Refuge (flash fiction)

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Artwork: 3D Fantasy Art Refuge by Carol 375 words Calmly Iloena raised her bow, aiming at the travelers walking on the road in the valley, watching the three men intently. She released the arrow, hitting the oldest of the men first. Quickly she killed the other two in turn. This was her land and she refused entry to strangers, a well-known fact. Even if the men had entered the area in all innocence, Iloena believed that the safety of her land and those she protected was worth too much; she would eliminate any threats. The regal white unicorn galloped across the field to Iloena’s side, whinnying. She solidly patted the creature’s shoulder, comforting it as much as possible. Death always upset it. It seemed to grieve every loss of life, friend or enemy. It stared at Iloena for a moment, then ambled away. It was rare that Iloena had to deal with strangers. Usually, the tales of giants and dragons roaming the hills discouraged foreigners, but...
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Friday’s Tale: The Raven and the Goose

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Photo: Alaska-in-Pictures.com I enjoy folktales and legends that explain why our world is like it is.  Today's tale is a fun, little example. "The Raven and the Goose" from Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen tells how the raven became black. On the day when all the birds were getting their patterns and colors, the raven and goose agreed to paint each other. The raven painted the goose first, a nice nice black with a lovely white pattern showing through. The goose was quite pleased, and began to paint the raven in the exact same way. But then the raven fell into a rage, and declared the pattern was frightfully ugly, and the goose, offended at all the fuss, simply splashed it black all over. So that's why the raven is black, at least according to this story. I'd be pretty upset if I was the goose, too. The goose thought the pattern was nice and was trying to make the raven beautiful too,...
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Spring’s Serenity Mini-Challenge

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Michelle is hosting a a fun mini-challenge at The True Book Addict.  She asks us to take at least three (or more) of our planned read-a-thon books and write a short paragraph using the first line of each book.  Thankfully she says it does not have to make sense. Here's my paragraph. I can't believe I'm really going through with this. We only have a few hours, so listen carefully.  Alex Stafford was just like Mama said. Sentence 1: Howling for My Baby by Beverly Rae Sentence 2: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan Sentence 3: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers No as bad as I thought it would be, really....
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Sharing a poem

by Carol5 Comments
April Rain Song  by Langston Hughes Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain....
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Join me

by Carol3 Comments
I entered a great short story writing contest Pia's running over at So Many Books, So Little Time, So Here's Mine. And I mean really short, as in ten sentences. From her blog: If there was such a contest to write a story in 10 sentences or less, could you? Would you do it? If you’re game, then let the good times begin. The Fun Contest/Challenge 1. In 10 sentences or less write a short story in the genre of choice. Please include what genre it is. 2. Enter the story in the comments below and please INCLUDE your email address. 3. Like our FB Page So Many Books, So Little Time, So Here’s Mine 4. The more entries we have the more fun it will be so please repost in Twitter, FB or your blog and mention where you did. Contest Ends May 7th at 10pm EST Prizes There will be 5 books in different genres (U.S. and Canada only) to be given away and a $10 Amazon Gift Card (open...
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