{"id":24,"date":"2015-08-16T21:33:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staceyberg.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2015-10-09T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:13:07","slug":"short-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staceyberg.com\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Short Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.challengingdestiny.com\/previews\/destiny6.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/destiny6.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"destiny6\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/destiny6.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/destiny6.jpg?w=369&amp;ssl=1 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challengingdestiny.com\/previews\/destiny6.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ethne<\/a>&#8221; <em>Challenging Destiny<\/em>\u00a0(Issue 6, 1999) &#8211;\u00a0The world paid scant attention to Ethne these days, and she had grown to enjoy the peace. Then a young woman showed up, claiming that she was about to be executed\u00ad\u2013because of Ethne&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0982053606\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0982053606&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=lisaabel-20&amp;amp;linkId=T5EK65DNMP7SJJZH\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Return-of-the-Sword.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Return of the Sword\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Return-of-the-Sword.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staceyberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Return-of-the-Sword.jpg?w=231&amp;ssl=1 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0982053606\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0982053606&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=lisaabel-20&amp;linkId=T5EK65DNMP7SJJZH\" target=\"_blank\">Altar of the Moon<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; <em>Return of the Sword: Anthology of Heroic Adventure<\/em> (2008) &#8211;\u00a0What happens to weapons and the heroes who wield them after the battles are over?<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ethne&#8221; Challenging Destiny\u00a0(Issue 6, 1999) &#8211;\u00a0The world paid scant attention to Ethne these days, and she had grown to enjoy the peace. 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