Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Harbingers Lasniniar Collection.
Legends of Lasniniar: The Devil You Know
Jacquelyn Smith
As of November 1st, 2022 the Free Fantasy Feature is on hiatus. If/when the Free Fantasy Feature returns, you can find new posts here.
No matter where their journeys take them, Barlo and Iarion always seem to find trouble.
The eve of the Harvest Festival. The dwarf and elf pair find themselves potentially lost on the way to the closest human village. A blanket of mist drifts from the nearby hills to obscure the dirt road as night closes in.
Barlo remains content to let Iarion lead the way. At least then he can blame his elf friend if—no when—things go wrong. Still, Barlo’s hand stays close to his ax.
What danger lurks in the darkness beyond the mist?
The infamous duo of Barlo and Iarion return in this spooky, stand-alone misadventure story from the World of Lasniniar epic fantasy series by Jacquelyn Smith.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Godmaker Lasniniar Collection.
Legends of Lasniniar: By the Light of the Moon
Jacquelyn Smith
This story will be available for free for one month only. If you missed this one, check out the current Free Fantasy Feature here.
Barlo guards a secret. Only his best friend Iarion shares it, along with the rest of the Light Elves.
No one else can ever know.
Barlo’s secret keeps him apart from other dwarves. Even his own family. Memories of another time haunt him. He longs for a way to claim his identity. To be himself.
…A hero of Lasniniar, capable of leaving Dwarvenhome to go on adventures. (With Iarion, of course.)
But his secret acts as both a blessing and a curse. And the call to adventure proves too strong to deny.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Legends of Lasniniar Bond Forger Collection.
Legends of Lasniniar: Bond Forger
Jacquelyn Smith
This story will be available for free for one month only. If you missed this one, check out the current Free Fantasy Feature here.
A dwarf and an elf. As friendships in Lasniniar go, most people find Barlo and Iarion an odd pairing.
Wherever the unlikely duo travel, adventure follows close behind. Barlo and Iarion fall in and out of trouble on a regular basis. But even as they perform heroic deeds, they find time to bicker and banter.
The straightforward journey Barlo plans for them now should prove no problem—a piece of cake.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Legends of Lasniniar Bond Forger Collection.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Wave Runners Lasniniar Collection.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Legends of Lasniniar Shadow Stalker Collection.
About a year ago, when the world became all topsy-turvy, I started posting one of my stories for free each month over on my multi-genre website. At the beginning of each month, the previous month’s story got taken down and another one went up. (Inspired by insanely prolific author, Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Free Fiction Mondays feature.)
Most of the stories I posted were fantasy (since I have a lot more of them), but every so often, I would rotate in one of my mystery adventures for a month. After some thought, I’ve decided it makes more sense to break this feature out onto my genre-specific websites instead.
What does this mean? Well, first off, this website now has a blog feature, which it didn’t have before, so I’ll likely start posting updates on my fantasy projects here as well, and use my multi-genre site as more of a roundup that points back to here and my mystery site. But in much more exciting news, this means I’ll be posting a fantasy story here every month, with no mystery stories taking up slots in the rotation.
(Site Note: If you’re also a fan of mystery, feel free to check out my Free Mystery Feature, which will run at a slower pace of one story for a month of each quarter. So during the months of April, July, October, and January, I’ll have two free stories available–one fantasy, and one mystery.)
Sound good? Let’s get started with an Iarion misadventure…
Deep sapphire, flecked with silver. Iarion’s eyes mark him from any elf ever born.
A strange, physical anomaly? Or a sign of his unique condition? Even after thousands of years spent wandering the lands of Lasniniar, the answer continues to elude him.
…Now Iarion’s eyes sweep the harbor of the Sea Elves in the hopes that his ship might finally come in.
In the epic fantasy World of Lasniniar series, this stand-alone story explores an adventure from Iarion’s deep past, before he becomes a hero of legend.
Now, you can read it for free on this site for one month only. This short story also comes in ebook and paperback format–both on its own, and as part of the Kinslayer Lasniniar Collection.