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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Dopey's Tale
“I tell ya, wasn’t right how he defiled her. She was pure as…” the dwarf said, slamming his mug down atop the dingy inn counter. “How I hope she still sleeps soundly, and he buggers off to his castle.”
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
Broken Glass. Second Place in The Moment That Changed Everything Challenge. Top Story - March 2024.
Each morning, Otto swept the bricks on the little corner outside his little flat in his little town. He loved his idyllic town, one that would have fit tidily in one of the Brothers Grimm tales.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in The Swamp
When did you last see the Rising?
Written for Paul's challenge, remixing the following piece of his. More details at the bottom: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Behold our Wonders of the Modern World!
Before the wonders Of submarines and airplanes, Fish and birds lived well ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Kanawa and the Living Forest
Kanawa silently drew the sacred horn knife as his child whimpered on his knee. Midday light beamed through the forest, a harbinger of the coming darkness. Blood trickled out of the harsh wound from the invader’s weapons upon the caribou's hindquarters, staining the undergrowth below. As the innocent blood soaked into the soil, Kanawa felt the desperate summoning begin–his last gambit to stem the tide rising on their shores.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
Primordial Fish. Top Story - March 2024.
In the beginning, all was, frankly, well. Then, Mother Earth discharged intrepid fish from her primordial stew. Eventually, they grew hair, made fire, ate some apples.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
Breakfast for Dinner
Wheat toast and butter Simplicity incarnate Yeoman’s delight The dairy farmer Harkens the tasteful wonders
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
We've Reached Ten Thousand Feet
“Eh, good evening. This is your captain speaking. We’ve…reached ten thousand feet, and looks like we’ve got clear skies to Miami. Should be easy flying.”
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
Derelict
Once, it brought us to life You lauded this renovation Hailed it “Our greatest accomplishment.” “Our True North”
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Got a Quick Five?
Never be off Always be on Always be green Always checking Always always always always be closing
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Poets
Fight or Flight
The hour is nigh I’ve dreaded it Run from it Paced around my cell Till my feet are worn into the sterile tiled floor
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
The Wolves
There are things worse than wolves in those woods, trust me. When you hear their howl, run. Chief Ranger Talin’s warning echoed in her memory as Liv crawled on hands and knees through the undergrowth. Ahead of her, little Tivar crawled with the eagerness of a puppy. If her parents caught her out of bed and beyond the gates...That thought annoyed her even further. Her fourteenth harvest drew near, and yet they insisted on treating her like a child still.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Chapters