Stepping into Stories, One Word at a Time
"Sir Una Everlasting- you- had never run from anything. You hadn't disappeared from the world- you had burned your name into its surface, carved it so deeply into the stone of history that it was still legible a thousand years later. You had died, yes, but only because you had found something worth dying for.... Continue Reading →
"I glance at Millie and find her biting her lips like she’s trying to contain her laughter at my expense.I want to laugh. It’s right there, the smile pushing against my cheeks to find the humor in our predicament. But I rein it back in with my signature frown instead.I’ve avoided this woman for months... Continue Reading →
"Sarkis turned around and began to beat his forehead very gently against the wall. “The great god is punishing me,” he said softly, “for my crimes. I cannot go to his hell, and so he has sent a woman to torment me."Swordheart by T. Kingfisher My love of T. Kingfisher grows with every book. Sometimes... Continue Reading →
"Secrets do not stay in the dark where we put them. Some lie dormant, but others slither beneath doors, over windowsills, through the cracks in walls, out into the light where everyone can see them, poke at them, know them."The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter I decided to try out A.G. Slatter's Sourdough Universe... Continue Reading →
"The inky blue of the forest path called to her, and she let her feet take her into her favorite part of the woods for a moment of solitude, and respite from her own mind. The last of the night’s drizzle trickled through the canopy and dripped down the back of her neck. She shivered... Continue Reading →
"There seems to be a story that you keep telling yourself, and I understand… it has served you for some time. It was real. It kept you safe. But you’ve outgrown that tale, and now it’s holding you back from becoming who you are really meant to be."A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic If you... Continue Reading →
Of Worlds Forgotten 