Category: The Kingdom

• Day 57 – The Soul Trade

  “Hi, um, Carl Stephens? I’m Pip, and I’ll be your devil for the evening,” he said.

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  August 12, 2014

  The Kingdom

  actors, actresses, contracts, deals, demons, devils, Google, hollywood, imps, movie stars, movies, sell your soul, souls

• Day 48 – The Dungeon Crawl

  “Hold up, guys. I can’t figure out which helmet to wear,” he said, sorting through armor.

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  July 29, 2014

  The Kingdom

  archery, dnd, dragons, dungeons, dwarves, elves, fantasy, magic, rogues, role playing, rpg, tapletop, thieves

• Day 43 – The Secret Keeper

  There are secrets of transgression held in boxes made of heartstrings and smoke, unlocked as a confession is whispered out of guilt or fear.

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  July 23, 2014

  The Kingdom, The Rim

  boxes, elementals, jobs, keys, knowledge, locks, rumors, secrets, space, truth

• Day 35 – The Jade Prince

  King Angdayam wept with joy and promised a lifetime of wealth to the man who could carve a life size statue of the prince from a single piece of jade.

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  July 15, 2014

  The Kingdom

  birthdays, conquerors, curses, families, parents, princes, royalty, seers, sieges, statues

• Day 30 – The Sword

  The forgemaster at Drangstaff spent fourteen days honing its blade till its black edge shined like a star.

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  July 11, 2014

  The Kingdom

  blood, conquerors, crows, curses, families, fantasy, murder, swords, war

• Day 24 – The Death of a Warrior

  “It should be no surprise to you, Desert King, that the only man ever to pass through the Oasis of the Seventeen Sisters should stand before you today.”

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  July 4, 2014

  The Kingdom

  adventurers, barbarians, deaths, desert, gambling, norns, poison, rulers, sultans, vikings, warriors

• Day 21 – The Pet Hydra

  Certainly he’d kept some secrets from her in the past, but a pet that needed to be fed and cared for? That could make noise and fire?

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  July 4, 2014

  The Kingdom

  comic books, hydras, kids, moms, pets, secrets, trades

• Day 19 – The Help Wanted Ad

  Join a rapidly-growing number of young professionals finding job placement in more popular fields too competitive, who have sought out a lucrative career in the mystic arts.

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  July 4, 2014

  The Kingdom

  ads, assistants, classifieds, connecticut, hartford, help wanted, lord of the flies, mages, magicians, necronomicon, newspapers

• Day 13 – The Scales

  Unfortunately there was very little doubt: Androcus was getting scales.

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  June 23, 2014

  The Kingdom

  beastiality, dragons, scales, sex, STDs, teenagers

• Day 7 – The Butterfly Dance

  You could always tell when it was nearing, because the little creatures would celebrate the warming weather by being especially expressive, floating to and from each other in dizzying and unpredictable patterns.

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  June 16, 2014

  The County, The Kingdom, The Pound

  butterflies, dances, gardens, new clothes, old couples, romance