Fantasy & Sci-Fi Poems & Short Stories

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                This is the prayer I wrote many years ago as shared with loved ones.
                It is also included in my current work, The BATTLE LORD,
                book one of the Birth of the Legen series. Now, I share with you,
                may you hold it as dearly as it be meant.
                 --Magically, Merlina

DRAGON & FAIRY PRAYER ©

May myne Dragon weave thee a myst to warm, comfort,
and protect thee throughthy darkness, for in this myst, there be magic.
May myne Fairy Friends shower thee with magical dust
to bring thee thy sweetest dreams,
and bring thee a loving warmth to see thee through thyne nights slumber,
until thyne be safe in thyne morns light.
These words I share with thee with all of thy love in myne heart,
sleep well.

Dragon's Breath a multi-media fantasy dragon creation by Merlina Rene'

Born into fantasy - tasting reality
Artist, poet, author, retired from modeling.
Living in the city of night lights,
Dreaming in the world of candlelights.
May my crafts bring your eye to my world
and set you heart free - as it should be.

About me:

I write Sword & Sorcery creating an accurate and believable realm of ages lost where a multitude of characters come to life. In an era that was brutal in the need to survive against both mortal and immortal adversaries, there are moments of beauty and tender emotion that retain a balance to give the reader not only understanding, but touches them in a way that they easily attach themselves to one or more characters. In my first novel, I hope you'll accept that even a person of goodness can be driven to do evil things in order to save others, just as learning that within the darkest soul, there may be a shimmer of light - if you look for it.

Below find a few excerpts from book one: The BATTLE LORD

The amulet around Drakara’s neck grew hot. The birds stopped singing. A harsh gust of wind struck. She snapped her head upward, catching movement from the corner of her eye. For a fraction of a second she saw the Hartoni and froze. How does it leave the Underworld without the Goddess? The creature vanished. Drakara’s mind slipped between realities, she yanked it back. Tendrils of fear crawled along her spine. Sickness overtook her stomach, knotting the muscles. She stood, freeing her sword from its scabbard.

Lannyn woke feeling sluggish, his eyes sweeping the room. Light emanated from the dawn cascading through the high slit of a window, creating golden shards that evanesced into shadowed corners. He looked at the drawing hanging on one wall, and his mind paused on the fireflies darting between the leaves of an aged oak tree that was centered in a small meadow under a dusky sky. The colors seemed muted. He felt it familiar, yet lost, as fog shrouded his memory. The other three walls were barren, except for scrapes and gashes, scars from previous tenant brawls.

The bed was a worn cot, its thin feather-cover, uneven. The warped plank floor was stained, rendering a musty staleness. A lopsided table sat crippled in the corner, more fit for kindling than its current use. On it sat a bowl, filled to its chipped edges with bloodied water and a tainted rag. Next to the bowl a mere clump of wax with a wick upon a rough-cut metal scrap, burned.

Lannyn rubbed his pained forehead then glanced his hand noticing fresh blood. The day just past flooded his mind. He searched for his sword. It wasn’t there. He jumped to his feet, wincing in pain, head recoiling in a spin. The room faded.

Merlina Rene': Artist, Poet, Author, Country Singer, retired from Modeling.

Merlian Rene' dressed in her fantasy warrior costume

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