Wizardness

Fantasy and Speculative Short Stories

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Welcome to Wizardness

I hope you enjoy my short stories

  • The Edge of Blackness

    He glanced out the window. The inky blackness of space reflected his face back at himself. He saw himself blink. The inky blackness of space wasn’t what he was expecting. There should have been a large planet hanging instead of inky blackness.Sven slid his hand across the edge of the window. Sven snorted to himself,…

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  • Just Out of Sight

    Kevin did a double take. He’d seen something out of the corner of his eye, again. It was happening more and more often. Kevin shook his head. There was nothing to be done about it.Kevin went on about his day. It was routine, clean the toilet, collect the feminine hygiene products, empty the trash. It…

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  • Is That You, Death?

    I woke up and found Death’s grinning face peering down at me. The face pulled back, allowing me to focus on the rest of the Death’s being.Death cocked its head at me. Then Death glanced about, scratching the top of Death’s head.I realized then that Death wasn’t wearing the traditional garb I’d seen Death portrayed…

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  • A Strange Traveler

    I felt my cart roll to a stop. The gravel crunched beneath the hooves of my mule. It was a dumb brutish animal and didn’t like stopping only moderately less than starting again. It was an animal that liked things to be consistent. I tried to understand why the mule had stopped. We were on…

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  • Dragon’s War

    Cyrus’s stomach was in his throat. He could barely keep down his lunch. Even after 50 years, Lilly, his Dragon, still managed to find new ways to shock Cyrus with her maneuverability.Cyrus glanced up at the passing matte black dragon. Its own rider struggling to stay mounted. As they leveled out, Cyrus pulled his bow,…

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