Stories tagged “inheritance”
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The Beginning
He lived in a cave just like everyone else. He liked to tell stories. He was single, so one night he stared sleeplessly at the stars, wondering how to increase his reproductive fitness. (It was still a big deal back then.) And he spun a tale to tell ev...
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Mommy's Little Girl
Fire consumed her skin, revealing tiny, ruby-bright scales. The Fire Daemon stretched, enjoying the freedom from flesh and ran fingers through hair that was a wreath of blue to golden flames. “Beautiful,” her husband murmured in the corner....
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Taken: An Unfortunate Inheritance
“I am no more dead than you!” I replied sharply. It was a struggle against the passage of time and the swell of unpleasant memories to recall the gardner’s name. After a moment of staring at that hardened and aged face, that had more ...