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Tag Archives: portal fantasy

scarlet

Never as simple as it seems, they found me following them by my panting breaths and noisy footsteps—maybe a good thing, since even with speed runes, I was dehydrating

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 11, 2026June 11, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, deity, expose, magic, mythical creature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, revenge, short story, truth and lies, water, writingLeave a comment on scarlet

meet

I built a house of burnt logs in the remnants of the town and every night I went to the lake to try to make up runes for chasing and hurting,

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 4, 2026June 11, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, fire and water, magic, meeting, night, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, revenge, serial story, short story, spell, writingLeave a comment on meet

with the water/moon

In the rains, what do dracans do? They open their mouths and drink

Posted byjordynsaelorMay 28, 2026June 4, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:aftermath, emotion, happiness, nature, night, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, revenge, short story, war, water, writingLeave a comment on with the water/moon

outlast what lasts forever

With lightning from their tails, they set the plant food haze aflame, behind lightning from spiked tails

Posted byjordynsaelorMay 21, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:ai, battle, emotion, gods and monsters, magic rune, mythical creature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, revenge, short story, war, writingLeave a comment on outlast what lasts forever

brought up for war

Runabon grew too, and like her father she found herself a boy and was fine with it and the two of us drifted

Posted byjordynsaelorMay 14, 2026May 21, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:childhood, curious, emotion, explorer, friendship, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, safety, short story, time, writingLeave a comment on brought up for war

boy

In the aftermath of fighting for my life at least twice my soul lay like an ash field of nightmares and memories of how I survived, but there

Posted byjordynsaelorMay 7, 2026May 14, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:change, magic rune, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, recovery, serial story, short story, transgender, transition, trauma, writingLeave a comment on boy

savage

The village stranger loses her curiosity after a year or so, the adventurer learns the names of the log cabin dwellers

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 30, 2026May 7, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:community, desert, forgive, healing, magic rune, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, time, transgender, trauma, village, writingLeave a comment on savage

moon wave

I didn’t want anyone to adopt me, I could take care of myself just fine probably. Or at least I’d made it this far. But I sort of wanted what

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 23, 2026April 30, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:author, emotion, found family, free form poem, friendship, gender, healing, night, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, queer, writingLeave a comment on moon wave

village of dracans

The dracans lived without roofs, not even invisible magic ones. Their homes looked like log cabins if the logs were woven like yarn

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 16, 2026April 23, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:adopt, community, emotion, family, home, magic, mythical creature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, sleep, writingLeave a comment on village of dracans

in the garden crave

The creature carved fish skins off by sticking a foot inside its wide open beak. Therefore it couldn’t see me that well so I dug a shallow pit in the dirt with my paddle feet and drew oversized runes to start a fire

Posted byjordynsaelorApril 9, 2026April 16, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:books, cooking, fiction, freedom, garden, moon god, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, sanctuary, short story, writing, youthLeave a comment on in the garden crave

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