lore of the wilds

Author: Donald Firesmith is the prize-winning author of speculative fiction including The Secrets of Hawthorne House (teen paranormal urban fantasy), the Hell Holes series (alien invasion science fiction), and Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore (fantasy). Named a Distinguished Engineer by the Association of Computing Machinery, he is also the author of 7 technical books in system and software engineering. In his spare time, he crafts one-of-a-kind jeweled magic wands. It was only an old book that the professor found while traveling by train through Scotland. A scholar of medieval history, Professor George Smith was on sabbatical studying Scottish legends and myths when he chanced to meet an aged Scotsman and his granddaughter on their way to her new boarding school in the Isles of Skye. The young girl had accidentally left her book behind, and the professor picked it up meaning to send it on to her. But then he looked inside and discovered it was no ordinary book. It was a school textbook on magic. Could it be real? Could it have actually been left by accident and found by chance? Or was it all an elaborate hoax played on the unsuspecting professor? Did he ever find the secret Isles of Skye School of Magick? Did he ever discover the hidden world of wizards and witches implied by the book's very existence? Or did they find him? The professor vanished soon afterwards, and the answers are unknown. Read the book and decide for yourself. Magical Wands: A Cornucopia of Wand Lore is that textbook from The Isles of Skye School of Magick. The first chapter begins with a basic overview of magic wands followed by an introduction to magical theory including the four planes of existence (Astral, Spectral, Physical, and Daemonic), the five metaphysical elementals (Quintessence, Air, Fire, Earth, and Water), and the three preternatural phases of Light, Twilight, and Darkness. It also contains sets of the commonly used spells associated with each of these elementals and phases. The first chapter then describes the different types of wands, their components, how they are crafted, and how they are used to cast spells. Chapter two teaches the 17 principles of wand making. Chapters three through six comprehensively cover the materials used to make magic wands including magical creatures (both beings and beasts), magical woods, mystical crystals, and mystical metals. Chapter seven documents 26 famous and infamous witches and wizards, their wands, and how well their wands suited their needs. Chapter eight concludes the textbook by nicely summarizing the contents of the entire textbook. Each of the chapters ends with student exercises, the answers of which are included in the back of the textbook which also includes a glossary, references, and afterword by the editor. If you have ever wondered what young witches and wizards actually study in their hidden magic schools, then this book is for you.

At the beginning of time, the goddess Rylenta found a patch of primordial void. She cultivated it into a vast world devoid of life and emotion. Her seven breaths created life as we know it, and the myriad races ushered into existence like tiny moths chasing the light. She lived with her children happily, treasuring them more than anything else. Time passed like fine faery wine, and her world entered the age of blossoming. However, one day, she vanished without leaving as much as a trace behind, plunging the world into perpetual darkness. Thousands of years later, the world is scarred, and the end seemed to be nigh. Children looked to the empty sky and could no longer see the stars in their dreams. In search of light, fate extended its mysterious hands on a group of humans in a foreign world. They were called many names; The Anointed Ones, Travellers, Players, Angels of the Goddess… However, will they be successful in their fated mission? And what happens when the most unfit person, Seth Ravenswood, gets chosen to take part in this cruel mission?

In the infantile state of a new universe were many creatures in their starting phase, one of which was a juice pouch and straw that would challenge any vegetables from the cabbage patch to a round of fisticuffs, ultimately overcoming them and absorbing their power, thus, it became formidable and left behind an entire and complete heritage behind. This being was later known to be none other but...The Succ Sage. The self named Genius Gang, a group of intellectuals with knowledge far beyond the norm of this infantile universe then began to rise and found this heritage, allowing them to begin their ascent to the higher realms. The Scrummy Bummy Lore is an incomprehensive, shortened archive of the real events that the Genius Gang went through on their path. Translator's Note: As the best translator in the world, it is easy to assume that my translation will be complely on point, however, the Scrummy Bummy Lore, being written in the language of the Gods, was far too complex for even a genius like I to translate fully, as I, just like you, am a mere mortal. Please do read this novel with an open mind, keeping in mind that not only are there multiple meanings that we do not understand, but also many that can eventually be understood through comprehensive thought. I myself feel as though I have matured as not just a person, but as an entity in this vast universe that we call our home after reading this novel. In short, I must say that if the human race ever evolves to the point where we can incorporate the Scrummy Bummy Lore into our national curriculum as the most significant subject, I can die knowing that humanity shall live on to achieve great things.

"Creation is taking chaos from nothing, and making order into something." -The Author He was a shaper before he lost his family, a stargazer as he pondered his dreams, and now a slayer tormented by guilt and anguished by loss. Follow his journey on his quest of self-discovery by crafting stories amongst the stars that will eventually lead him towards The End. Cover art was drawn by Jarret Nahm (Artstation).

Born in the wake of a fearsome war that had taken over his family lands, a young prince is cursed by enemies given the mark of the werebeast and an endless life of suffering amid the wild due to fear of his abilities and the monster deep within, he is exiled and forgotten until he manages to use his accursed gifts to carve out a way of life amid the wild for himself.

There was an ancient lore. That the four immortal guardians, the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger and the Black Tortoise had once been tiny animals. Blasphemous, indeed. But the origins of this lore were said to have come from the four immortal beings themselves. And so a spark was ignited. A spark that set off the race into an age of cultivation. This is the lore of the world.

The lore of Plithir takes place just after the dwarf king had died. 300 years before the Planet of Plirhir. There is chaos all around and the races of the planet are vying for their supremacy. Zeus had forbidden sun for the next 500 years and only moonlight shall exist and only at night

The story is about a man who is standing on the top of the most popular DMMO-RPG "overlord" as an Aurelian mage. one day while traveling across the continent, Anon (the mc) discovered the most hidden dungeon, and unconsciously, his game character became his reality. he was sent to a world where titanic mythical creatures such as Charybdis, Leviathan, Dragons, Demons, etc. reigns as natural disasters, terrors and supreme. With the power of his character what fate awaits Anon as he discovers the new world of sword and magic? This is his new life, to live and to survive. But, can his accumulated strength survive in this harsh and terrifying world?

While on a mission for his Empire our Protagonist Adam gets Spirited Away without warning. He Finds himself on a Planet that is completely hostile to him, while he has no equipment whatsoever and Incompetent System in his Head that is nothing more then a broken Program at the beginning. Why he is there? How is he still alive? It just escapes his Logic. Take a look how our lone Hero manages to Survive? !!! Minor spoilers and clarification !!! Turned into a practically Immortal beeing called 'Tén', who are the remains of a Dead Star. 'Tén' are able to survive anything as long it has energy to sustain Themselves. Adam, now one of thouse beeings, needs to adapt and find out what to do on a Earth a few Million years after its Birth. In a time we call the 'Hadean Eon' and what does he do since hes to stubborn to off himself of or take an oath to a Demon to get him away off this Hellhole of a Planet. How dose he deal with his situation and Boredom? Word of the Writer: I write this story as an test of my creativ writing. I have no plans for the future of this Story but still have some idear brewing. I'll also keep my research minimal to not bum myself out too early and who knows? maybe my World has a different How far can a bit of amatur writing, from a dyslexic, with English as his second language bring me? And lastly to all thouse people who have a stickler for gramma here: Please find as many Errors as possible! Keep yourself entertained and make Jokes on behalf on my writing. If i find the energy i'll rewrite the Text in the future. Or i grow so bored of writing and this Story gets forgotten and covered in Dust. Ps. I just entered this competition at random. We will see if it even gets to a 100.000 words so it cap pertipate. Most likely not! How the heck can somebody write this much!?! I mean i can bs a lot but that much???

In a world far in the future, the social elite have risen to new heights, and those at the bottom experience new lows. However, with a mad scientists discovery, and a bit of luck, a little boy named Bears fights his way from the bottom of society, to the top.