Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author

In April, I posted my thousandth post on this blog. To celebrate, I will share here all my short stories. Every couple of weeks, I’ll be posting one story from my celebrated Exciting Destinies series for you to enjoy. With over 30 stories so far, I hope you’ll have lots of fun in the coming months!

This week, it’s Heavy Sits the Frown from You’re In For A Ride. With the midterm elections taking place tomorrow, I find this short story quite an appropriate one.

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Heavy Sits the Frown

The farm boy setting up the festive decorations steals a look at the castle. Over its palisade, he can make out the mighty king pacing the balcony. The lad stops tying up the ribbons on the maypole for a moment and shelters his eyes from the scorching midday sun, a deep frown…