Amanda Starks

Joined September 2018

217 stories

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Epic fantasy writer, poet, and hopefully soon-to-be novelist who wants to create safe spaces to talk about mental health. Magic, swords, and monsters abound!

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Sun Killer: Author's Cut
Author's Note: The story you are about to read is the original version of Sun Killer before it was edited down to fit the requirements for Vocal's Under a Spell Challenge. It was already a long piece, so feel free to pace yourself or bookmark this for another time!
By Amanda StarksExclusive • 2 years ago
More Mushrooms
The heavy weight of the staff of frost in Izzoradelle’s hands made her arms shake. Again, she lifted it waist-height, channeling the foreign substance of eitr through her body and onto the cold surface of the wooden handle.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Fiction
Fantastical Vocal Favorites Vol. 2
Hello, everyone! I'm very happy to have Fantastical Vocal Favorites Volume 2 act as my comeback article after my self-imposed hiatus for the month of November. It was a long month and I missed the community here a lot more than I anticipated.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Writers
Sun Killer
“Elements of the earth, elements of the sky, please bring us your protective eye. Powers of feather and scale, I summon you. I call upon you to protect me. So it may be.”
By Amanda StarksExclusive • 2 years ago
Cyclical
I've become all too cynical of a life that's supposed to be lyrical now tied up in tension thick as umbilical and drowned in a poisonous chemical.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Poets
HUMAN
How much do you think you know from surface-level disturbances? Surely you can't understand an image when it is distorted by the ripples cast by too eager hands. Sometimes those little waves turn into tsunamis, and then everyone is drowning in half-truths.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Poets
A White Mountains Mystery: The Cabin - Chapter 7. Top Story - October 2023. Content Warning.
It's highly recommended that you re-read Chapter 4 by Matthew Fromm as major plot points will be referring back to the content in that chapter.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Chapters
Fantastical Vocal Favorites Vol. 1. Top Story - October 2023.
Paying it Forward I've wanted to do this for an age and a half - however - I felt like I hadn't built enough of a backlog of liked stories or a strong enough rapport with my fellow vocal creators to justify attempting it.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Writers
PROJECT: EVERGREEN - The Destruction
What did you expect? You wanted this to last - to be the endless finality amidst the smoke and fire. You wanted forever,
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Poets
Dark Signs
Yeah, I could see dark signs A shadow of a storm over the waves An inky blotch stained against the parchment The pelt of a black beast crossing the road
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Poets
The Abomination
Gladys had seen these grim shores before, but for her companion, it would be his first step into the land of the rotting undead.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Horror
Descent
There I perched, heart tight and fists fluttering. Across the dimly lit and heavily scented room, a guide sat, their voice set and primed.
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Fiction