Welcome to the place where love and romance rules, welcome to another Thorny Thursday! Spring is in the air, the nature breathes life into the earth, after the winterly death kept it in its icy embrace. Breathe in the scent of new-born flowers, and let’s enjoy the creations of our authors once again…

🌹E.A.Colquitt shared a tiny bit of fairytale magic with us.

Exploring the Eyrie

The Fortunicorn (15)

PREVIOUS PART ‘And so, my presence changes things - improves the world around us, I like to think.’ The breeze gusted. The Fortunicorn's mane caught on one of its horns. Princess Garnet's mouth twisted into a wry smile. ‘I hope so,’ she replied. ‘But is there enough good luck to go around? Many more in this land need our hel…

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a year ago · 1 like · 1 comment · E.A. Colquitt

🌹Von took us back to the very beginning of this Sci-fi romance.

Von’s Substack

A Dance

“All the World’s a Dance, and all the people in it merely dancers.” -Albert Fennesten, 100-32 previous. Quote said to be modified from an archaic, pre-diaspora, Earth Quote of unknown origin. “What do you think?” Illoia asked, spinning slowly in place and letting her skirt and petticoats flare lightly. Not that they had much room to flare, even in Aleshia…

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a year ago · 5 likes · 2 comments · Von

🌹Joyce shared a realistic tale of love, loss and self-worth.

Joyce’s Place

A younger model

Jean had been having knee problems ever since she fell during a ride. The horse had bolted and thrown her off. “Idiots with their fireworks,” she had thought as she tried to get up. A friend had come to pick her up, and a groom from the stables had gone after the horse. She had been all right, Jean’s knee was not…

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a year ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Joyce

🌹Ika shared a bitter-sweet flash fiction romance.

🌹Thérèse shared a new chapter of this rich romantic fantasy.

Windflower

Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove (VIII)

They’d told her if she lost it, she’d be broken forever. . . “They will come for you. One cannot choose suicide!” “How many lives have been lost, Dragandrea? How will you pay for those?” “Think twice before you let anything draw you to your death. . . shouldn’t let you go…

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a year ago · 2 likes · Thérèse Judeana

🌹Joseph shared some music for Thornies to enjoy.

🌹Let’s welcome Stella Maris Designs, a lovely fantasy chapter.

Stella Maris Designs

The Pleiades & a Plesiosaur?

A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save Celae and her people lies in the sky overhead; in the star on one gir…

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a year ago · 1 like · Stella Maris Designs

🌹Bridget shared a sizzling romance story.

Naptime Novelist

The Most Electric Time of the Year

This piece is an addition to the Penter Painter’s Holiday Haunts collaborative story-verse. Please click here to learn more or add your own story!Thanks for reading Naptime Novelist! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. “Penter Painters and Holiday Decorating,” Katie chirped into the office pho…

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a year ago · 10 likes · 8 comments · Bridget Riley

🌹A.C.Cargill shared some exciting news, Thorny Thursday can be a motivation for many romantic stories.

A Literary Eye

Thorny Thursday — The Next Stage

Creating these short stories for Thorny Thursday has been quite a treat for me, pulling me out of my comfort zone. So much so that I have decided to put a book of such stories together, including expanded versions of the ones posted here. Consider these the appetizers before the feast…

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a year ago · 7 likes · A.C. Cargill, Author

🌹Isha Jain shared the story of a pure love of our furry friends.

The Indian Story

Riva is adopted by a street dog

I would come back followed by a dog that would have taken me as his own. Riva was sure Koel was messing with her on this one, “Are you kidding me?” “Why would I? Tick tock, Riva. You have six hours.” Koel cut the call before laughing out loud. It was fun to ruffle her friend’s feathers. Her husband looked at her over the newspaper. But then he shook his head with a smile and continued reading as their cat ran away from under the table…

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a year ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Isha Jain

🌹Kait shared a spicy first chapter.

Kait’s Writing Lair

Double Edge

TW: This Series Contains Sexually Explicit Content Sloan Connor is a junior associate for a big law firm in New York City. Working under a partner at the firm, Sloan is tasked with investigating the wrongful death of a client’s son on behalf of her boss. When the man convicted of the murder insists he is innocent, Sloan is led down a path of life threate…

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a year ago · 6 likes · 7 comments · Kait Zeller

🌹E.B.Howard gave us a wonderful exes-to-lovers story.

It's For A Story

Should You Choose to Accept It

Your Challenge This Week: Take your 250 word application story, and expand it to the 2,000(+/-) word threshold! Your 250 word applications were asked to showcase an argument. Now—put that argument in context. Expand the world, give us what comes before, or what comes next. Please, before the story, include the entire text of your 250 word application st…

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a year ago · 10 likes · 16 comments · E.B. Howard

🌹Miguel S shared an uplifting romantic flash fiction.

THE FICTION DEALER

Microdosing - 50mg of Glass

Today on Microdosing our prompt is Glass! Write a story in 50 words! Don’t forget to tag me if you follow along with the challenge. They say shards bring happiness — perhaps they do. Since that corporate party. Since the moment you knocked that glass out of my hand. Staining your beautiful emerald dress with red wine…

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a year ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Miguel S.

🌹Jasini shared another mysterious chapter of her serial.

Jasini’s Tales and Ideas

Picnic

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a year ago · 2 likes · Jasini KC

🌹The Man Behind the Screen shared the new chapter of this epic romantasy with a historical vibe.

Tales of Calamity and Triumph

The Castle on the Hill, Ch. 6

Previous Chapter | Next Chapter…

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a year ago · 1 like · The Man Behind the Screen

🌹Monte St. Aubyn shared an epic fantasy poem.

A Complete Nutter's Rambling's

Blade and Fang

Of tales told of old of yore, Whose king’s bards were fond, adored, The exploits and deeds of daring, Of Kyria the blade, and the dragon Zweileg. Now Kyria as told was warrior born, But dragons trust, she had before the dawn, Of flame of war, were peaceful days, Where they plighted their troth, a lover’s gaze. The heart of fire and flame she had, And …

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a year ago · 2 likes · 2 comments · Monte St Aubyn

🌹The Brothers Krynn shared a very Thorny essay.

🌹Grace shared the latest chapter of the exciting road-trip romance.

A Story that would Change Her

Just Drive Part Eight

(Thanks to Chris Pruitt for this photo of the Brewton Commercial Historical District.) MARGERY Margery returned to her mother’s hospital room, a numb expression on her normally animated face. “What is it sweet heart?” Her mother asked almost immediately. “Where’s that nice young man? Todd was it?” At the sound of his name Margery’s eyes whipped to her…

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a year ago · 5 likes · 3 comments · Grace E. Kelley

🌹… and I shared an epilogue/alternative ending to my romantic story.

The Tears of a Tulip (epilogue)

Kathrine Elaine

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May 2, 2024

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Thank you, dear writers! Thank you readers! What an excellent compilation we have here! I am truly grateful! I hope to see you next week!❤️