Stories tagged “opera”
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At the Opera
I never saw such glamor in all of my life. Perfect blond ringlets framing a face with such beauty that made me almost want to cry. Who was this woman, so fair and regal as she sat among us, hardly seeming to belong in a crowd of such ordinary people? I...
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SNOW
The planet named Kryon 7 is in deep winter. It has been that way for nineteen million years. The purple clouds converge over all of Kryon 7 as the thick blizzard of blue luminescent snow blankets the world. Underneath Kryon, the long frozen ocean of fo...
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Darkest Knight
They entered the city a fortnight ago. we initially thought them as lepers, as our town is famous for receiving them. They usually come to receive last rites and gift us with their last breaths. But they were no lepers, but monks of an unholy religion....
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The Pursuit
Having just been sacked, and nearly exploded, Rafferty had a lot on his mind. His professional career was perhaps ended and now he was on his way to meet Ismarelda, the once love of his life and now the most dangerous person in it. “What have you got...
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The Black Blade
When I was a week younger than seventeen I wrestled my father. He always was a giant in my eyes, not until I had a firm grip on his neck could I finally see his body ended somewhere and he could sweat. Our tribe was very clear, were I not to defeat him...