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Dark Pawn

2013-05-16T07:39:43-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Adventure/Fantasy
Chapters: 33, Words: 136,841, Reviews: 24, In-Progress

Neither Light nor Darkness can exist without the other. When the forces of Light shatter the Darkness and plunge the world into eternal summer, Claudia Rosemont is given the difficult choice. Accept the powers of a god, and turn her back on everything she once knew and believed, or watch her entire world crumble before her eyes.

Fire Eternal

2013-05-10T08:46:18-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Adventure/Supernatural
Chapters: 47, Words: 208,747, Reviews: 20, Complete

The final book of the Blazing Heart Saga. Vertalia has fallen. Trentioc has vanished. Drakuas is unleashed. The Legendary Seven draw ever closer to their destiny. And perhaps, their demise.

Scattered Sparks

2012-12-15T13:56:41-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Adventure
Chapters: 48, Words: 186,341, Reviews: 119, Complete

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON! The sequel to Blazing Heart. In the aftermath of the final battle at Casinoria, the Legendary Seven and their allies are scattered around the world. Join Nick on his epic quest to reunite his friends and crush the Church of the Entity once and for all.

Persistence of Memory

2012-12-05T16:57:21-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,798, Reviews: 0, Complete

December WCC Entry: How is a life to be measured if we cannot remember the very thing that made it worth living?

Beyond This Earthly Realm

2012-08-16T13:38:20-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
General
English, Rated: K+
Sci-Fi/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,071, Reviews: 1, Complete

Ever since man could look up at the sky, he has dreamed of the moon and been captivated by its cold, distant beauty.

Sin

2012-05-25T10:40:46-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Adventure
Chapters: 43, Words: 170,523, Reviews: 18, Complete

The demon king has been killed by his fellows. Now, sixteen years later, his noble errand must be accomplished, lest the world fall to ruin. There must be peace between humans and demons.

Flight of the Black Swan

2012-04-06T07:30:25-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,171, Reviews: 3, Complete

Entry for the April WCC. "Buy me a drink, and I'll tell you about the Black Swan."

Blazing Heart

2012-03-16T08:12:00-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Adventure
Chapters: 28, Words: 176,045, Reviews: 157, Complete

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON! A boy with nothing but a sword and a name stumbles into a desert outpost. And so the story begins...

Sin Extras

2012-01-27T14:30:54-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Friendship
Chapters: 4, Words: 3,791, Reviews: 3, In-Progress

Any extras for Sin that I write will be posted here. These are conversations between characters that help the reader to see other facets of their personalities, and let me play around a little as a writer.

Reciprocity

2012-01-04T07:19:54-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,904, Reviews: 3, In-Progress

My entry for the January WCC, and unfortunately the best title I can think up at the moment. When two powerful sorcerers from Shakespearean lore clash, revealing a past as dark and clouded as the plays of the Chronicler himself.

A Very Blazing Heart Solstice

2011-12-24T10:24:30-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Friendship
Chapters: 1, Words: 4,290, Reviews: 1, Complete

This is a holiday special featuring the characters from Blazing Heart and Scattered Sparks. It's just a fun little extra, but hopefully it will put you in the holiday spirit.

Mourning Star

2011-12-06T07:53:38-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Supernatural
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,415, Reviews: 4, Complete

My entry for the December WCC. The prompt: ""Now the sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never."- Franz Kafka

Welcome to Wonderland

2011-11-04T10:11:57-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,295, Reviews: 6, Complete

My entry for the November Writing Contest Challenge.

Cole Culain's Guide to Elvish

2011-09-05T06:09:42-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Essay
English, Rated: K
Fantasy
Chapters: 7, Words: 691, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

A supplementary text for Scattered Sparks, it details the nuances of the Elvish language and provides translation for the words used.

Breaking Point

2011-08-03T17:15:25-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,104, Reviews: 5, In-Progress

My entry for the Review Game's August WCC. A lycanthrope, a human and wolf hybrid, is created by science. But when she gains the ability to reason and speak, the experiment spirals out of control. Very dark.

Armageddon

2011-04-30T15:19:21-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Supernatural
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Suspense
Chapters: 5, Words: 9,137, Reviews: 4, In-Progress

The world was created in seven days. And now, through human arrogance, it will end in kind.

Imaginarium

2011-03-19T12:42:29-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Play
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Supernatural
Chapters: 6, Words: 2,343, Reviews: 10, Complete

When an author gives up on writing, his unborn characters still yearn for a chance at life.

The End

2011-03-12T17:01:17-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 805, Reviews: 3, Complete

What happens to an author's beloved characters when he dies? Does their story die with him?

Control the Storm

2011-03-12T17:00:14-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 331, Reviews: 1, Complete

Everything will be destroyed if you can't control the storm...

Lesson of the Songbirds

2011-02-11T13:58:28-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,527, Reviews: 3, Complete

No life is pointless...

Schizophrenia

2011-02-05T10:08:24-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Supernatural
English, Rated: K+
Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,501, Reviews: 3, Complete

In which I examine the depths of my own depravity.

The Shortest Fantasy Novel Ever

2011-01-18T11:20:11-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
General
English, Rated: K
Fantasy/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 296, Reviews: 10, Complete

The shortest fantasy novel you will ever read. Honestly, everything is in there. No joke.

Rise of the Demon Slayer

2011-01-12T10:29:18-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Fantasy
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 348, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

Kind of a spin-off of Cain. Man, I am way to obsessed with him. Oh, and it's written in play format, which is new for me.

Titleless

2010-10-05T16:52:25-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Life
English, Rated: K
Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 6, Complete

Not that the poem is necessarily titleless, but the subject is, so, erm, yeah... just read the poem...

The Lonely Man

2010-06-02T13:15:35-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Life
English, Rated: K
Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 5, Complete

A reflection on night time.

Answers

2010-04-15T13:44:15-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Life
English, Rated: K
Spiritual/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 201, Reviews: 2, Complete

The path we all must take to find who we truly are.

Cain

2010-03-21T09:50:39-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Young Adult
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,302, Reviews: 7, Complete

Cain killed Abel. Cain was marked. Cain has a mission.

Gone

2010-02-12T16:03:34-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 3, Complete

a lyrical piece. It would probably work better if I read it aloud, but try to fit in your own tones and inflictions.

A Tale of Two Ninjas

2010-02-03T13:08:44-08:00

Author: Cole Culain
Action
English, Rated: K+
Friendship/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,325, Reviews: 3, Complete

A short thing I put together for a friend when I should have been studying for exams. Not the next great american novel, but not bad, either.