Short Stories

Athragast and Jon consider the cost of hiring a few sell-swords and find an unusual way to earn some coin. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Chapter 5: A Gamble first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Athragast and his newly-selected Hero, Jon, enjoy a cuppa before getting to the training montage. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Chapter 4: The Interview Process first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Athragast the wizard meets a few interesting characters and finds himself at the wrong end of a Warlock's temper. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Chapter 3: First Impressions first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Athragast prepares for his trip to the Capital with an unexpected companion. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Chapter 2: The Road There first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Athragast goes about his life in the Academy when his boring to-do list becomes a bit more interesting. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Chapter 1: The Academy first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

A prologue chapter of an ongoing, WIP fantasy comedy I'm calling 'The Reluctant Mentor'. Follow Athragast the Wizard as he bumbles through the Academy, teaches 'Magic for Beginners', and meets the chosen one (every other day). www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios The post Prologue: Meeting a Wizard first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

A short story about an experimental physicist who spontaneously creates an extradimensional portal while on a date. The post A Portal on High Street first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Spooky season is here! A short gothic tale of a young professor visiting a strange castle. The post The Bane of Klaue Castle first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

In this final chapter of the Wings of Chaos, Shale and her companions fight their final battle - and say some farewells. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 35: The White Dragon first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

In the break between battles, dreams haunt some of the fighters, and Oszaren's destiny is set. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 34b: The Sudden Fall first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Whisper fights an internal battle, and the losses are counted. Meanwhile, Oszaren encounters a truth he's been trying to avoid. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 34a: The Sudden Fall first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

The upper hand is quickly forfeited as Shale and the rest of her party face Rezmir and the cult atop the floating castle. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 33b: Breaths Between Battles first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Shale mourns another loss as the party finds a trap door, and a monster inside. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 33a: Breaths Between Battles first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

The companions meet two wizards, one red and the other grey. Shale seeks out revenge. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 32: Trigger first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Amidst the giant castle, Shale and her companions search for unlikely allies and Shale finds another red sliver from her past. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 31: The Two Wizards first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

The party takes flight, in pursuit of a floating ice castle. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories The post Chapter 30: Without Planning first appeared on Alexis Veenendaal.

Whisper has been captured by the dragon cult, and now it is up to his friends to rescue him. Or, is it...? www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Shale and her companions follow a new thread left by the monk, Leosin, and find themselves on the trail of the dragon cult. Secrets among the group are revealed and Shale begins to question the sanity of her new friends. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

20 years ago, a young runaway finds herself fighting for survival in a lonely forest at the edge of civilization. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Shale battles a great enemy and places her trust in some new friends. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Shale and her new (and very odd) companions wake to warning bells and must fight to protect the residents of Greenest. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Shale stumbles upon a few strange magic-users on the road to Greenest, and soon finds herself in the company of a group of misfits searching for their place in this world of magic and chaos. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Shale, a seemingly quiet forest guide, travels the roads of Faerun in search of a particular thread of information. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #wingsofchaos #hoardofthedragonqueen #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

A short poem about how the grass is always greener, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #poem #poetry #humanity

A short fictional story about a man and his discovery of a lost land, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstory #fiction #atlantis

Roon and his friends reach the conclusion of the epic final battle against Iymrith, the ancient blue dragon. This is the final chapter of The Giant's Gamble series. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

A short fictional story about a boy and his mother, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstory #fiction #family #war #love

A short fictional story about a murder, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstory #fiction #horror #suspense #crime

The Giant Slayers battle Duke Zolto and his fiery minions in the hopes of recovering the magical conch. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Deep in the bowels of Duke Zolto's domain, the giant slayers stumble out of the frying pan and into the fire. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Roon and his friends descend below the mountain in search of Duke Zolto, the leader of the dreaded Fire Giants. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Roon and his companions reach the town of Yak Folk and very quickly find themselves amidst suspicious circumstances. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

The Giant Slayers meet their biggest fan, and finally get the recognition they've always thought they deserved. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

The group, colloquially known as 'TGS', return to the dwarven city of Mirabar and are soon lured into another magical mystery within its stone walls. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

Roon and his companions take to the skies and traverse the northernmost parts of Faerun to find a boon suitable to the giant's oracle. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

The Giant Slayers run into a complicated puzzle on their way to find the oracle, and restore the giant's ordening. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

As they travel through the northern reaches of Faerun under the shroud of grief for their lost friend, Roon and his friends encounter a new potential (and frightening) ally. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

The group dons their winter coats and begin their journey into The Spine of the World. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories

A short fictional story about a man watching a woman, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. **This story contains suggestions of sexual violence and stalking and is not appropriate for some audiences** www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstory #fiction #crime #suspense

A short poem about politics, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #poem #poetry #politics

A short fictional story about the afterlife, written and read by Alexis Veenendaal. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstory #fiction #afterlife

Roon and his friends find new answers for their efforts to repair the giant's ordening, as an end to Part 1 of The Giant's Gamble series. www.alexisveenendaal.com Use of music owned by FesliyanStudios #shortstories #alexisveenendaal #thegiantsgamble #stormkingsthunder #dungeonsanddragons #fiction #fantasy #stories #books #author #audiobook #audiostories