Fantasy Stories

  • 1-3

    Garrett Grave walked briskly across the wooden planks of an old and battered pier. His breath created a small cloud of fog before him as the morning dew clung to the tips of his auburn hair. A man stood hunched over at the end of the pier, his forearms resting on the wooden beam railing which came only to his waist. Garrett wasn’t sure this was the man he was supposed to be meeting with, but no one else was around. Their only company was the seagulls and the sound of the waves lapping rhythmic against the rocks and wooden pillars. Garrett approached the man’s left side slowly and…

  • 1-2

    It was unusual for Garrett to be up during the early hours of the morning, but he was unable to sleep. So he had showered and starting cooking breakfast when he was interrupted by his sister. “Mom!! Get a camera, quick! Garrett is cooking breakfast!” she yelled down the hallway as she slid into the kitchen with a smile across her face. She half stumbled, half slid as she made her way across the slick wooden floor in her socks to give her older brother a hug. Garrett brought her small frame into his side with his left arm while he…

  • Chapter 1

    Dr. Erickson gulped down another mouthful of cold bitter tea as he sat at his desk, hovering over a single page. It contained the news every doctor in his field wished to receive, the type of news which lead to awards, praise and honor for his family. Yet, he had the paper in front of him, and now he wished for nothing more than to set the desk on fire. Burning just the paper to ash was not sufficient enough. The thought of setting the house on fire crossed his mind, but it would take far too long for the…

  • Late Night

    It has been a long week, and it is getting quite late, yet I have a great deal on my mind. I find it very interesting how seemingly insignificant events lead to moments of revelation. For instance, a chance meeting has turned into an hour of intelligent conversation with a man I had never met. All of this made possible by very small steps such as talking with someone, going for an unexpected walk and joining a friend for a basketball game. Yet all the while I was cruising along the course it seemed that the universe had planned for…

  • Fresh Start

    We dream of a fresh start, one that will set us on a journey sailing on the waves of sucess, breathing in the air of happiness. Yet we never ventrue from our daily routines, always believing that the adventure we dream of, is not for us. We come up with excuses why we are unable to take the first step into our future. We can’t find the time to write, or to play in a band, or rescue animals because we have to clean the house, grocery shop and run the dozens of other errands which have all of suddenly became…