Category: Short stories
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The Weight of the Crown
In a harrowing tale of betrayal and loss, a princess learns of her father’s and brothers’ deaths after they treat with an enemy under a banner of peace. Forced to assume the throne, she seeks to save her queendom from ruin and destruction and find vengeance for her family’s deaths as well…
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Something Wicked
The Tales of Minz series is narrated and edited by fictional characters. This short story is set in their whimsical world. Learn more about the series here. As a historian, I know well the danger of what happens when we forget the past. I’m obligated to remind others of that danger as well. History never truly repeats itself,…
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Trash and Treasures
In the whimsical world of Minz, we meet Ida, a ragpicker who turns garbage collection into a heartwarming adventure.
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Sky Sees the Ocean
In this short story set in the whimsical world of Minz, a young Rogond named Sky goes off on an adventure to see the ocean…
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The Great Mushroom Hunt
In the whimsical world of Minz, young Julia embarks on a mushroom hunt. Who knows what a quest for fungi can lead to…
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Weaving a Woolen Revolution
In this humorous tale from the whimsical world of Minz, readers will observe the first moments of a woolen revolution being born amongst some of Minz’s more pastoral inhabitants…
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Art of the Illusion
In this humorous short story from the whimsical world of Minz, discover how one struggling artist decided to leave her mark upon history: with a dramatic flourish of her paint-covered brush upon an empty canvas.
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What to Do When the World Burns
In the whimsical world of Minz, Lena is a brave City Crier still shouting, “We still stand!” while chaos reigns after the Council of Oligarchs crashes down like a bad magician’s card trick. What do you do when the world burns? Read and find out what Lena did.
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Once-Captured Moonlight
In the whimsical world of the “Tales of Minz,” old man Bremley and his even more ancient horse, Maurice, stumble upon a crumbling wizard’s tower filled with traps and magic. What happens next? You’ll have to read and find out…
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Employee of the Year
Meet Mark, the custodian of Castle Marglegruff, who’s spent twenty-three thankless years cleaning an empty castle. But when two would-be thieves break in, Mark has a chance to shine—and I’m not talking about shining the silverware!
