Stories of Gryphendale – Lara's Wanderings

The Gryphon of Stone: Chapter 1

“No one knows what they really want. Only the few who have power and education can rule competently and fairly,” Lord Mao stated to the young Undine woman walking next to him. The older man with almond eyes and dark black hair had the chiseled features of a general and the mannerisms of a king.…
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Excerpt from The Secrets of Cinnamon Cinderguard by Lara Lee

She found a chair and took a glass of wine from a tray. “You’re quite a dancer,” said a deep familiar voice. Cin turned to see the old charlatan wizard sitting a couple of chairs down from her. The dark-haired wizard with prominent gray streaks in his slicked back hair stared at her with emerald…
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Short Story: Any Reputation Will Do – Part 2 of 2 by Lara Lee

Continued from Part 1 – Sage continued to roll, powered by the wind, until he got as far away as he could. He then jumped up onto his feet and ran as hard as he had ever run in his life. The sandstorm was blinding, and he could barely see his destination. He ran low…
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Short Story: Any Reputation Will Do – Part 1 of 2 by Lara Lee

“If the jewels in the backside of the earth’s crust could sparkle down on us any brighter, they would still pale to her inexhaustible beauty,” said Sage, the sixteen-year-old Huldra. He leaned against a pathetic gnarled tree, just taller than a bush, watching their small herd of four ugly goats. Sage’s brown fox-like tail causally…
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Short Story: Terraphobia by Lara Lee

“What’s wrong with my Zephyr, doctor?” asked the Dryad woman with anxiety. She pulled a handkerchief from her corseted gown and began to sob. Her husband reflected the same anxious expression on his weather-beaten face as he wrung his hands. The white-haired doctor held the infant boy and examined the protruding dragonfly wings growing from…
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Short Story: Drankenstien by Lara Lee

Another adventure for Sage Goliad and Toble
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The Gryphon’s Handmaiden: Chapter 1

Slavery is a virus of the mind, thought Tabatha as she stared out of her rolling cage at all the dejected faerie men in the cage across from her. The seven men sat in their cell as beaten as their ragged clothes. Hopeless, their variety of ages made no difference in their sickly and underfed…
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Short Story: The Cerulean Caper

The Cerulean Caper Today is the day of my execution. I, Puck Alexander Capernaum III, will die by hanging when the sun sets this evening. My former student, Maldamien, Warlock dictator of the faerie world of Gryphendale, has planned a sweet revenge to celebrate his 150th birthday. My foolish presumption to join Sage’s half-baked caper…
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The Shadow of the Gryphon: Chapter 1

All journeys begin and end at a crossroad. The Plough and Thistle Inn was built at the main crossroad of Grassmarket and was the only lodging in the entire country of Aberdour that could accommodate all the races of Gryphendale no matter the size. In fact, it was the only inn in Aberdour, which explains…
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Short Story: “The Devil Himself!” by Lara Lee

Mudwort was not your average Ogre brute; he was a captain in Maldamien’s vast army. The dull-witted Ogres were almost never officers. That honor was typically saved for the more intelligent races such as Huldra or human nomads. Mudwort was proud of his hard-earned distinction as he guarded the main road out of thick Shenlong…
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Cover Reveal: The Shadow of the Gryphon

The Shadow of the Gryphon is coming July 24th!
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Puck’s Song

In my novel, Gryphendale, the scholarly satyr, Puck, teaches the human girl, Autumn, a song. This short song talks about the Gryphon who is the creator god in my story. For those familiar with medieval art would recognise this as a symbol of Christ. Annie Alder, who is narrating the novel for audible recorder the song and…
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Gryphendale: Chapter 1

Read Chapter 1 from the book: Gryphendale!
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Book Cover Reveal: Redesign of Gryphendale

Here is the new cover for Gryphendale! What do you think?
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Short Story: “Sage and the Quest for Cake” by Lara Lee

A short story about Sage and Toble rescuing captured brownie farmers from ogres and the nomad wizard, Turmeric.
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What is Gryphendale?

Gryphendale is the faerie realm that we sometimes call the Seelie kingdom. It is a floating disk-shaped island located in the center of the earth. It has a tiny sun and moon of its own creating both day and night, but time moves differently there. Their stars are just glittering gems on the inside of the…
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