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Splendid: A Fable
What if everything you wished for came true?
Glint's world consists of a hovel in the middle of the woods, where he lives with Cissoree, a girl from another land, and their adoptive caretaker, Geema. They have no need for magic, war, or a life beyond their forest.
But when Geema dies, everything changes.
Glint is determined to join the worldwide war as a soldier. Cissoree longs for Artisan Mountain, where she hopes to find appreciation for her art. Then they discover Geema’s last a powerful wand that can grant their greatest desires–or tear their world apart.
Glint's world consists of a hovel in the middle of the woods, where he lives with Cissoree, a girl from another land, and their adoptive caretaker, Geema. They have no need for magic, war, or a life beyond their forest.
But when Geema dies, everything changes.
Glint is determined to join the worldwide war as a soldier. Cissoree longs for Artisan Mountain, where she hopes to find appreciation for her art. Then they discover Geema’s last a powerful wand that can grant their greatest desires–or tear their world apart.
- GenresFantasy
225 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2025
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Angela C. Castillo
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Angela Castillo is a writer mom with four small children. She lives in the small town of Bastrop, the city she grew up in. She studied Practical Theology and music at Christ for the Nations in Dallas. She has had many small works published in periodicals and one self-published volume of short stories and poems. She and her sister, Cherie Haines own several online stores featuring Cherie's photographs and Angela's prose. Angela is currently working on her latest novel, a children's book.
Angela Castillo is a writer mom with four small children. She lives in the small town of Bastrop, the city she grew up in. She studied Practical Theology and music at Christ for the Nations in Dallas. She has had many small works published in periodicals and one self-published volume of short stories and poems. She and her sister, Cherie Haines own several online stores featuring Cherie's photographs and Angela's prose. Angela is currently working on her latest novel, a children's book.
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May 30, 2026An extended fable, almost a thought exercise, that explores what happens when possessiveness and unfettered magic meet. There's no explicit content, but the world portrayed isn't kind, and the main characters do some things that made me very uncomfortable (which admittedly is the point of the fable).
I thought Geema was a great character, and I liked the imaginative . The main characters are interested in each other, but it didn't strike me as a romance.
I thought Geema was a great character, and I liked the imaginative . The main characters are interested in each other, but it didn't strike me as a romance.
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