Matthew J. Fromm

Joined May 2022

328 stories

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Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.

Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).

I can be reached at [email protected]

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Crossroads
Turning it in gauntleted hands, he felt the weight of all creation carried by its bloodstained hilt. Excalibur. Outside, the crows sang Arthur’s Lament.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
Silly Studies In Scribbling
What good's a great plot When your characters cannot Roll it up the hill? /// What good’s a setting Lying lifeless on the page—
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Poets
The Accidental Poet: A Poetry Collection: A Review
I sat quietly and sipped my sweet tea As I watched the sunset slowly over sea Thoughts of tomorrow Of joy and of sorrow thinking what could, yet should not be
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in BookClub
Drifting
"Oh, Jeff... I love you too... but... well, I'm almost home." Click "Now boarding Flight 984 to Tokyo." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
Descent
I am naught but a passenger on this train. The trains arrive, and then they depart. The sun rises, and it sets.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Beat
You’re Going To See A Lot Less Of Me
You’re going to see a lot less of me.* My lawyers have assured me that this does not constitute a binding contract, and I’m free to contradict this at any time.**
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Motivation
All That Glitters Is Not Gold. Top Story - November 2024.
Dig Down! Both Nori and Vori were sick now, and no healer would accept his gold nugget when down the tunnel they could get two.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
A War of Skulls and Horses
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. From the balcony of the royal keep, Thaudal Fairrehule watched the Loch drain through rivers and canals. As a boy, Thaudal was fascinated by the intricate system of locks that could turn Avergion into an impenetrable island at a moment's notice. The moment Gavrul’s army appeared, the garrison unleashed the flood waters onto the lowlands surrounding Avergion. Thaudal shuddered at its implications. Would she haunt him too? Would she be nothing more than a ghost of his boyhood joy?
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
Calm Like A Bomb
They ran their fingers along the plunger’s rubber grip. It was just another day on the job, and all in all it was a good job that put food on their table.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
The General
The General stood resolute over fields sanctified by blood and blade. Fear and death choked the air, and he felt the weight strangle his lungs. Behind, his army waited.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
In Sickness And Health . Top Story - November 2024.
I stood in front of his safe. Tyler always bought in bulk: a crate of a hundred beers, a hundred condoms, probably would have bought a hundred tires for his hundred thousand dollar truck he bought when we barely had a hundred dollars in Cam’s college fund.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
The Interview
The back of Percy’s gray suit was surely ruined. After all these years, he despised that interviews still quickened his nerves.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Horror