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#FridayFlash – The Aether Shroud

August 29, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 7 Comments

This is part eleven of my Astral Mage serial, following The Tide Turns! Artemuse couldn’t leave her body without raising Draumir’s suspicions, nor could she ride away so he wouldn’t notice when she entered the astral plane. She needed a distraction. A thundering crash filled the air, and Draumir’s face blanched as he watched the Statue […]

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#FridayFlash – Battle

August 15, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 9 Comments

This is part nine of my Astral Mage serial, following on from War is Coming! A horn sounded behind them, and Artemuse turned to see the militia pour over the rise. They moved as a swarm, falling into companies behind the Statue Army. Their commander, a man Artemuse didn’t recognise, broke away and rode towards […]

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#FridayFlash – War is Coming

August 8, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 16 Comments

This is part eight in my Astral Mage serial. Continues from Riding Ever Onwards last week! The vast Statue Army stood on the other side of the hill, their ancient banners flapping in the breeze. Artemuse spotted Eddister, a tiny figure standing alongside Lord Festiniog behind the lines. Several of the Palace Guard were mounted, clustered […]

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#FridayFlash – Riding Ever Onwards

August 1, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 14 Comments

This is part seven in my Astral Mage serial. Continues from The Queen last week! The horses were saddled and ready in the courtyard when Artemuse and the Queen reached the stables. Artemuse gulped when she saw Mirage, a gigantic beast of a black stallion. The Royal Crest on his saddle gleamed, a flash of […]

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#FridayFlash – The Queen

July 25, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 10 Comments

This is part six in my Astral Mage serial, following on from The Roost last week! Artemuse sailed across the palace courtyard and dropped neatly through an open window into the throne room. She landed on a torch bracket high in the ceiling and looked down, expecting to see guards or courtiers fawning over the […]

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#FridayFlash – The Roost

July 18, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 18 Comments

This follows on from last week’s flash, The Sleeping Army. Artemuse followed the passage, and it didn’t take her long to realise that it coiled upward in a tight spiral. She had no idea where the vaal’kyr roost would be, but it didn’t surprise her that winged creatures might prefer to live above the city, […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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