It was late, I was dog tired, and I had to get up in 3 hours for my daily round of chores and lessons. I had been repeatedly told, reminded, and told some more that practicing magic when overtired was a bad idea. That even the Masters would stop and get a good, non-magic-induced rest, …
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Prompt Short Story: The Ancient Stranger (Lawkeepers 12)
1: I have gathered you all here today… Jeremy waited for the elevator doors to close, having carefully checked and counted everyone getting on. The right number, so probably the right people. He stood unobtrusively, but solidly stubborn, by the control panel. Those who tried to brush past, or nudge him farther in, quickly realised …
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Prompt Short Story: Found (Lawkeepers 11)
Justinia clenched her fists tightly behind her back, the only outward sign of her emotions. Her face calm, she continued to study the map on the wall, and the manuscript on the table, asking the occasional question of the gentleman who showed it to her so eagerly. He wouldn’t be so eager if he knew …
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Prompt Short Story: Penance (Lawkeepers 10)
Content Warning: mild sexual assault, crude sexual language, drunkenness Jeremy yawned and forced his eyes open, groggy with sleep. His head, full of cotton wool, hung heavily on his neck as he pushed the blanket back and planted his feet on the soft, warm carpet of the bedroom floor. The bathroom was a few short, …
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Prompt Short Story: Magic (Lawkeepers 9)
18 year old Annie Jenings was bored. She’d done her chores – swept and mopped the floor, filled up the horse feed, generally tidied the three roomed building she lived in with her one remaining parent, and now she was bored. Her da was supposed to be tending to the health of the horses – …
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Prompt Short Story: Memories (Lawkeepers 8)
Shia and Patterson poured blood-spiked coffee from the carafe – hers black, with plenty of sugar, theirs with cream and even more sugar. “How are we doing this, then, boss?” Shia asked, leaning against the counter. Patterson tilted their head in thought, “This dude’s a telepath – and by all accounts, a strong one. I …
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Prompt Short Story: Diet (Lawkeepers 7)
Shia kicked the door closed with one boot, hands full of grocery bags, keys in her mouth. She mumbled at Frankie as she poked her head out of the home office. Frankie grinned, interpreting the grunts as the request for help that they were, “I can help, one sec.” She disappeared back into the room …
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Prompt Short Story: Blood (Lawkeepers 6)
The first human to reach over 130 years old stared out of the car window as they passed through the neighbourhood he had grown up in. “This was so different in my younger days,” he sighed, almost to himself. The driver nodded politely and made an agreeing noise, unsure if the old man could even …
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Prompt Short Story: Messages (Lawkeepers 5)
Arriving home, Kyra locked the door to her flat, her shoulders visibly slumping as she let the weight of the day pass. She removed her coat and scarf, hanging them on an old-fashioned hat stand. She looked longingly for a moment at the soft sofa, then shook her head. Later. There was one more thing …
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Prompt Short Story: The Boss (Lawkeepers 4)
Kyra folded her arms and sat back in her chair, “You want to do what, now?!” Patterson looked over at Shia, who shrugged, and back at their boss, “I want to set a trap for Justinia.” “Using yourself as bait.” Patterson nodded. “And me as a lure.” Patterson nodded again. Kyra reached up to run …
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