Solstice Stories

Young fifteen-year-old Lucia is an assassin of great talent. Most only see a flash of brilliant silver before the dagger meets its target, and nobody ever makes it out alive. But one target is harder than the rest, and that target might be the ruin of her. Now they are on the run, Lucia for not completing the assassination, and the young girl, Solstice, because she made it out alive. When Lucia discovers a secret, it could destroy the entire world if she and Solstice don't stop it in time. One gut-wrenching decision, one shattered promise, one deadly secret. And one heartbreaking sacrifice. Will Lucia ever be free? Or will she die fighting for it?

𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 - *ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊˚ *^~; 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚜 "𝚘𝚒! 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝! 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝙸𝚃 𝙰 𝙵𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙶𝙴𝚃" .✩‧₊˚*₊˚- 𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚐𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚊𝚗-𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 * "𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚙 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚕." 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 ... - *ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊˚- 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜? "𝙸'𝙻𝙻 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚂𝙿𝙻𝙸𝚃-𝙵𝙰𝙲𝙴!" ------------------------------------------------------------ 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑, 𝚑𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚜... 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚐𝚘𝚞 𝚡 𝚘𝚌 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚗𝚑𝚊/𝚖𝚑𝚊

On the longest night of the year, her skin begins to glow. At midnight on the winter solstice, every tattoo on her body awakens, whispering the same command into her mind: Mend what has been broken. The pinky promise she abandoned. The wolf that once saved her life. The lantern she left burning the night her mother died. And the broken compass she inked only yesterday, because lately, she feels completely lost. She has seven days. Seven days to repair what grief, guilt, and silence have shattered, or the ink will leave her forever, taking the pieces of herself they represent with it. But healing means returning to the icy lake she nearly drowned in. Forgiving the father she hasn't spoken to since the funeral. Reaching for the best friend she pushed away. And finally choosing the boy who sees her unraveling, even when she cannot explain why. Before the week ends, she will either lose herself completely... or find her way home.

Solstice Wraith, the daughter of two deatheaters, returns to Hogwarts for her fourth year in Slytherin House. She is an amazing quidditch player but never once tried out for the school team being that she couldn't stand to be around those who weren't in her house. Rather, she preferred to explore the grounds on her Firebolt, occasionally practicing when the pitch was vacant. This changes when Marcus Flint, the captain of the Slytherin team forces her to play because their last keeper was severely injured. As if she didn't already have enough on her plate being that it was the year of the Triwizard Tournament. Exams would be hectic, not to mention all students were forced to attend that worthless school dance, the Yule Ball. But as long as her house won the Quidditch Cup and Oliver Wood was knocked off his broom at some point during their final match, everything would work out fine. But what happens when two unexpected names are called from the Goblet of Fire? What happens when He Who Must Not be Named rises again? And what about that Gryffindor keeper? Will Solstice endure changes that she once believed could only happen to people in petty Muggle movies? Only one thing can be certain- She will never be the same again. Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter- The WONDROUS J.K. Rowling does! :D I only own my OCs.

Jaire was a heartless girl with only two friends, Marcy and Lindsey. She slowly finds out she's not so stone-hearted, when she falls in love with three men. Jaire finds out she's not who she thinks she is and discovers her hidden talent. Lindsey's boyfriend is dead and her brother is missing. Oh, and she's kind of a long-lost princess? With all this drama, will she succeed?

Today is the worst day of Robin Kincaid's life. She's supposed to fly to Seattle to finalize her divorce so her two-timing husband can marry his very pregnant secretary. But when Mt. Redoubt erupts, all planes in or out of Anchorage are grounded. Robin isn't going anywhere until tomorrow. Then, there are no hotel rooms available, this being the height of tourism season in Alaska. Reluctantly, Robin agrees to share a suite with fellow stranded travel and wealthy businessman, Charlie Land. As for Charlie, he's got one day to convince this oh-so-desirable woman that life's too short to live in the painful past. She's his tour guide. He's the salve for her broken heart. Both of their lives will be changed forever by a beautiful day in Alaska.

The god of some magic convinces Nico to go On several quest for her

Solstice Peters controls the seasons. To each of these seasons, she mentors a student to take her place for each one. Levana Evans, Summer, discovers a secret family member. What she doesn't know is her background is pure mischief. It's up to Levana to save her friends and mentor from her family member. A strange sensation from this family that gives Levana a big clue.

The snow was falling and it was calling me .

In this short story, Turac, the young son of a seer (shaman), has his first vision at the Winter Solstice and saves the day. This little tale is the first in a series based around my forthcoming novel "The Eye of Time", to give you a taste of the Neolithic world I have recreated there. The stories are set around Stonehenge at the end of the Neolithic/dawn of the Bronze Age and I have tried to be accurate in spirit to the evidence we have for those times in the British Isles. Turac, our hero here, will reappear as an old man in the novel, which is set some forty years later. Cover Photograph by Elizabeth Purves, reproduced with permission. Thanks also to my long suffering partner, Katherine, for reading, correcting, and commenting on my writing.

Scarlett moon skips class too often and mostly spends her time in the woods behind the school because of countless bullying. But one day, she gets an unexpected guest, one she doesn't trust. Instead of using real names, they use codenames, after all, why tell someone you don't trust your name? But how can a friendship start on mistrust? It can't, it's impossible! But, somehow, can it find it's way? But how can it start? In a tree.

'What was that?' I whispered to Cole who had gone pale. 'I don't know' he replied. 'Should we go check it out?' I asked. 'Probably just Keeling dropping a box of files or something'. 'Yeah probably' I agreed trying to reassure myself. Then another crash, this time louder followed by a bone shattering roar. Both Cole and I leapt to our feet. 'Still think it was Keeling?' I asked Cole, he gulped. All it took was one chance sighting in the car park, a high school fight and one disastrous detention for Ivy Waters and Summer Adams to be thrown into a world they had no idea existed. Not only that but they are more involved in this unknown world than they could ever imagine. A new power threatens to rise and wreak havoc and destruction on Eremay. The only ones who can stop it, could also be the ones to aid it. Ivy is the complete polar opposite of Summer as this new power rises she begins to wonder if she's really as "good" as everyone thinks she is. Summer must rise up against all odds and fight the most painful battle against her own flesh, she must leave the battle victorious or she won't leave at all, no matter the consequences.

A short story to read aloud for Winter Solstice or Yule.