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“Kneel.”

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

They never come to kill me, no matter how potently they yearn to. The assassin kneeling behind me reeks of it: the craving to end me. He clamps the fury inside his fists; the animosity burns beneath his shadowed hood,…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, fiction, Heiress of Secrets, writing
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Then Keep Me (reposted)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

He arrived in the middle of the night, banging on their door in the midst of a raging storm. Windy gusts lashed the windows, tree branches scraping the panes. It brought her and her parents barefoot down the creaking stairs,…

Tagged with: books, fantasy, life, Prague, real world, Then Keep Me, writing
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In the Lush Decay of Her Bedchamber

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

WHY AM I LIKE THIS? I sent a newsletter about a Thing, and let’s now play SPOT THE TYPO! PROOF that I ‘beed’ a break for sure. And I sent like fifty million test emails to myself and STILL didn’t…

Tagged with: fantasy, love, Wishes and Whispers and Sibilant Hisses, writing
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So. My Ex Called Me Last Night…

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

And he said: “I just took a p!ss in the pub you live above.” Me, thinking a million things but only saying: You’re here? Downstairs? Him: I’m waiting for the bus at the bus stop in front of your place.…

Tagged with: love, real world, videos, writing
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Trapped in the Goblin Realm…

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

NOTE: AI images were used in this blog post, but I no longer support the use of AI, nor do I use it, because I don’t like the extractive direction big corporations are taking it and how they are trying…

Tagged with: cats, characters, fantasy, love, writing
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Hoomans, Utter Fail…

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

Hoomans! Console me. First, though, for those who don’t know me, I am Zulejka, epitome of Cat, pinnacle of Beauty, queen of Tiny Pawsies, and only my hooman knows how much I poke my kitty nose into corners and decorate…

Tagged with: cats, fantasy, videos, writing
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He lounges in the shadows…

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

He lounges in the shadows that embrace him, his long legs clad in leather and stretched out across the rock floor. Crossed at the ankles, his boots flicker faintly from moonlight leaking in and reflecting off the crystals in the…

Tagged with: fantasy, love, writing
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Story in Images: the Guild Dancer

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Sonya Lano — Leave a comment

HOOMANS, this is cat Zulejka here first to warn all you hoomans with kittehs out there who might not know this! I was playing with this long thin rope-string and my hooman left me unsupervised with it while she went…

Tagged with: cats, fantasy, Heiress of Magic, story in images, writing
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Essence & Elixir: their story in images

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

“They should never have hurt you,” he said. NOTE: AI images were used in this blog post, but I no longer support the use of AI, nor do I use it, because I don’t like the extractive direction big corporations…

Tagged with: characters, fantasy, Heiress of Magic, love, writing
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Hooman is Away; Kitteh will Play

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Sonya Lano — 1 Comment

Zulejka here, usurping hooman’s blog.For hoomans who do not know me, I am the embodiment of all things dainty. Behold my delicately curled paw placed gracefully upon the other: I can be a zigzag. Or be put in a bad…

Tagged with: cats, love, writing, Zulejka
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