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THE PRINCESS IN THE TOWER • by A. R. Hansen

November 8, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The princess stands at the window, her palms pressed against the glass. She is watching a knight approach the tower door far below her and is admiring the way that he walks. Each step is silent and precise so as… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories A. R. Hansen, dragons, fairytales, hunger, knights, royalty

BLOODY SIR BRANDELIS • by Danielle DeLisle

May 11, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sir Brandelis threw the creature’s head onto the floor of the demon’s throne room. It left a long blood trail as it slid across the smooth surface, stopping at the foot of the dais. The screams of the demon’s playthings… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories Danielle DeLisle, demons, knights

LONGEST NIGHT • by Nicole Lavigne

December 21, 2015Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

Gideon’s sword cleaved blindly through the pitch darkness that surrounded him. Sticking ooze splattered and another monster, invisible through the black, gurgled to the ground. When they had started their journey, his sword had illuminated the hunting shadows. How long… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories December Invitational, knights, Nicole Lavigne, Winter Solstice

AN OLD WARRIOR’S FINAL COUNTDOWN • by Kat Otis

October 20, 2015Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

Ten spiraling stone steps led down to the dungeon.  I dashed down them, the flames of the wall sconces wavering with the wind of my passage.  Although I still held my sword at the ready, I found no one left… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories dragons, Kat Otis, knights, parenting, sacrifice

THE KNIGHTS FROM OLDEN MEDIEVAL DAYS • by James Zahardis

February 1, 2015Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Shadows danced in the light of smoldering fires. A sooty girl stood up from behind a heap of cinderblocks and tiptoed to a patch of dandelions growing amid the rubble. She skimmed the palm of one hand across the flowers;… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories James Zahardis, knights, zombies

PASTORALE No. 1 • by Gerald Warfield

May 23, 2014Every Day Fiction 37 Comments

A knight emerges on horseback from fog at the edge of the woods. The chain links of his hauberk ripple in the sunlight.  His helm gleams. He does not follow the road but crosses a field covered with green shoots… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Romance, Stories Gerald Warfield, knights, love

THE BASILISK OF SAINT JÖHNSSBURY’S CATHEDRAL • by James Zahardis

March 8, 2014Every Day Fiction 20 Comments

The hum of the glider’s engine was barely audible over the braying of a colicky mule tied to a post outside Saint Jöhnssbury’s Cathedral. The craft’s pilot and passenger was a tall, taunt man, attired in late-19th century stylized fashion,… Continue Reading →

Stories James Zahardis, knights

FOR THE EMPIRE • by Alexander Burns

July 12, 2013Every Day Fiction 5 Comments

The knights wore the finest steel, forged in dragon flame, cooled by the tears of the war priests. It did them no good. Hundreds lay dead in this nameless field, fifty leagues from the beloved Imperial capitol. Their horses lay… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Alexander Burns, knights

DAMSELS AND DISTRESS • by Kat Otis

November 13, 2012Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Lady Arabella Spenser was day-dreaming of monsters and knights in shining armor when her carriage abruptly stopped in the middle of the woods. Rudely called back to reality by the oddity, Arabella pulled back the window curtain to see what… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories bandits, damsels, Kat Otis, knights
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