As the Garden Dims
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Last published Sat, Jan 18, 2025
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I am taking a creative writing class at my University and I was inspired. Please bare with the process, if you decide to read this. Things may change as I am writing and please provide constructive criticism with any ideas.
Gnomes, sprites, and witches. Oh my!
On the continent of Devpoiend, there are witches, sprites, fairies, gnomes, elves, and more.
Heuchera had been assigned to tend to the Garden of Light (name will be changed) at the age of 15, leaving her to live outside the town of Goldleaf for 5 years. Of course, she befriends the sprites living in the garden and will put her life at risk to protect them from the magic-sucking gnomes.
Read along as Heuchera starts to question her life and the discovery of the secrets the Gaia Coven has kept from her.
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