Karen Rhodes
@klrhodes.bsky.social
Fantasy writer, living in the Demon Realms, escaping from the dark side 😉
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Karen Rhodes
@klrhodes.bsky.social
· Nov 16
#Queene
In the bygone Fire Realms, the battle for supremacy between witches & demons rages on. A human girl, sought for millennia, a reaper, vicious and tyrannical, and a half-demon trying to prove he belongs, will shape the outcome and the lands of the Fire Fae will never be the same
In the bygone Fire Realms, the battle for supremacy between witches & demons rages on. A human girl, sought for millennia, a reaper, vicious and tyrannical, and a half-demon trying to prove he belongs, will shape the outcome and the lands of the Fire Fae will never be the same
King saw her and felt the familiar #ache beneath his ribs. It wasn’t real. He had no heart he knew that, but this pain, this misery, proved different. She had made him weak. Disgust filled him as he placed a hand on his chest, feeling the impossible, a slow rhythmic beat.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I touch cold stone, wondering what moulders beneath the grey lichen covered slab, epitaph eroded by weather and time. Not warm soft skin and pale blue eyes but yellowed #bones, brittle and ageing, feeding the earth with her goodness. But her heart will always be mine ❤️
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February 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Elice accepted the #pale yellow envelope warily. Red sealing wax began to melt, tendrils of smoke escaping from within. Slowly, blank vellum unfolded, laying flat against her palm. One by one, inky black letters crawled across the page, extending an invitation to dinner.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Muluhm’s stern expression crumpled. Falling to his knees, he began to howl. Agony gripped his chest, a paralysing invisible #wound he knew would break him. The lord of Shadowfeld closed tear-filled eyes, hoping to wash away the macabre vision now engraved upon his heart.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
From smouldering ashes, tiny spheres of light rose calmly on the breeze. Casting a #lambent glow, the delicate creatures inside beat gossamer wings, waiting for the moment of their release and surveying the broken land. Freed, fire fae snarled their angry return to the world.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
#Ghosts haunted the ancient ruins of Kilgith Castle, savagely defending the City of Ashes that had once been home. Rusted hauberks hung from weathered bones, swords no longer honed and polished. Helmets hid the empty stares of the slain, still loyal to their fallen Lord.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The stoic denial was betrayed by her eyes. He groaned, raising a clawed hand to his chest, as the fragile invader inside him halted with one final beat, slowly shattering into 1000 barbed pieces. Now he knew #pain as each illusory shard, like broken glass, cut deeper.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
She gathers us to her, the spurned and dispossessed. Like moths, we gravitate towards her benevolent flame, seeking protection from the dark. We were nothing, but her kindness became our salvation and we shelter beneath the beauty of her #soul, a ragtag army of the forgotten.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Flaming torches lit the dark walls of the main hall, throwing up freakish #shadows of the macabre cast within. Savage gargoyles glowered through smoky air, as black-eyed demons waltzed to the haunting melody of the harp’s last dance. Ravi held Elice in his arms like the room was empty.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Midnight #soothed the violent winds, leaving an eerie stillness broken by the sound of snapping twigs & dead leaves blowing along the dusty roads of the deserted village. Abandonment turned empty alleyways into a playground for ghosts & spectres, howling as they flew.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Long ago, tiny fire fae were revered and sought out for their wisdom. Then came the years of bloodshed and the fae were hunted for their gift. #Slipping quietly away, hiding in the mists, they watched as the land slowly died and when called upon again, they remembered.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Bitter poison #drizzled slowly from the silver flask, rolling tiny beads like mercury across the stone floor. Merging, they forged an emerald serpent, spitting angrily as it slithered boldly towards her. Nyrinore laughed as her clawed hand placed the empty flask over the creature’s head.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
When I #unmoored you from your chains in Hell and the burning gates stood open, I stoically awaited your return from the bloody feast. Lust for power, an intoxicating hunger, lured you from your lord and master and saw you stray, but you’ll be back. They always come back ... and I can wait.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I think my cat is broken! 😂😂
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think my cat is broken! 😂😂
A staccato clip of hoofs echoed across the stone floor,air frigid as King entered the chamber.He was in a black mood,anger palpable & suffocating.Feral eyes rested on each in turn.Muluhm hesitated,hating himself,reluctantly lowering his head in deference until King’s angry glare #veered away
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January 19, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Memories of light wove a canvas of the past, before the stars fell and darkness swallowed all purity and mercy. A time when lightning tore through her veins, as the mercurial craft wreathed itself around her avaricious heart, and she heard the Devil #murmur, ‘Come out to play’.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Scarlet eyes smouldered in the dark. Turmoil raged in his chest, an unbridled storm ripping through the fragile vestiges of feeling, fighting to contain the killer instinct within. Pain #seared his soul like the fire spear’s flame, the words rasping from his lips, ‘YOU will not break ME’.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
A grey-haired demoness, blind and #stooped, plucked expertly at the harp strings, the haunting melody filling Elice with unbearable melancholy and loss. Ravi stood before her, one hand extended. King watched from his throne, black eyes smouldering, as they slowly began to dance.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Lord Stolomhn pushed the flower #adorned craft gently from the dock, watching it scythe through the water, leaving wide ripples atop the tranquil lake. Eyes closed, he raised a hand & flaming arrows filled the sky, turning the boat to a funeral pyre where entwined Catherine & Ravisham burned
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January 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Centuries earlier they found this place, a haven from their own kind who, fearful of the gift, burned or drowned innocents in their ignorance. They became a living #symphony with the fire fae, who shared the secret of the flames, until they saw a new foe rise, craving the magic of witches.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Folks said it wasn’t the insane laughter or the teeth that #spooked ‘em, it was the eyes. One blue, almost human, the other scarlet, brimming with malevolence and despair. They called him Red-Eye Malachi and if he found you alone on a dark night, no-one would ever find you again.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Nissa yawned, rubbing her eyes. Stretching tiny arms over her head, gossamer wings unfolded gently and she felt great #delight in the power returning. Rising winds lifted the fire fae’s flame red hair, filling her with ecstasy and long forgotten joy. Today, all she wanted to do was fly.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Fine filigree petals framed the warm amber heart of the elven daisy brooch. Inside, the silver-backed fae beetle woke, antennae twitching as he felt for Mercla’s mood. Satisfied, he flexed his delicate gauzy wings and slept, #dreaming of release from the oath of fealty that bound him.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM