A moment, all I remember:
Her face, cupped by the flickering glow of a night fire shared against a greater darkness.
Her hands, rolling thin-shaved bark around crumbles of tobacco, mushroom, moss, bone-white shards… something I couldn’t identify, even as she tossed it into the edge of the roiling embers.
Her voice, raised only slightly “And thus we vanquish you, Darkness” as she stepped, barefoot, into the circle of stones.
An exploding funk of flesh and forest as I’m thrown back, onto the ground.
Moon’s cold eye staring down on me.
She is gone, but the darkness? Defeated.
You’re finished.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2019)
Carrot Ranch Prompt (04/04/2019): In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about fire. It can be a flame that burns or a light that inspires. Follow the flames and go where the prompt leads!
Valley of the Trolls 
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You transported me right there, Liz! Darkness defeated!
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Thanks Charli!
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Wow….you pack so much into just a few words! Well done!
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Thank so much, Ann!
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Fabulous line, in the perfect place.
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Thanks, Greg!
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Dang. Excellent delivery. Just a little way in I was thinking, Dang. Dang good stuff.
Dang. Then the end. Dang.
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Shoot. thanks!
(blush)
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