Six Takes on Fantasy
Jon L Shaffer
- SIX
- TAKES
- AT
- FANTASY
- is
- like
- a
- beer
- flight
- of
- various
- fantasy
- styles.
- A
- nice
- sampling
- of
- multiple
- offerings
- to
- entice
- you
- and
- give
- you
- a
- taste.
- Maybe
- even
- leave
- you
- wanting
- more.In
- “Closure”
- we
- meet
- two
- former
- lovers,
- who
- get
- stuck
- in
- an
- elevator.
- With
- nothing
- better
- to
- do,
- they
- finally
- discuss
- the
- events
- leading
- to
- their
- breakup.“The
- Minute
- Hand”
- takes
- place
- in
- a
- modern
- fantasy
- world,
- where
- fantasy
- races,
- elves,
- gnomes,
- and
- more
- live
- in
- a
- modern
- day
- city
- setting.
- We
- follow
- Detective
- Aster,
- a
- human
- detective
- investigating
- the
- murder
- of
- an
- elf
- in
- an
- abandoned
- office
- building.“Guild
- Quests:
- Bramble
- Bush
- Brute,”
- a
- high-fantasy
- piece
- that
- follows
- the
- brand-new
- adventurer
- Clover
- a
- mage
- who
- left
- a
- life
- of
- comfort
- to
- make
- something
- for
- herself,
- and
- her
- mentor
- Marcherie,
- a
- Harekin
- archer.
- Clover
- tries
- to
- complete
- her
- first
- quest,
- a
- fearsome
- encounter
- with
- a
- massive
- wild
- boar.“Contained,”
- a
- science
- fiction
- piece
- that
- features
- an
- unlikely
- pair
- of
- researchers,
- Kyle,
- and
- David,
- with
- only
- enough
- information
- to
- complete
- their
- assigned
- tasks,
- in
- a
- secret
- but
- hastily
- thrown
- together
- lab.
- What
- happens
- when
- the
- project
- they
- are
- working
- on
- wakes
- up,
- ready
- to
- attack.Inspired
- by
- the
- movie
- “Predator,”
- “Stranded”
- follows
- Mark,
- a
- journalist
- who
- wakes
- up
- in
- an
- unfamiliar
- place,
- where
- he
- is
- pursued
- by
- a
- ferocious
- creature.
- Mark
- must
- find
- a
- way
- to
- escape
- the
- beast
- and
- survive.Finally,
- in
- “Escape
- the
- Building”
- our
- protagonist
- had
- double
- parked
- his
- car
- the
- night
- before,
- and
- spots
- a
- cop
- looming
- over
- it.
- Living
- on
- the
- tenth
- floor,
- with
- a
- broken
- elevator
- and
- a
- building
- full
- of
- obstacles,
- he
- must
- escape
- the
- building
- to
- make
- it
- to
- his
- car
- in time.
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