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Tag Archives: portal fantasy

caricaur lore

The moon winked out. The silver glow to the water faded and the liquid arms suffocating

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 20, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:author, change, emotion, gods, moon, ocean, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, storm, sunrise, writingLeave a comment on caricaur lore

ascendant

around the twilight sun crackled a halo of lightning like tangled, glowing roots writhing for purchase in the unyielding sky.

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 13, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:adventure, battle, dance, demons, gods, magic, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, storm, time, writingLeave a comment on ascendant

how to kill a time lord

When the caricaurs went back to the lake the next dawn, I was so thirsty only the water concerned me. But they were hardly watching, just bringing me along like a pet or something, so when they set me down

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 30, 2026July 30, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:poetry, writing, short story, magic, poem, time, emotion, poet, water, war, truth and lies, portal fantasy, gods, thirstLeave a comment on how to kill a time lord

bye a bite/hi a hope

Don’t worry, everyone, the joblin thing is harmless, he’s just confused about who he is since the dracans got him first and convinced him they were the good guys,

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 24, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:emotion, fiction, gaslighting, good vs evil, home, myth, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, truth and lies, twist, writingLeave a comment on bye a bite/hi a hope

if you stare

The caricaurs all looked at me and said no, we definitely tried the lake first and a whole group of dracans fought us, that’s why we went for the town at the crack of dawn

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 16, 2026July 24, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:dawn, desert, emotion, fiction, mythical creature, nature, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, truth and lies, water, writingLeave a comment on if you stare

worlds between us

I’m not even from this world, I came through a portal a sea god made so clearly the moon didn’t kill all the other gods but I have no quarrel with you

Posted byjordynsaelorJuly 9, 2026July 24, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:author, books, gods, history, mythical creature, night, people pleasing, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, war, water, writingLeave a comment on worlds between us

sea/so say the caricaurs

So say the caricaurs, once, many species lived around the lake, dracans and caricaurs, joblins and borres, plant queens and sky frights. Then the beliefs of the people created gods

Posted byjordynsaelorJune 25, 2026July 24, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:gods, history, mythology, nature, night, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, remember, self-publishing, short story, war, writingLeave a comment on sea/so say the caricaurs

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

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