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Some dark fantasy from my weird brain.

In which a sorceress gives up her heart. #darkfantasy #flashfiction #shortfiction #fantasywriting #shortstory #spooky #eeriestory #flashfictionwriter #flashfictionwriting #sorceress

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Something weird and spooky for Halloween season. #flashfiction #shortfiction #microfiction #spookyseason #ghosts #ectoplasm #flashfictionwriter #flashfictionwriting #weirdfiction #spookywriting

Aurora

The last of the princess’s would-be rescuers was still alive. Wrapped in a cage of thick briars, he no longer struggled to free himself. Instead, he looked at her with hollow eves, eyes that, even as she drew close, seemed to mirror the blank sockets of the skulls surrounding him.

“Help me,” he begged, his voice raspy with thirst and pain.

How strange, the princess thought, touching his gaunt face gently, that I should now save the one who would save me. She brushed her russet hair back and pushed up her embroidered sleeves. As the last dregs of enchanted sleep fell away and vanished, she drew the jewel-hilted sword at her side.

“Don’t be afraid,” she said, her words clumsy and new. “I’m here. I’ve awakened.”

And with that, the princess took her shining blade and began to hack through the vicious thorns that had ensnared the knight. Within minutes she had freed him, and she took him into her castle, through the heavy dust and cobwebs, and tended to his wounds with unpracticed but capable hands.

Welcome to CuriousSnippets! This page will be dedicated to original microfiction and drabbles, primarily in the dark fantasy genre. Enter, reader, and discover what strange writings might be lurking in the shadows, just waiting for you to find them.

~ H. Foster, author

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