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    A Gift From The Immortals
    A Gift From The Immortals
    A Gift From The Immortals
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    A Gift From The Immortals

    By Matthew David Carroll

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    ...What was it like before time began?...

    "And from that moment on the night of the new moon they would stand out there and chart the stars and she would give them names as he taught her their natures. She told him of her dreams to touch the mountains, stand on the sand of the distant sea. So while her scribes taught her of the natural world, all which reigns over the wilds, he would show her how to scry from the reflections in the waters.

    They’d make up stories about the heavens and the creatures that roamed outside the realm. They’d play them out in the gardens to entertain the trades. As time went on the stories grew and spread. Elaborate scenes with many players performed before the court. Her song would pacify the company captive in her dance. His soliloquies a truce of point of views at odds."

    #ForbiddenLove Tragedy #Fairytale #Romance #Time Travel #Shortstory #Wordsalad

    This is a work of fiction, the product of the author’s imagination used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
    © 2017

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew David Carroll
    Release dateAug 11, 2018
    ISBN9780463312070
    A Gift From The Immortals
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    Matthew David Carroll

    Hello,For those of you who are new, I hope you enjoy.If you've already read some of these, I'm glad you're back.It's been terrible for building trust and invites all sorts of nonsense, but my lack of presence is better for new readers to get into the story and character. So I'm elusive for that reason, mostly.If you're interested in getting to know me, forgive us, you can check my other social media for that, but I'm afraid you won't find much at the moment.I keep putting it off. I'm really not as interesting as my stories and getting older even less so. :)Some of these are quick easy reads I hope will leave you laughing or with some sort of satisfied wonder (I know. I'm finishing them.) Others are over stylized with complex plot structures that require inquisition.I can't promise you'll like everything I write, but you'll know (for the most part) what you're getting into.Complex issues, simple themes. Characters opinions are their own.If you like any of them please, share. I appreciate every one of you who have.Because of you they have traveled all over the world.

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      A Gift From The Immortals - Matthew David Carroll

      Dedication:

      Bathed in Brilliant Light, a choral overture to the Daughter of Heaven

      The One of Many, Flourishing, Acclaim

      Her elegant Voice Dances with Delight and Desire

      The most Melodious

      A gift from the Immortals

      Copyright 2017 Matthew Carroll

      Smashwords Edition

      This is a work of fiction, the product of the author’s imagination used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      ~***~

      He lay beside her recounting every act, tapping, swaying along your arm, we lie covered our eyes catch, I softly whisper. He pulled back the hair from her face, she rests the thought letting comfort settle in. Like it was never there.

      She closed her eyes and breathed him in. Tell me a story that you’ve never told to anyone and not of war or petty rivalry. Something more than our eyes share, she said. "Tell me

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