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~ Scraps of Ocean by Devan Barlow (5/15) - 2* Portia's home didn't want her, unless she reshaped herself. As she preferred her sharp edges, she left, and sought a town she'd heard of. It was one of the few places where the stone magic lingered, powered by the fire lurking within the nearby mountains.
As she'd expected, it wasn't long before someone in the town found fault with her. Her lack of a smile was turned against her, reserve twisted into snobbishness. Snobbishness warranted harsh action, after all.
"You're lucky." One of the inhabitants told her, sneering. "We've just lost the last dusting girl." He gestured to the hall of statues, which lurked outside the town like a shamed animal ordered away from the hearth. "Maybe this'll teach you your place." The town always needed someone to tend the statues. ..."
~ Perilous Blooms by Beth Cato (5/26) - 3.5* Seems dystopian with a young healer’s abilities showing but she can't use them to save her mother or she will be discovered and taken away.
author notes: "Perilous Blooms" emerged from a Codex flash fiction contest. One of the prompts involved going through random Wikiquotes. That brought me to Thomas Carlyle saying, "The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something...." Me being me, my mind gravitated toward a young healer, and the plot evolved from there.
~ Marathon by Kalisa Ann Lessnau (5/11) read March 2021 - 3* A continuous relay race to keep the monsters in pursuit but they only like it when their prey is exhausted. A new runner takes over before that can happen.
Author notes: This story is dedicated to my friend Haley for completing her first Ironman competition in 2019. I stopped to ponder over what it would take to get me to attempt such an arduous task and this was the result.
Other stories this month: ~ Audit's Abacus by Robert Bagnall (5/1) ~ The Curse by Marissa Lingen (5/4) ~ Advice for Newbies at WoodCon by Dan McMinn (5/5) ~ Fast Forward and Rewind by Glenn Francis Fulache Faelnar (5/6) ~ Cross-Purposes by Ken Poyner (5/7) ~ After We Buried The Hatchet by Floris M. Kleijne (5/8) ~ Gun Safe by James Van Pelt (5/12) ~ Tornillo Memorial by Sean Vivier (5/13) ~ Does Earth have a Future? by Andrew E. Love, Jr. (5/14) ~ This is How the Rain Falls by M.K. Hutchins (5/18) ~ The Cages by Hilary Rose Berwick (5/19) ~ Warrior by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor (5/20) ~ To Monster Land by Indigo Smithson (5/21) ~ We Speak with the Raven Men by Alexis Ann Hunter (5/22) ~ Be Nice to the Butcher by Danny Macks (5/25) ~ Different Kinds of Heroes by Michael W Cho (5/27) ~ A Hook, An Eye by Erin Strubbe (5/28) ~ The Hunting Ground by Siri Paulson (5/29)
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~ Scraps of Ocean by Devan Barlow (5/15) - 2*
Portia's home didn't want her, unless she reshaped herself. As she preferred her sharp edges, she left, and sought a town she'd heard of. It was one of the few places where the stone magic lingered, powered by the fire lurking within the nearby mountains.
As she'd expected, it wasn't long before someone in the town found fault with her. Her lack of a smile was turned against her, reserve twisted into snobbishness. Snobbishness warranted harsh action, after all.
"You're lucky." One of the inhabitants told her, sneering. "We've just lost the last dusting girl." He gestured to the hall of statues, which lurked outside the town like a shamed animal ordered away from the hearth. "Maybe this'll teach you your place."
The town always needed someone to tend the statues. ..."
~ Perilous Blooms by Beth Cato (5/26) - 3.5*
Seems dystopian with a young healer’s abilities showing but she can't use them to save her mother or she will be discovered and taken away.
author notes: "Perilous Blooms" emerged from a Codex flash fiction contest. One of the prompts involved going through random Wikiquotes. That brought me to Thomas Carlyle saying, "The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something...." Me being me, my mind gravitated toward a young healer, and the plot evolved from there.
~ Marathon by Kalisa Ann Lessnau (5/11) read March 2021 - 3*
A continuous relay race to keep the monsters in pursuit but
Author notes: This story is dedicated to my friend Haley for completing her first Ironman competition in 2019. I stopped to ponder over what it would take to get me to attempt such an arduous task and this was the result.
Other stories this month:
~ Audit's Abacus by Robert Bagnall (5/1)
~ The Curse by Marissa Lingen (5/4)
~ Advice for Newbies at WoodCon by Dan McMinn (5/5)
~ Fast Forward and Rewind by Glenn Francis Fulache Faelnar (5/6)
~ Cross-Purposes by Ken Poyner (5/7)
~ After We Buried The Hatchet by Floris M. Kleijne (5/8)
~ Gun Safe by James Van Pelt (5/12)
~ Tornillo Memorial by Sean Vivier (5/13)
~ Does Earth have a Future? by Andrew E. Love, Jr. (5/14)
~ This is How the Rain Falls by M.K. Hutchins (5/18)
~ The Cages by Hilary Rose Berwick (5/19)
~ Warrior by Ebuka Prince Okoroafor (5/20)
~ To Monster Land by Indigo Smithson (5/21)
~ We Speak with the Raven Men by Alexis Ann Hunter (5/22)
~ Be Nice to the Butcher by Danny Macks (5/25)
~ Different Kinds of Heroes by Michael W Cho (5/27)
~ A Hook, An Eye by Erin Strubbe (5/28)
~ The Hunting Ground by Siri Paulson (5/29)