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Changing Their World Forever

Source fanpop.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Naims (gnomes) had chosen Zack as their new Storysmith and carted him … Continue reading

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Taking Charge When No One Else Will

Source: worldanvil.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina Dore had set off to find her missing brother Zack. Meanwhile, … Continue reading

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Oh, to Be a Child!

There’s a sentimental notion that children are better storytellers than adults. They aren’t. They’re better believers. Adults tell stories, but children live them. Because they understand what we’ve forgotten: that the things we imagine are just as real as the … Continue reading

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Disaster Under the Double Moon

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack shot a glance across his shoulder. The peculiar orb had … Continue reading

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What Happens While You’re Lost in Thought

‘Bicycle Boy’ by Mateusz Urbanowicz The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Chapter One “Zachary Zinn rode like the … Continue reading

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O 2 B a Child

There’s a sentimental notion that children are better storytellers than adults. They aren’t. They’re better believers. Adults tell stories, but children live them. Because they understand what we’ve forgotten: that the things we imagine are just as real as the … Continue reading

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Fake it till You Make It

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How many disasters have occurred for which I unwittingly laid the groundwork?

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Have you ever created something, and then watched it take on a life beyond you?

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Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) said children are “the only really living people.” Do you agree?

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