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    Category: fantasy excerpt

    This Textured Darkness, #116

    Instantly, all the candles went out, and the room was covered in darkness.

    November 13, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #114

    It was only a woman come to clean, who had somehow brought billows of purple smoke. Or maybe it was the candles. Two hundred candles, and by the time the wicks were burning low.

    November 11, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #113

    Elymas placed the goblet on the tray and rubbed his eyes with his fists. Had he seen a woman sporting three boars’ heads at the entrance doors?

    November 10, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #111

    A cheeky youth who, every time their eyes met, winked or flashed a suggestive smile. Running his tongue over his lips, Elymas, on impulse, offered to buy him. He hadn’t anticipated the rage.

    November 8, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #110

    Tonight, he’d poisoned the High King as well as his annoying councilor, Fulcruchen. Rage had prompted him.

    November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #109

    The fire tempted her. She felt as she had at the Hungry Rocks and wanted to bath in it like water. She took a step forward.

    November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #108

    He led her to a barren hall, no wolves at their feet, until they reached an archway that took up most of the wall. All sense of time and place had been lost.

    November 5, 2023October 31, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #107

    On the morning of the 8th day, they’d untied her and she managed to feed him herself, allowing him to nurse as long as he wanted so he wouldn’t cry when present to the Tu’el.

    November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 by joanspilman

    That Textured Darkness, 106

    He said, “If you do not rid yourself of this child, bring it to me after it is born, and I will give you a new name. But remember, I will take only what you give.”

    November 3, 2023October 31, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #105

    The cry of a carrion crow brought him out of his reverie. He realized that while he’d been staring at her, she’d been staring at him.

    November 2, 2023November 5, 2023 by joanspilman

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