Accolade
The king’s great sword descended. It touched the embroidered shoulder of Bedevere’s jerkin, rose above his handsome head, and fell, in a regal crescent, to the other shoulder. The sword […]
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Acclivity
A shriek in the night. What is it? Is it a nocturnal raptor closing in on a small-hearted rodent, its blood pumping as it crosses the earth, running and in […]
Accipiter
The bear stole a balloon. It was easy. In the woods, of all places, a small boy with hair like poorly sanded gold was toddling behind his mother and his […]
Acaudal
I am not quite unique. There have been a rash of princes turned to frogs in these last few years; not even by the same witch. This punishment stretches across […]
Acariasis
It started on the Winslow farm. Bryan Turner came home to his wife just after dark. It was a cool evening, the blue sky over the beet fields mixed with […]
Pierce Nahigyan 