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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Amid epic tales, the layman hurts. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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Laybel took another step forward, breathing deeply through a bone-dry nose. Her lips were fused together with a combination of dry mucus and tears.

Her throat was hoarse with thirst and her stomach was beyond aching. But the air was clean and sweet. It was the only nourishment available to her.

She wasn’t alone. other refugees surrounded here, but knew what they would do to stay alive. Who knew what she would do?

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Darkness lurks in every corner of the world. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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Another chunk of rotted flesh dropped from his arm as he stumbled over a rocky outcropping. Loose gravel slid underfoot and he fell to his side, too desperate to protect his charge.

He looked down at the softly glowing stone he held to his chest, its presence was his life-force. "Forgive me, Master. I'll find you a new home soon. There are ruins in these hills with a noble history." He grunted back to his feet and set forth once more, word whistling through exposed teeth on the side of his gruesome face. "A new lair befitting your greatness."

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Fight for honour. Die for honour. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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Tears and blood mingled as they ran down the knight’s face, making tracks on his dust-caked skin. His helmet was lost hours ago when he was thrown from his horse, also lost.

Panting in his moment of respite, the knight cast about himself for a friendly face. Others wore familiar colours, but he knew none of them. Either way, they clashed with enemies, unable to help him no matter his need.

Blood and bile gushed between his fingers as he clutched his side. Taking a deep breath, he trudged toward the nearest fight. If this were to be his last battle, let it be glorious.
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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Sometimes, the closing of one chapter marks a new beginning. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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The splash of seawater stung her lips once more, bringing her out of the torpor. Floating listlessly on the sea, forgotten, she almost forgot herself. As awareness returned, she made another attempt to save herself, but heavy limbs refused to respond.

The initial splash was only a precursor. Waves tumbled her. Her eternity floating, baking under the sun, was brightened only by calm waters, but here she tumbled. Over and over until she fell from consciousness again.

A splash of seawater stung her lips once more, opening her eyes to blessed sand, her ears to a gull’s cry. Somehow, she had made it.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Not all legendary weapons are worth the cost. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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An aged warrior raised a storied weapon and thrust it into the earth, As his hands left the hilt, the voices finally stopped. Ceaseless urging to kill, cries for blood promises of power-all quietened.
The warrior collapsed as the sword extracted from him the toll of bearing such a weapon. Its ancient resting place became his own.
Breathing his last breath, the warrior looked over the field, overgrown through generations. Countless hilts winked at him in the sunlight. Blades untouched by time and promising great, yet terrible power. He counted himself lucky to have been their caretaker.
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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Sometimes great power is found in the darkest depths. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙📚🪐 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

$Text on a starry background reads: Footfalls outside herald the end. The lock clicks and the door swings inward of its own accord. “Cousin,” his assailant whispers. “You mustn’t run. You mustn’t fear.” A condemned man cowers in a dark corner, one last attempt to hide himself. He turns his face away from the arcane creature’s hunting, haunting eyes. Close enough for him to feel the madman’s hot breath. “With the end of our bloodline, I restore powers lost. I renew that which was fractured. Thank you.” https://www.lighttracersarchive.com$

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A life on the run from deadly expectations? Cowardice that could condemn the world to an angry god's retribution? What is this man's tale? #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙 📚 🪐 🩷 🧙‍♂️ ⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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As one, blades raised high and chanting in unison, the watchers pierced their own hearts. A sacrifice to an angry god to spare all those below, believer and unbeliever alike. As lifeblood flowed across stone, mingling with fallen ash, the mountains seemed to calm.

The watchers were silent. All save one. One dagger clattered to the stone from shaking hands, unsullied by mortal blood.

The last watcher turned and ran. Ran from that fiery god’s wrath. Ran from his fellows’ condemnation. Ran from fate.

The last watcher ran to all corners of the world, but even in death the watchers watched.

He never escaped their condemnation.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Not everyone sets stock in prophecy. #TraceOfLight #LightTracersArchive 💙 📚 🪐 🩷 🧙‍♂️ ⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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Let not the paradoxy of prophetic interpretation be our concern. Instead concern yourselves with upholding our coalition of hearts and minds.
The east is in chaos, the west blow horns of war, and news from the north is dire. The very foundations of the world shake and yet, we stand.
Exercise of mind, intellect unrivalled the world over, will carry us through and beyond. Whatever follows, let our candle light the beacon of tomorrow.
We watch. We preserver. We learn.
For tomorrow we build.
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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

How do you decide where to define chapters? I’m reviewing my book and it sometimes feels like the chapter could be split, but I don’t want them too short.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Each #TraceOfLight is a brief glimpse into an untold story. Watch as #LightTracersArchive uncovers the tale within. 💙 📚 🪐 🩷 🧙‍♂️ ⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky

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Yannis stood in the centre of a lead-lined room wrapped in chains attached to the floor at her feet. As if that weren't enough, chains bound her cardinally to the foundations of the world. Beyond those visible precautions there were, no doubt, other enchantments from her jailer, praying for her to err.
High in the wall before Yannis, a window granted her a trickle of fresh air and sunlight. Her single, weekly contact with the outside world. A lone mercy granted lest Glimfuld should compromise its precious human rights.
Yannis thanked them for their foolishness. In moments like this, her mind sailed the winds.

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Duskteller @duskteller.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

💙 📚 🪐 🩷 🧙‍♂️ ⚔️ #Writing #Microfiction #writesky My debut post is another #TraceOfLight from #LightTracersArchive!

Those warring Accaran families noticed it first, but of course they were too busy to warn the rest of us. By the time news of that celestial event crossed the seas, it was far, far too late.

I've often wondered--aloud and in prayer--why such a wonder was shown to them? Why cast such signs before the ignorant and barbaric? Had it appeared in any of our skies, we would have known! We would never have marched, never have consigned our homes to this wretched fate.

But, alas, so it was, and thus shall it ever have been.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

As I finish one draft and let it breath, I’m entering the planning phase for my next project. This got me wondering. What are everyone’s techniques for plotting (or not plotting) a novel? My own thoughts in thread

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Trent Cannon (he/him) @trentlcannon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A Thief Scorned is a fantasy heist novel about a thief trying to steal a fortune from the dangerous criminal in the city - and maybe stop a bloody coup while he is at it. #2025PIT #A #F

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Elaine Santos @elainecristinax.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#2025Pit #A #D #F #H #GF #S A witch + a dystopian society + a family curse + ambition = THE TIME OF THE WICKED Ancient Ones + Whisperers + Man Eaters + Uniques = A Hidden World THE TIME OF THE WICKED is the 1st book of THE WITCH OF THE SANKUL WOODS series.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The land is overrun by undead, ruled by the Necromancer King. People are broken, hope is lost. Bolan is bent on revenge, willing to do whatever it takes to kill the Necromancer. Some call him Deathsbane, a hero in the dark. But he knows the truth. Can evil destroy evil? #2025pit

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I just finally finished v3 of my necromancer revenge story. Feels great and it’s such a relief to be over that hurdle. I’m looking forward to reading with a reader’s perspective now and, as long as there are no glaring issues, sharing it! 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #Writesky

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Prophecy is absolutely a staple of fantasy. I don’t think it ever gets stale, either. There are so many ways it can be used to drive character, plot and flesh out a world. I love to see characters fight against fate, grapple with free will, or find their purpose through entanglement with prophecy.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Here's the first #traceoflight, a series of #microfiction we're experimenting with at #lighttracersarchive: 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ 💙 📚🪐 #Writing #writesky

The moment arrived.
Each and every dream led toward one single eventuality. With confidence born from months of training, years of anticipating, and the weight of prophecy, the hero strode destiny’s path to meet the fell beast, its terror to end.
A sword forged of powers far beyond mortality, raised high above the hero’s head to hold the beast at bay. A sword shattered, the dreams of eras past broken by a new age.
A hero felled, remembered only by blood-soaked soil. No shining victory. Only the promised future cast into shadow, uncertain.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I scraping my way to the end of a revision of a novel right now. This is about a necromancer on a quest for revenge, struggling to hold onto his humanity in the process. As I finish it up, I’m finally considering modes of publishing.

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Dawnteller @dawnteller.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I just joined Bluesky and I’m looking for a place to share short sci-fi/fantasy fiction. It looks like this is the place. 🪐📚💙 #microfiction #fantasy #scifi #booksky

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