Stories tagged “Bangsian Fantasy”
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The Plain of Bones
The woman clambered to the top of the hill of bones. The sound of her ragged breathing carried far into the half-light that revealed the plain before her. A plain stained red-brown from countless battles over the course of untold years. Tattered souls ...
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Searching for the Ferryman
Where the mountain side and river meet there’s a fissure in the rock and the river disappears deep into the belly of the earth. It was right by that fissure that he sat atop a stone, a battered tin cup in hand. His bony knees were drawn up to his...
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Seeing the Oracle
For a moment, when I saw her, I froze. Then looking quickly at my feet, so I couldn’t stare, I mumbled a greeting. “Welcome,” her voice was musical, sweet, haunting. “You have something to inquire about.” I nodded, even t...