Cold Winds
She awoke to wind and to cold. Empty buildings and cracked streets wound out before her. It was all familiar—wasn’t it?—like a memory of home. Dark clouds rolled overhead, with just the barest hint...
Category: Fantasy Short Stories
Fantasy Short Stories
Find below, Edge of Story’s collection of fantasy short stories for teens and adults. In these fantasy short stories you will meet with magicians and wizards. You can travel with young protagonists to a new city, a tower, a chasms, or a cottage. And you can find a fantasy short story with a gunfight.
Fate and Such
It wasn’t supposed to be a difficult mission. The Commonwealth had just told him to deliver a letter. That was supposed to be it. Out of all of the tasks they’d had him complete,...
When There Were Giants
“There used to be giants in the hills. When they moved it looked as though the earth itself was rumbling. They were magnificent, stone titans, their bodies green from moss.” Amelia’s mom sometimes sat...
And She Was the Last One Left
Sometimes Scarlet would sit outside, look at the stars, and think about how she was the last one left. There had been a time when magic flowed across the land like the coming wind....
To Pierce the Shadows – Part 2
Hector stood before the Millwood Town History Museum on a Thursday afternoon. It was a small, shabby building, and was squeezed between a run-down burger king and an aging fireworks display. The museum was...
To Pierce the Shadows – Part 1
The bell rang. Hector had been caught by some surprise, having been lost in thought and in his work. He had great plans for his National History Day (NHD) project and had gotten lost...
The Stars, Like Eyes
In the past, there was a golden city on the coast of a shining sea. Its people, though few, were joyous, and its prosperity knew no bounds. And yet, the king of this city...
Whence you Die
an Oracle to bind you to this world tight your Name, your anchor, speak the words spurn the Spirits, ignore their light find your Priest, walk through the door Helen was dead for over...
She Claimed to be Queen
In my store, there was a woman who claimed to have been Queen. She had the general features of Queen Magdala- similar dark hair, and green eyes. Her build and stature evoked the memory...
Pinprick
Pinprick I was working, when I felt a presence. All at once, my concentration was broken; my duties were interrupted. As important as my work, and my role as a Fate was, By what,...