Peregrine and Blade: Eyes of the Frozen North

I can’t remember the exact details, but Eyes of the Frozen North came about from a writing prompt on a forum somewhere. It is a short piece – a vignette really – that takes Peregrine and Blade to a new part of the world, and continues on with the world building.

Really, world building never ends. There are always new lands, peoples, cultures, ideas and more to explore. And that is what makes writing fun, especially fantasy. You get to explore all of this and see where the story leads.

Sometimes, as mentioned before, the characters can run across troubles that can not be defeated. Such again is the case in this story.

Short Fiction Word Counts

I have made mention of a number of types of short fiction – flash fiction, short stories, novelettes and novellas. They refer to various lengths of short fiction, though the word counts for the are not set in stone and can vary from person to person.

My definitions for my stories are as follows;

Flash Fiction: Up to 1000 words.

Short Stories: 1000-7500 words.

Novelettes: 7500-17500 words.

Novellas: 17500- 40000 words.

Novel: Over 40000 words.