Skip to content

The DNA of Stories

Ideas and first drafts with a bit of analysis from time to time

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
  • Thrushbeard
  • 10 Minute Sprints
  • One Day at a Thyme
  • Story Noodling
    • Lyra
    • Arianna
    • Psyche
    • Calypso
    • Nightingale
    • Changing Lanes
    • Secrets
    • Greenwitch
    • Lost Island
  • Analysis
  • Kat Redfern Author Site

Tag: Mage Tower

A magical tower rises from the forest floor, its form caught between tree and spire. The bark-clad walls breathe and shift imperceptibly, supporting arched windows that change shape with the seasons. A copper lantern sprouts from a gnarled branch beside a rounded door, while at the top, the tower blooms into a crown of leaves and magical lights that dance like fireflies. AI image

Mage Tower

On January 22, 2025January 11, 2025 By Kat RedfernIn Mage Tower, StoryLeave a comment

Charlotte slipped between an oak and a large holly bush and started down the winding track. She kept catching glimpses of something interesting at the other end, not far away, just a few minutes. The question was, which would come first, her intriguing destination, or Elsie’s screeching fit when she realised Charlotte wasn’t where she …

Continue reading Mage Tower

A serene stream flows gently through a lush green forest, with smooth, flat stepping stones crossing the water. On either side, a grassy path follows the stream's curve. Upstream, a narrow, almost hidden path leads into the dense forest, nestled between an ancient oak tree with sprawling branches and a prickly holly bush. The sunlight filters softly through the leaves, casting dappled patterns on the water and grass. AI image

Journey’s Pause

On January 8, 2025January 11, 2025 By Kat RedfernIn Mage Tower, StoryLeave a comment

The carriage had been built to impress pedestrians on the close-cobbled city streets of Stormhaven, and while it had rolled along well enough on the smooth, flat highway between there and Market Middling, it was a heavy pull indeed on the uneven, upward-sloping road towards Snowreach. They’d been plodding along the road since just after …

Continue reading Journey’s Pause

Categories

  • Story (524)
  • 10 Minute Sprints (93)
  • Random Fiction (93)
  • Thrushbeard (71)
  • Writing Exercises (54)

Tags

  • Fantasy (86)
  • 10 Minute Sprints (84)
  • Story Prompt (68)
  • contemporary (60)
  • Fairytale (34)

Year

  • 2025 (121)
  • 2024 (91)
  • 2023 (63)
  • 2022 (70)
  • 2021 (82)
Blog at WordPress.com.
Sackcloth and Sky by Kat Redfern
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The DNA of Stories
    • Join 122 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The DNA of Stories
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar