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...
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.
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,...
Dispersal
The camera stopped filming, and, with a sweep of her hand, Mara dismissed the illusion, and the depiction of her political opponent dispersed into a cloud of vapor. The scene she had constructed was...
To Bargain with the Fae
Trystan’s cold fingers clutched the surprisingly intricate compass, fiddling nervously with it in his pocket. It dug into his hands and would later leave a mark. Trystan cast a furtive glance around the dark,...