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When Storm Clouds Rise
A collection of three short stories by Matthew D. Ryan.
THE GARDEN
A fantasy short story of an adventuresome youth and the trouble he finds on the road. It's just another day of leisure on the road for Jak Winston until he finds old Jon Cutter tending to a strange, mysterious garden. He stops on a lark, but soon finds himself drawn further and further into a sinister mystery. He can't quite put his finger on it, but he better solve the mystery, for more is at stake than he could possibly imagine. Maybe even his soul.
CLOUDED VISION
It was just a painting. Richard had never seen another painting quite like it. All it depicted was an endless expanse of clouds, but it had a kind of magical fantasy quality to it that defied explanation and begged his scientific intellect to explain it. After all, he was a man of What was there that human ingenuity could not decipher? Magic? Pah! All things had a rational explanation and he would wrestle with the gods themselves to find this painting's secret.
AMIDST THE FROZEN WINDS
Ississifuss was an aetherkin, a creature so alien as to be composed of air currents and swirling mist. He and his fellows led peaceful lives for the most part. When an evil sorceress attacks his clan, she threatens its very existence. Ississifuss is called on to stop her. If he's successful, he'll earn the title of clan mage; if he fails, he and his people may be doomed forever.
THE GARDEN
A fantasy short story of an adventuresome youth and the trouble he finds on the road. It's just another day of leisure on the road for Jak Winston until he finds old Jon Cutter tending to a strange, mysterious garden. He stops on a lark, but soon finds himself drawn further and further into a sinister mystery. He can't quite put his finger on it, but he better solve the mystery, for more is at stake than he could possibly imagine. Maybe even his soul.
CLOUDED VISION
It was just a painting. Richard had never seen another painting quite like it. All it depicted was an endless expanse of clouds, but it had a kind of magical fantasy quality to it that defied explanation and begged his scientific intellect to explain it. After all, he was a man of What was there that human ingenuity could not decipher? Magic? Pah! All things had a rational explanation and he would wrestle with the gods themselves to find this painting's secret.
AMIDST THE FROZEN WINDS
Ississifuss was an aetherkin, a creature so alien as to be composed of air currents and swirling mist. He and his fellows led peaceful lives for the most part. When an evil sorceress attacks his clan, she threatens its very existence. Ississifuss is called on to stop her. If he's successful, he'll earn the title of clan mage; if he fails, he and his people may be doomed forever.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2018
About the author
Matthew D. Ryan
9 books161 followersMatthew D. Ryan is a published author living in upstate New York on the shores of Lake Champlain. He has a background in philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. He also has a black belt in the martial arts and studies yoga. He has been deeply involved in the fantasy genre for most of his life as a reader, writer, and game designer. He believes he saw the legendary Lake Champlain Monster (a.k.a Champy) once and he has a cat named Confucius.
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