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Love Is the Way Forward
Entry in Forest and Fawn's Romantacy Spring 2025 challenge (2000 words). Hiding from daemon troops, Princess Cerys comes across someone...
Elise Betz
May 12, 20258 min read
Hope for a Spring Promise
He promised to return to her after the war (2223 words) It was nearing sunset. She had waited for him since dawn. Eryn kept her mind busy...
Elise Betz
May 1, 20259 min read
Under New Management
Reedsy March 2025 prompt: A portal or doorway hiding in plain site (1114 words) Montgomery Brashton sat in the front pew of the small...
Elise Betz
May 1, 20255 min read
I Hope They Remember Trash Is On Friday
Story Street writing contest (99 words) “You don’t need to finish those,” he said, gently guiding my hand to put the soapy dish back into...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Party-calypse
Story story writing prompt: Aftermath (248 words) Trigger warning – implied drunk sex ‘I am never touching Gin again.’ Waking up was...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Lochetic
Based on an X post prompt (73 words) Crouching in masking shadows, she shivered, her heart thumping loudly in her own ears. The beast...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Huntress
Hiraeth Publishing - Hunting with the Wolves prompt (100 words) Invited to join the pack on their nightly hunt, Yvonne strode into the...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
The Native Wildlife of West Virginia
The cure for athlete's foot (999 words) “I swear, Vern, if you don’t close those damn blinds, I’m gonna shove my foot so far up your ass,...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20254 min read
Dawn
No heart is an island (250 words) They called him Sander, short for Cassander. Like his female namesake, no one believed him either. ...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Appetites
She wasn't thirsty for champagne (247 words) Perambulating about the glitterati and haut monde in the atrium of the Grand Opera House...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20252 min read
Monody
The wrath of grief. (98 words) The shutters beat against the wall in a temper tantrum, busted like broken butterfly wings. Denial was...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
Vigil
Who remains when everyone is gone. 99 words The archeological team from Deneb Prime finally heard the signal from a far-off civilization,...
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read


The Ballad of Eion and Maighread
A fantasy poem written in the style of the lamentable Scottish ballad. Vocals by Alastair Stephens. 1:20 length
Elise Betz
Apr 30, 20251 min read
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