“ ‘From this night forth, shall I call this maid my sister?’ ” “That’s all the old fellow requires of me?” Landly asked Mr. Ashwhit. “I just march up to the gate, knock, and when he steps out I say those words?” Mr. Ashwhit confirmed that it was so. He continued reading from Landly’s father’s will: “ ‘Mr. […]
Author Archives: azariahkribbs
(fantasy short story) Lazarus Thirrup was a farmer of cabbages, and his cabbages were renowned throughout the districts north of Ib, where the farmlands are rich enough to grow cabbages the size of pumpkins. Each Samhain following the first frost, it was the custom of Lazarus Thirrup to take a barrow of cabbages to Ib, […]
You’ll find short stories and novels, fantasy and science fiction, and more. Short Stories You’ll find fairy tales, some dark, some not so dark, fantasy tales from Hyperborea, dark fantasy, science fiction, and one or two that are a little less easily classified. What happens to men who make their wives into goddesses? You’ll see […]
(fantasy short story) Harry Fenton had a habit of arriving early at The Black Crow, at least an hour before any respectable patron could reasonably be expected to have finished his day’s work and show up for a pint and a chat. As far as Harry’s day’s work went, well, his employment was a subject […]
Mary Dante needs a miracle fast. And if God won’t give her one . . . she knows who will. The Fundamentalist. Mary Dante needs a miracle fast, but she’s sick of asking God for it. Peter Anglis wants desperately to be Mary’s hero, to ride to her rescue, but he’s afraid she’s probably right. […]
“Readers drawn to religious myth and action/adventure will find much to enjoy here. A rollicking, provocative read….” -Kirkus Reviews The road to Hell is paved with prayers. All the great myths say the same thing: thousands of years ago, man was thrown out of Paradise. He left with nothing but pain, suffering, and death. And, […]
(science fiction novel) If mankind were killed off in a plague, could we leave the job of bringing us back to our machines? Would they do it? Would they want to? It’s the end of the world . . . but only for a little while. That’s The Understudy. When a killing fever sweeps across the world, the CDC’s […]
(A dark fairy tale) Once upon a while there were three brothers who lived with their parents in the midst of a vast forest, and if there were any other people in the forest, they knew nothing of them, for they found no trails other than those they themselves, or the game in the forest, […]
Threnilith could not remember the last word she had spoken. As she sat alone in the convent dungeon, she often wondered if she had used it well. She had not spoken of love for anyone she left behind in the long line of mist-covered hills that rose high above the coast, for Threnilith loved none […]
I suppose one of the greatest mercies God affords us is that when we’re born, we haven’t the skills to wonder about what a curious thing being is. You are, and that’s how it all begins. One of the saddest things, however, is that many people never begin to wonder about that. Journey isn’t going […]
