her cold delight. She was very beautiful, but it was a frozen beauty. Her long hair was white, totally devoid of color. Her eyes were the frozen blue of lake water and her lips were a deep and vivid slas...