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Tag Archives: portal fantasy

now above, once under

Let’s go back before that, to rats in a library: do you think, if I went back to them, they’d recognize a little girl named Ola who used their tunnels to sneak into the library to read books and dreamed of dragons to save her?

Posted byjordynsaelorOctober 1, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:gods, growing up, judging, magic school, perspective, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, power, self-reflection, transgender, travel, writingLeave a comment on now above, once under

power structure

I’d never lived among people shorter than me. These brown people weren’t even that much shorter, just half a head or so but standing with my eyes above the people

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 24, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:body, coming of age, demons, emotion, fear, magic school, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, power dynamics, safety, transgender, writingLeave a comment on power structure

have a gander

I explored the city like a good adventurer and learned the river was named after a wellspring in the not-so-distant mountains craggying up the horizon;

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 17, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:poetry, writing, short story, poem, dream, poet, river, travel, portal fantasy, community, magic rune, adventure, city life, discriminationLeave a comment on have a gander

prattle chatter

Hey there, whatcha cookin’ can I put my elbow here on your counter, thanks a-mighty, I’m new in town, don’t have much cash but that dish

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 10, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:adventure, author, conversation snippet, discrimination, food, magic, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, restaurant, short story, travel, writingLeave a comment on prattle chatter

sieve river

The river the sea god led me to wound through a busy city, so no one noticed one more dripping wet lad swimming around

Posted byjordynsaelorSeptember 3, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:adventure, books, city life, food, new beginnings, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, river front, short story, stranger, travel, writing1 Comment on sieve river

hollow below

A chill crept into my bones but the caricaurs were starting to link arms and approach the water, shouting at me that they were coming to help so I dove under

Posted byjordynsaelorAugust 27, 2026Posted inpoetryTags:belief, books, friendship, gods, journey, ocean depths, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, travel, trust, writingLeave a comment on hollow below

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:emotion, gods, magic, poem, poet, poetry, portal fantasy, short story, thirst, time, truth and lies, war, water, writingLeave 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

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