Wizardness

Fantasy and Speculative Short Stories


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  • The Long Cold Night

    My fingers were cold on the keyboard. The air was only getting cooler with the coming of night. It was going to only get colder. Morning was nearly twenty four hours off. I had a long night ahead of me.The arctic research station was nearly empty. Staff members were switching out, so we just had…


  • A Study of Grief

    “FUCK!” He cried. “FUUUUUCK! What do you want from me?” He collapsed to his knees. He let out a heart wrenching sob. Snot dripped from his nose. “What do you want? Please, just tell me.”The other man stared at him impassively. His face rocky and hard. He swallowed. He looked as if he was about…


  • The Fall of Vartooze

    Something squelched as he landed. He pulled his hand out of someone’s stomach. His back was covered with another person. Make that somethings squelched. He shook his head. Of course he’d be blamed for this. As he gestured intestines and gore flicked from his hand.A man screamed in horror. Falton glanced at him, he was…


  • Hi All! I’m sorry I’ve been a bit lacking in new short stories. I’ve been busy working on editing a book. I’m sure you understand. The Misadventures of the Peanut Butter Boys is an action adventure horror book. It combines the buddy crime solving of Scooby Doo, with real horror elements. It’s an episodic adventure…


  • Helping a Skeleton

    Sam and Teri held their breath. Something was shambling past them towards the gorge. The click and drag of its movement was suggestive. Teri quietly exhaled through her nose and slowly and carefully inhaled. She saw stars. She blinked them away trying to calm her swaying head. As her vision cleared a mostly bone skeleton…