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The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
epub |eng | 2022-08-30 | Author:Fiona McFarlane [McFarlane, Fiona]

Here is Constable Robert Manning, First Class, out on the plain. It’s late at night; Robert is cold, hungry, tired, riding a tired horse, and following a girl. The girl ...
( Category: Folklore December 15,2022 )
Song of the Far Isles by Nicholas Bowling
epub |eng | | Author:Nicholas Bowling [Bowling, Nicholas]

They decided to spend the night in a seafront tavern, six of them plus Alick. Oran kept the pouch of his ashes against her hip. It felt good to have ...
( Category: Folklore December 15,2022 )
Curse and Crown: Marie and the Mouse King, Book 3 by Irene Davis
epub |eng | | Author:Irene Davis [Davis, Irene]

Chapter Nineteen “Do something for her,” Lang demands. “I’ve already done all I can,” replies Trudy’s voice. Lang makes a sound of frustration, and Trudy continues. “I took out the ...
( Category: Fairy Tales December 15,2022 )
The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett
epub |eng | | Author:Fiona Barnett

CHAPTER TWELVE The Charcoal Burner’s House Nine men crept towards the little clearing with the hut in it, as the day edged towards twilight. Sam Harper stayed to the back ...
( Category: Folklore December 15,2022 )
Second Star to the Left by Megan Van Dyke
epub |eng | | Author:Megan Van Dyke

21 Storms sucked. They didn’t have them in the Sylvanna Vale. Not like this. Pleasant rain showers? Sure. Foggy mornings? Those were the best. Rain that stung like needles and ...
( Category: Folklore December 15,2022 )
The Fall of Númenor by Alan Lee
epub |eng | 2022-12-15 | Author:Alan Lee [Lee, Alan]

(Though [Galadriel] deemed it her duty to remain in Middle-earth while Sauron was still unconquered) she determined to leave Lórinand and to dwell near the sea. She committed Lórinand to ...
( Category: Folklore December 13,2022 )
A Woman Named Sellers by Sarah L King
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah L King

18 St Mary’s Church, Newchurch-in-Pendle September 1633 It was a crisp day in the early autumn, a lukewarm sun shining amongst wisps of white cloud, a gentle breeze teasing yellow ...
( Category: Folklore December 12,2022 )
Short Stories & Such by Janna Hill
epub |eng | | Author:Janna Hill

My mother used to say I never met a stranger. I reckon she was right but that didn’t keep me from feeling like a foreigner. I was the peculiar child ...
( Category: Folklore December 10,2022 )
Harry's Mermaid by Steve Vernon
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Vernon

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Steve Vernon is a storyteller. The man was born with a campfire burning at his feet. The word "boring" does not exist in this man's vocabulary - ...
( Category: Folklore December 10,2022 )
King Arthur's Last Battle by Thomas Malory
epub |eng | 2008-10-16 | Author:Thomas Malory

[…] Book XI CHAPTER 1: How Sir Launcelot rode on his adventure, and how he helped a dolorous lady from her pain, and how that he fought with a dragon ...
( Category: Folklore December 5,2022 )
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland by Steve Roud
epub |eng | 2009-08-12 | Author:Steve Roud

( Category: Mythology December 5,2022 )
To Sleep, Perchance to Die by Kirstin Lund & Patti Larsen
epub |eng | 2019-12-06 | Author:Kirstin Lund & Patti Larsen

Chapter Twenty I lifted the heavy bronze ring hanging from the lion’s mouth, knocking it several times against the towering wooden castle door. Almost immediately, scuffling from inside answered my ...
( Category: Fairy Tales December 4,2022 )
In a Certain Kingdom by Nicholas Kotar
epub |eng | | Author:Nicholas Kotar [Kotar, Nicholas]

The Frog Princess In a certain kingdom, in a certain land, there lived a king. He had three sons—all of them young, single, strong and good-looking, such fine specimens of ...
( Category: Fairy Tales December 4,2022 )
Hieroglyphs by Kit Wylde
epub |eng | | Author:Kit Wylde

Chapter Eight “Joslyn, what’s this?” Joslyn looked up from organizing the closet to see the scroll in Peter’s hand. She was so tired she felt that her sockets would swallow ...
( Category: Mythology December 4,2022 )
Alice on the Shelf by Bill Gauthier
epub |eng | | Author:Bill Gauthier [Bill, Gauthier,]

OUT OF THE WOODS & THE OLD PEOPLE Though the woods had reached full night, the western horizon beyond the woods was crimson, and the sky grew darker until it ...
( Category: Fairy Tales December 3,2022 )

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