Tag: fantasy
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Three of Chalices | The Midwife
Sybil descended from a long line of clairvoyants, a lineage of which she was quite proud. Both her mother and grandmother spent countless hours with Sybil, practicing with her, teaching her but she just didn’t get it. Sybil wasn’t interested in the casting of spells or seeing into the future. What she liked was the…
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Two of Chalices | Kismet
This can’t be right …Marco checked the address again. Supposed to be a new dance club called Door to Hades. It matched the one Stephanie gave him. He was a little early, though. He’d wait 20 minutes and that was it. Marco didn’t really know Stephanie. He’d just met her that afternoon in the produce…
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Four of Chalices | The Squids
It all started on the playground of the Kala* Elementary School. Georgy started it with Ralph, “My dad can beat up your dad any day of the week!” “Oh, yeah?” Ralph countered. “I doubt that cuz your dad’s a weenie!” “Is not!” “Is, too!” “Nuh-uh!” “Oh, huh!” “You better take that back!” Georgy threatened. “Make…
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II The High Priestess | Jumping Fences
Serena was bored. She was one of those people who had seen everything, been everywhere, and had everything she ever wanted. She’d inherited a lot of money from her parents and was set for life. There was nothing left for her want, materially-speaking. Serena had tried marriage a couple times, but neither of them worked…
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Eight of Wands | Three’s a Crowd
Nature can play cruel tricks sometimes. Imagine being a dog with your own brain but having to share one body with two other dogs, each with their own brains. That’s exactly what happened here, with Nick, Pete, and Gus. The only thing they have in common aside from one body, is that they are each…
aka, The Abject Muse 