Author: N. Friedline, Word Count: 128 Featured in Midsummer Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Summer 2026 The Arrowhead At the boundary of civilizationbeyond is a dense watery wilderness The canoe cuts through the lakeeach stroke of the paddlesends whirlpools swirling From the boreal horizona narrow island emergescovered in pine trees and stone the boat glides... Continue Reading →

Author: Marie, P, Word Count: 105 Featured in Midsummer Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Summer 2026 An Altar for Litha The smoldering letter of promise lies at the altarA life is born anew through the wordsThe sunrise of MidsummerBore witness to her awakening Too long has she borne the weight of her eldersToday her... Continue Reading →

Author: P. Molnar, Word Count: 2,072 Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 The thing he had feared the most had come to pass. A whiteout. And early evening was setting in. In the current conditions, he could barely see where he was headed. But he kept pulling his smaller sled,... Continue Reading →

Author: N. Friedline, Word Count: 12 Stanza Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 Just before I fall asleep I sometimes feel 100 feet larger than my snoozing room while dreams are coming soon In waking life my scale is set but in sleeping I may forget am I really one... Continue Reading →

Author: Marie. P, Word Count: 428 Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 In the end, my grandmother kept a glass jar on her kitchen counter. It was filled with a single string of Christmas lights coiled around itself, with scarcely enough space to distinguish each individual light. Gone were the... Continue Reading →

Author: Michelle Franklin, Word Count: 1,550 Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 The sun from the window warmed the side of her face, and Maedlynn was persuaded to open her eyes at last. Lord Darren was standing over her, his grey eyes teeming slightly. “Winter mornings are second only to... Continue Reading →

Author: G. Gleason, Word Count: 984 Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 We'd had an old house up in the north in our younger days, my wife and I. We kept it, but moved south to have kids. Perhaps, we  thought, they wouldn't want the wilderness for a nursemaid. it... Continue Reading →

Author: Rita Pomade, Word Count: 270 Featured in Midwinter Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - Twixtmas 2025 Dear Mr. Santa Claus there are things you’ve got to know Before you rev up your old sleigh to ride the winter snow The world is in a frightful mess, and Covid’s here to stay So here are... Continue Reading →

Author: D.Irving, Word Count: 666 Written for, but missed and so did not feature in Spooky Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - 2025 Alex was getting annoyed, while the last few years working with Little Flower had been highly informative if not slightly controversial, many of his colleagues now considered him to be insane rather... Continue Reading →

Author: Rita Pomade, Word Count: 464 Featured in Spooky Archaeological Story Moot: Live Stream - 2025 She sees a shadow on the door.It slowly glides across the floor.It comes and sits upon her bed.It fills her head with mounting dreadand softly says:“My child you’re dead.” “Not true. How can that be?I sense your presence; you’re... Continue Reading →