Stories tagged “inn”
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The Wyatt Inn
Maybe I was crazy, I thought, standing outside the rundown roadside motel. I leaned against the side of my Ford pickup truck, taking a drag from my cigarette. The heat from the sun-baked metal frame soaked into my skin through my shirt and the blisteri...
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Getting There Is Half The Journey
Every eye in the inn turned towards the door when it was slammed open. Not because of the action itself, but because of the figure who now stood in its opening, gasping for breath. Most people returned to their boisterous drinking and bragging however,...
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Not Quite There Yet
As loud as a small girl can be among wolves, she proclaimed: “I’m looking for someone who can take me through the forest”, her voice only shaking a little. This surprised the patrons; Why had she not run away from their den in fear ye...
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Hateful are the Wicked
Riders thundered down the hill, following the road that curved past the inn where Renna, the innkeeper’s daughter worked. Under the gaze of the moon, she saw that they wore the livery of the crown and though the moonlight was bright, darkness see...