Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
ON THE ROADSIDE
Stefan found her beside the road. Blood stained her tattered surcoat dark as wine, and the shreds of mail underneath couldn’t hide four wicked claw marks. Her chest rose and fell, each breath a little shallower. If she didn’t see a healer soon, she never would.
What could’ve done this to a Watch-Sister? He scanned the trees. Primal instincts screamed for him to run. Run far, run fast, and never look back.
Instead, he knelt. This world brimmed with monsters, but folk needn’t turn monstrous themselves. Stefan lifted her from the bed of leaves and headed back to his ox-cart.
Austin Worley writes everything from heroic fantasy to romance and poetry. A native Oklahoman, he fills his downtime with books and nights under the stars. His short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Fantastic Detectives, Sword & Scandal, and Broadswords and Blasters. Several of these stories have earned Honorable Mentions from the Writers of the Future Contest.
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash anthology.
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