Author name: Terry Bartley

#2: Obedience and Opposition

“Nice moves,” Aunt Poppy said.  “You must have been practicing while I was away.” She raised her short sword to guard her face and torso and backed away from me. “Something like that,” I replied.  “Or you’re just getting old.” I rushed towards her and she swiped her blade in my direction.  At the last

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#1: Trust Me, I’m Weird

“How long does this friggin’ desert go on for?” Gin grumbled.   His small, goblin body was not used to the dry heat of Daragon.  I was happy to be here.  We’d already journeyed through the jungles of Anglachel, the mountains of Ferreira, the marshlands of Kapoor and the rice fields of Yokuatsu.  The deserts of

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Broken

I thought this time would be different. I thought I’d stumbled into the ideal life.  Don’t people always say to “go find yourself a nice farm boy.” That’s what I did.  Brent was a sweet, handsome dairy farmer in central Wisconsin.  I thought the move to the country would be a nice change of pace. 

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Certainty

Every morning Lana Stock wakes up at precisely 7:15 a.m.  It takes her 15 minutes to make and consume a fruit and vegetable smoothie for breakfast.  She follows this up by taking a seven minute shower, followed by four minutes of cleaning her teeth.  She makes sure to floss between every tooth.  She spends six

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