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La Maestra

La MaestraMaria Criselda R. Santos Genre: MysteryArchetype Cards: The Tomboy, The SirenKey Words: Old photograph, dragon, wings, fan, blood, sacrifice I first met Mia Vasquez during junior year. She was our English teacher, and she spent a semester with us. The class presumed she had just graduated from college when she started teaching our class. […]

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Turn to Dusk

Turn To Dustby Rey Carlos “The Black Rose” Rosales Genre: AdventureArchetype Cards: The Tomboy and The Christ FigureKey Words: Old photograph, dragon, wings, fan, blood, sacrifice TURN TO DUST An oil rig somewhere in the South China Sea31 December 20272017H Captain Rezz fired the last shot, killing a bleeding terrorist whose hand was a couple

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A Tale of Two Siblings

A Tale of Two SiblingsSarah Meneses Genre: GothicArchetype Cards: The Siren and The DandyKey Words: Old photograph, dragon, wings, fan, blood, sacrifice (The following is an excerpt from a manuscript found in a suitcase belonging to Mr. John Gedge after his disappearance in July 1888. It is unknown if Mr. Gedge was the one who

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Finding Harvey

Finding HarveyKat Lucas Genre: Contemporary FantasyArchetype Cards: The Tomboy and The DandyKey Words: Old photograph, dragon, wings, fan, blood, sacrifice She couldn’t find him.Harvey’s apartment was locked and no amount of knocking or ringing the doorbell could open it; he didn’t turn up at the university, even at fencing practice, which he never missed; he

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Between Jobs

Between Jobsby Lakan David D. Inocencio Genre Card Used: FantasyArchetype Cards Used: The Tomboy and The DandyKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice. “Look, it’s not that difficult. I don’t want the fries, I do want the drink, and I don’t want the extra bells and whistles.” “But, but sir, there are no

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Prince of Kairos

Prince of KairosBy Magsi Rover Genre: AdventureArchetype: The Dandy and The TomboyKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice. THE FOREST OF DESIREThe stars gleamed through the midnight sky like diamonds that had spilled over the vast darkness.“Not a cloud in sight,” a young man who had been riding a black stallion said as

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Ang Mandirigma ng Abaniko

Ang Mandirigma ng Abanikoby Foobarph Genre: FantasyArchetype: The Wrathful Father, The Christ Figure, The Siren and The TomboyKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice. NOONG unang panahon, upang matapos ang Digmaan ng Limang Emperyo, sumali ang tahimik ngunit magigiting na mandirigma ng ABANIKO sa labanan. Buong lakas nilang hinarap ang apat na emperyo

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Battle Opera Arena

Battle Opera ArenaMaita Rue Genre: Fantasy, SteampunkArchetype: The Dandy and the TomboyKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice. Jane Clatter watched in proud silence as the debt collectors took the couch and cabinet from their once-proud home. She looked at what remained of the house. It was empty; barely anything was left.“Father, we

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Siren

Sirenby Tobie Abad Genre: HorrorArchetype Cards: The Dandy, The Christ Figure, The Tomboy, The Siren and The Wrathful FatherKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice. All that remained was the old photograph in her hands. Pandora held the flimsy thing between her fingers, painfully aware of the sudden importance that its silver and

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Fairy Queen-in-Waiting

Fairy Queen-in-Waitingby Yeyet Soriano Genre: FantasyArchetype Cards: The Dandy and The TomboyKeywords: Blood, Dragon, Fan, Old Photograph, Wings, and Sacrifice.  About Yeyet Soriano Yeyet Soriano has been writing her entire life, first as an angst-ridden teenager, then as a single working woman, then as a married working woman with kids. Though the themes of her

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