Modrigal’s Gift

Vintage Unicorn

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He wore many chains about his neck, mostly gold, some mixed and linked to polished stones, some of these gemstones.

The mirror in front of him showed their glint against his naked chest and graying hair, and though his eyes had been brilliant blue in his youth, they’d faded over the years, both of color and of the life force that supplied their vitality. Continue reading

Power Napping

Cover Reveal!

Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan, Book cover reveal (Available March 2024)

Announcing…Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan.

We all know one version or another of the Cinderella story: rags to riches,  dumping a dysfunctional family, but getting the handsome prince and a new home by story’s end. But what happens next?

Lissa will tell you all about it, coming March 2024. Here’s the beautiful book cover!

For more detail on the upcoming book and a link to present-day fairy tales, poetry, and Enchantment in general, please visit The Fairy Tale Magazine.

© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)

For Satan’s Angel

Galleon Pirate Ship in harbor

The challenge? Write a story in 6 sentences, no more & no less, and if you’d like, share your creation or just visit and comment on others’ ideas, with GirlieOnTheEdge, Denise. The prompt is “FORGE”, and here’s where you join the party: Six Sentence Stories

Bonus Challenge: From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt: The Unicorn Challenge (04/28/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

The journey through the dark wood had been long, icy and lightless, even where the steep granite hills broke through like knotty spine and muscular back.

Steady as she goes, they crested the mountain top to find the mine’s entrance, a spiraling drop down a pathway only just wide enough for one wheelbarrow, one man at a time. Continue reading