Wizardness

Fantasy and Speculative Short Stories


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Welcome to Wizardness

I hope you enjoy my short stories


  • “Hey, Dar’kid.” Tobias said.“Did you just call me Dark Kid?” Dar’kid asked.“Well, it’s more Dar kid, than Dark kid, but it’s derived from that. It’s not like we don’t call other people by similar sort of names -““It’s fine. It’s nicer than mine, I call you ‘That fuckin asshole’ or Tafa.” Dar’kid grinned.“Wow.” Tobias laughed.“Can…


  • For Fist Epsilon, their 5th day was the first day that felt like they actually might find a routine. It was the same as the day before, well, same exercise, anyway. They ran, they did strange practice with their melee weapons, they ate, they practiced their ranged weapons, they joined the pitched battle, they ran,…


  • For those of you new to this series, you can find the first entry here: Introducing, the Good God Damn. This is a weekly series I’m writing episodically. As soon as Tobias lurched into a run, his exhaustion vanished. It simply oozed away. He found that he was struggling to maintain the slow pace that…


  • As soon as the fist crossed the line into the frozen pitched battled, it became a real pitched battle. The blade of the closest halfling tore through a man. Sending his guts cascading to the ground. The hafling whirled and lunged towards the fist. Dar’kid acted quickly and put a knife into their throat.“Save the…


  • Tobias woke. He expected to find himself wracked with pain. His shirt was off and he was in his under clothes, laying atop his bunk. The rest of the fist was sitting around his bunk. Tobias could feel a breeze sending goose bumps across his exposed chest.“Huh, still gets goose pimples.” Red murmured.“Why wouldn’t I?”…