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Found 10 works tagged 'medieval'.
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The Blackbird King
Published Dec 10, 2020 · 102 words (1 minute) · 274 views
Classic Fantasy Historical flash retelling fairy tale steampunk clockwork medieval Drabble
A very short story based on the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”
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Follow a Song
Published Jun 28, 2020 · 4,407 words (17 minutes) · 334 views
Fantasy swordplay minstrels coming-of-age young adult medieval
A very early story, written when I was a 19-year-old student at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. It won (or at least placed in—I can’t quite remember anymore) the annual creative writing contest. I was nineteen.
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An Economy of Words
Published Sep 4, 2019 · 501 words (2 minutes) · 517 views
Fantasy medieval medieval fantasy flash fiction
A seamstress struggles to conserve her words in a world where each one is precious.
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Inge and the King
Published Aug 12, 2019 · 4,838 words (18 minutes)
Historical Romance happily ever after (maybe) medieval
I'm not sure why I chose this ballad to retell for my collection, way back in the nineties - no magic, no shapeshifting, no humorous twist. Just a straight love story, not my kind of thing, really. At least she picks her own man?! Reading it over, I find the king amusing, at any rate. However, the women of my novels, even my children's books, would give Inge very different advice on how to get her lands back. Edged weapons would no doubt be involved.
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The Gallant Came Late
Published Aug 12, 2019 · 5,125 words (19 minutes)
Romance Humor Historical medieval Humour happily ever after (maybe)
I pinched the title from Sir Walter Scott, but this is of course another Danish ballad, one of the humorous ones. Three childhood friends, the old love triangle, a flooded river on the wedding day ...
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Bold Ellensborg
Published Aug 12, 2019 · 4,234 words (16 minutes) · 1 view
Humor Historical Romance Humour Happily ever after? fairy tale medieval
Another humorous fairy tale based on a ballad from medieval Denmark. Bold Ellensborg, fed up with her beloved's failure to return from a trip to the Holy Land, crews a ship with her maidens and sets sail to fetch him home.
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The Serpent Bride
Published Dec 24, 2018 · 5,144 words (19 minutes) · 5 views
Fantasy Historical Romance shape-changing happily ever after fairy tale medieval enchantment
Benedikte, transformed to a snake by her brother and his nurse, walks in the dreams of knights to find the one who can break her curse.
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Sir Karl's Wake
Published Sep 18, 2018 · 5,103 words (19 minutes) · 11 views
Romance Fantasy Humor Historical happily ever after medieval wistful nuns
When young Sir Karl's beloved is forced into a nunnery by her land-greedy aunt the abbess, Sir Karl's mother, Lady Brenda, comes up with a perilous scheme to free her.
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The Mighty Harp
Published Aug 8, 2018 · 4,845 words (18 minutes) · 976 views
Romance Fantasy Historical happily ever after medieval fairy tales trolls Orpheus
Based on a Danish ballad that is part of the Orpheus family of tales, this is one of my favourites of the many ballads I read while working on the stories for the original collection.
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