by Sara C. Snider | Apr 7, 2015 | A to Z Challenge, Short Stories
So, as far as flash fiction goes, this story is a complete failure. Coming in at around 1800 words, it counts as a regular short story and not flash fiction. But, I didn’t want to scrap it and start over. I liked the main character and I liked the beginning, and...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 6, 2015 | A to Z Challenge, Short Stories
Mama always said my imagination ran wild. She’d tell me I’d not stay a boy forever and that I’d do well to show some restraint. She was wrong, though. I didn’t imagine the old man in the elderberry tree. He had been there, wearing only a pair of tattered breeches as...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 4, 2015 | A to Z Challenge, Short Stories
It is said that there once was a Tree so great that it encompassed the entire world. Its roots drank from the vast oceans, and its branches reached into the heavens and soaked up the silvery light of the stars. It is also said that there once was a dragon queen,...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 3, 2015 | A to Z Challenge, Short Stories
Ailia stood in the darkened forest, staring at a single candle flame that flickered in the shadowed silhouette of a tree. She raised her bow, knocked an arrow and pulled the bowstring taut. She remained still and held her breath, closing one eye as she sharpened her...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 2, 2015 | A to Z Challenge, Short Stories
My Dear Friend Luther, It is sheer madness out here in these God-forsaken provinces. The people here do not hold to sense or reason, and instead let their superstitions govern what few wits they do possess. I will, of course, endeavor to carry out my duties to the...
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