An Introduction, a Dragon, and a Bell
5 Feb 2023 | Job Application | Script, Short Story | Fantasy
An old knight, General Luther, has been wrongfully imprisoned by a political rival. He is not happy to be rescued at all. Why? Just the giant fire-breathing dragon waiting at the door for its next victims to come out. Read more…
The Wrong Magic
27 Sep 2020 | Swinburne University | Short Story | Fantasy
In Landeschne, the temples have decreed that all magic can only be of the gods, all else is stolen and blasphemous. King Wolfgang travels to the elven kingdom to the south in the hopes of persuading the elven king to take in his daughter, a human with elven magic. But his spiritual advisor refuses to let Wolfgang out of his sight… Read more…
Playing with Fire
10 June 2020 | Swinburne University | Short Story | Fantasy
Kellan Eagan, an assassin who routinely exploits a loophole in the workings of magic to lethal effect, is tasked with killing a foreign gang leader who is muscling in on the kingdom’s gangs. The catch: he must save his bottled-up fire magic for an even more important mission. Read more…
True Magic, Chapter 1: Raindrops
15 May 2020 | Swinburne University | Novel Chapter | Fantasy
At a special sermon, the High Priest of Temperance prohibits emotion-based magic on temple grounds. This worries Vya, especially when she comes home to find that her best friend has wandered off on her own again. Meanwhile, Riven, isolated from the rain by her ever present water magic, is targeted by bullies from her school. Read more…
Echoes
19 Apr 2020 | Swinburne University | Short Story | Fantasy
When gods die, they remain as echoes of their former power. The lucky are eventually reborn. Others are not so fortunate. One such echo ponders his existence when he is visited by the echo of a god he had never heard of. Read more…
True Magic: Novel Synopsis
10 Apr 2020 | Swinburne University | Novel Synopsis | Fantasy
Humans can use magic based on their emotions, but fanatical followers of the gods want to erase all non-divine magic. Two friends get caught in the middle of this conflict, with very different ideas on what is best. Read more…
Raindrops
8 Apr 2019 | Swinburne University | Short Story | Fantasy
While walking along the river, isolated from the rain by her ever present water magic, Riven receives an unwelcome visit from her bullies from school. Read more…
Sam Huffer 