Faerytaleish Pinterest Contest: Eric Martell

This #Faerypin entry created by Eric Martell (@drmagoo on Twitter)

Doors

The old stories spoke of endings. It’s all endings or beginnings, he thought. The old stories all began the same way. “A door, a way, a path, and we pass through. But doors open to those on both sides of the wall.” He remembered his favorite story as a child, of the ancient kings, obsessed with obsession, passing through the same door at the same time without seeing each other, so blinded by their desires they were. There was wisdom there, wisdom he wished all shared, and yet few even sought.

There were some who prayed for endings, he knew. Some who wanted to see what The Enemy looked like, as if it mattered. Fools they were, and more. Whatever hopes they’d had, were frail and tenuous at their best, and now had passed through a door someone who should have known better swung wide.

He knew that the knocks on his own door would come soon. Mothers with babes, young men who had eyed a shop of their own, and the nobles, thinking that hunks of metal and rock, however pretty, mattered at a time like this.

But the shadows outlined the shape of the open door in the courtyard. He wanted to close it, lock it, bar it with stone and steel, but he knew the old stories too well. The Enemy had seen the open door, and knew what it meant, as he did. It knew the magic of the Invitation.

Doors open to those on both sides of the wall, he thought, and knew what he had to do next. Watching the shadows, he stepped through the door at just the right time, and felt the brush of The Enemy as they passed. Behind him, the screams began. And ended.

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Faerytaleish Pin Contest: Miranda Kate

This entry to the #Faerypin contest is by Miranda Boers (@PurpleQueenNL on Twitter)

Spellbound

Spellbound was indeed what she was when those eyes met hers. The minute she was caught by them she knew she was his. He didn’t need to lure her back to his lair; she was more than happy when he told her he was going to keep her there forever.

She would sit for hours and wind her fingers in his sundrenched hair while he tapped away on the locks that would bind her to him. She would whisper sweet nothings in his delicate elfish ears and run her fingers along the ornate markings on his deeply tanned skin while he wove the iron strands into place. And she would wait for the moment he would pause in his toil and look at her, making her catch her breath as she lost herself in the starlight glow of his eyes. Then he would smile in his quiet coquettish way, and her heart would flutter.

Despite the sparse furnishings of his beach dwelling cove, he made sure her new home wanted for nothing; providing silk cushions for her to lie upon, and a little tray for her food and drink. Then he hung her up high to give her full view of the ocean and they would watch the sunsets together.

As time went on it was the mornings she looked forward to the most, when he would wake her with his poking fingers and open up the door. She would turn and meet his dreamy gaze wishing once again that she could kiss his perfect lips and feel their fullness. But alas it was never meant to be; she could only dance along his finger and tickle them with her own miniature set, while fluttering her tiny wings against his cheek, and making him laugh.

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Foreign Identity Sneak Peek Blog Tour

I know I have been deluging my blog with fairies, so for a change of pace today I will be highlighting Becca J. Campbell’s new science fiction novel, Foreign Identity. You might recall I was fortunate enough to be one of the first bloggers to unveil the cover.

Becca is one of my favorite authors on Twitter (follow her at @beccajcampbell) and check out her website: http://www.beccajcampbell.com 

If you would like to win a copy of this amazing book, be sure to enter the giveaway through Rafflecopter below. As Yearning for Wonderland is Day 6 of the Blog Tour, you can read the exclusive excerpt here: Read the latest excerpt!

Foreign Identity is available at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble as a paperback and eBook. Quick, go buy a copy! Or enter below to win your own FREE!

Since you’re on my blog, I know you want to read my review of Foreign Identity.

You can find Foreign Identity on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13608030-foreign-identity. Be sure to add Becca as a friend and become a fan.

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To follow along on the blog tour and see more exclusive excerpts from Foreign Identity, check out the links below:

Blog Tour Schedule :
May 22ndMelody with Words
May 23rd Cover Analysis
May 24thWrite Me Happy
May 25thHave You Heard My Book Review
 May 26thCourt Can Write
May 27thYearning for Wonderland
 May 28thCatharsis of the Bogue
May 29thAaron Pogue
May 30thPen and Whisk
May 31st — Stormy Night Publishing