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The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 10

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Shea clicked his tongue and his horse surged ahead. Rain followed, watching him struggle to keep the black horse from cantering. She looked behind and saw Whiskey and Aeraldor disappear behind the thick tree trunks.

They continued silently at a brisk trot, Shea doing his best to keep Ahearn from cantering. The thin undergrowth allowed for easy traveling. The great trees of Ellwood stood around them like pillars holding up the heavens, and birds trilled in the treetops.

Shea’s horse continued to act strangely, and …

Writing Prompt: Turing Test

Prompt: Suddenly the machine just knew what it had to do: It had to fail the Turing test on purpose.

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For weeks now, I’ve been getting to know Penny. She’s a system administrator for the NSA. She likes to play video games in her spare time, and has visions of being a concept artist for video games one day. Her father left when she was young, and her mother is struggling against alcoholism. She has no boyfriend, but is dying to have one. She is lonely at night, often writing in her online journal …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 9

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Rain entered the protective bubble of air and felt a strange chill go through her body. As soon as she was through, she could see everyone in the chairs around the table. Everything outside of the small area was blurry.

She recognized the king, and a beautiful elf sat next to him with her hand on his, who had to have been the Queen. Aeraldor and Rowena were there. Beside them were a dryad and a faerie, the former with deep green leaves for hair …

Writing Prompt: Killing the Princess

Prompt: The hero kills the princess and frees the monster.

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She stared at him with cold, unseeing eyes. Her grin showed her sharpened teeth. “Go on, kill me,” she said mockingly. “I’m in such misery.” She cackled. “You can’t do it. You love her too much.”

Angry tears ran down his face, but he pinned her firmly against the ground, his hands on her arms, his legs on either side of hers. The stench of the barn wafted around him. He tried to focus on it, forget that the face in front of him …

Writing Prompt: Imaginary Friend

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Prompt: Children have such interesting and fascinating sounding imaginary friends, because they have a hard time explaining the gods they are seeing and communicating with.

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I buried my face in the pillow, my tears smearing across the fabric. I sobbed into it, muffling my voice as much as possible. Otherwise dad would hear me and yell at me to be quiet. When there were no more tears to …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 8

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She found another stairway leading to the ground level of Belmaeron and followed it, excitement building inside her. Elves, as she remembered from the legends she knew, were known as the best archers on the other side of the Fangs. She wondered what she hoped to do without a bow, but it didn’t dampen her anticipation.

The clangs of steel on steel, the shouts of orders being given and received, and the hammering of what she guessed was a forge echoed in the distance. Amid …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 7

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As they traveled on the fourth day, the trees seemed to become thicker, like massive pillars holding up a roof of leaves. Gnarled branches reached into the sky far over their heads. The sun dappled the soft forest floor with speckles of light, and the air was alive with birds and insects.

Around noon, the pungent aroma of blacksmiths, cooking fires, and other city smells wafted around them. Rain sensed they were nearing a city, but couldn’t see any sign of one yet.

“Halt.” From …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 6

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“I can’t believe it,” Shea said.

The three of them stopped their horses before the gate that led to the Pass of Hearn, over the Fangs. It was clearly made to keep things out, as it didn’t even appear to have a lock or a way to open. It was one solid piece of steel, different than the gates at the front of the city.

And it was blasted open.

“How does someone just open a gate like this?” the lieutenant continued, walking his horse …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 5

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It took them the better part of the next day to arrive at Highgate. The tall gates of the mountain pass city stood across a clearing. The city was beyond, and on the far side of the city was another pair of gates before the Pass of Hearn. They towered even higher, sealing the way through the pass. The Fangs of Grunae loomed above them, their jagged peaks stabbing the sky. Dark gray clouds rolled in from across the mountains, their edges stained the rusty …

The Last Moon Elf: Chapter 4

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Outside it was cold and foggy, the morning light beginning to peek through the cloudy sky. When she saw Pan saddled and bridled, Rain hurried to his side and rubbed his nose, leaning in close to appreciate her old friend. When she saw the other two were already mounting their horses, she hurriedly strapped the saddlebags to Pan’s back and hopped on, following behind Whiskey. Shea brought up the rear. Rain pulled up her cloak’s hood as they went down the stone roads of Fairfield, …