http://slow.writerscafe.org/speedyhobbit The original writings of author SpeedyHobbit Armstrong en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775973248 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My LARP character had a very intense death at the August 2015 event- the definite winner for craziest LARP character death I've had http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1644290/ One of the worst days of my LARP character Antonia's life was the day her oldest brother Benito was killed in an accident. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1630506/ This is a compilation of writings I've done for my character Antonia Bianchi for a Long Island-based LARP called Middlehaven. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1630490/ A rambling free-verse poem resultant of me eschewing all pride and collapsing into emotion from sheer loneliness. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1550900/ A LOTR drouble fanfic about Aragorn's struggles as a much faster walker than the hobbits. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1517833/ A fanfic about Bilbo Baggins when he was 21 and visiting the Old Took http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1481346/ For the contest of 6-word tales. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1479654/ On the first day of archery practice at school for 15-year-old Prince Folco, his coach makes things very awkward very fast. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1449171/ Nora only wants to hide in her room after witnessing her mother die from poison, but the investigation and business must go on. Meanwhile, her brother and sister are acting very improperly... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1448316/ Lindo clenched his hands in his lap. This was it. This was the part where he could not fail. He could not let Folco and everyone else down. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1432472/ "Perhaps you intend to explain this?" Duke Ivan reached to the tallest of the piles and picked up a scroll resting across the top. He stood, reached across the desk and dropped it in front of Kiran http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1430241/ A prosaic poem about the frustrations about being tossed aside and given the silent treatment for no known reason http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1424874/ "You are no longer welcome in Drémeadow. I do not want you ever disgracing my kingdom with your presence again. You have three days to leave the borders. If seen after that, you will be arrested." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1422598/ This lists of all the books and stories involving the fantasy continent about which I write, chronological order from earliest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1420141/ Even if the Duke believed him, his doing so would arouse Drémeadow's ire. Kiran's blood ran cold. The murder of a foreign monarch was grounds for war. He did not want Cancalia at war on his account http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1420112/ Dremeadow's king, paralyzed by grief in the immediate aftermath of his wife's murder, begins to realize the need for justice and revenge http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1419387/ A novella offshoot from Fallen Ones about the aftermath of a queen's poisoning. Centered on the royal family http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1419291/ Just a rant about an overgrown boy of a manchild to release anger and bitterness http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1418858/ Xenia and several of her university friends discuss what possessed her parents to give her such an unusual name. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1416886/ “What about you?” Lindo said, dizzy at the magnitude of the prince’s dour words. “What happens when your father finds out you helped the ‘traitors’? Won’t you be in terrible trouble?” http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1414922/ This contains reference items about the world in which Democracy's End, Fallen Ones, Traitor Princess and many of my stories occur. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1411213/ After a memorable event they'd prefer forgetting, Princess Jilian and Prince Odo sneak into the liquor pantry for something that might temporarily help with that. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1405800/ In case you are having trouble keeping all the characters straight, this list of who's who ought to help. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1404900/ hat could only mean the eighth, his birthday, had come and gone, and he’d done absolutely nothing! Then again, there were much bigger worries than whether he celebrated turning nineteen. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1404899/ After her older sister falls from a tree, it falls on five-year-old Xenia's shoulders to get help. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1403052/ Six-year-old Xenia is angry because an older child doubts her ability to read. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1393865/ This is a hand-drawn map of the fictional continent on which most of my writings take place as it appears during the time of "Fallen Ones" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1385785/ When Nora and her little sister Xenia are playing catch, Xenia's ball gets stuck in a tree too far in to knock out with a rock. Can Nora avert a five-year-old's tantrum without breaking a rule? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1384296/ When 5-year-old Xenia's favorite ball gets stuck in a tree, she and her sister Nora decide to ignore their parents' rule against climbing trees, but learn the hard way that rule existed for a reason. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1384280/ Fragments of broken clay pots littered the ground in front of the booth Kiran knew sold them. Blood stained the jagged edges of an entire base. Torn-off bits of fabric littered the ground. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1382584/ Folco and Lindo go for a joyride down a hill on a cart they find by a shed and get more than they bargained for. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1381523/ While practicing archery, Xenia encounters a man convinced she's unable to do the sport properly. Despite wanting to avoid attention because she's a fugitive, she cannot quell the urge to shut him up http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1381095/ Xenia Foxtrot and three friends at her university get up to some mischief in the middle of the night. (For Friday Fictioneers Week 5 of short stories 100 words or less) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1367372/ “We will see you all very soon, once matters abroad are resolved.” Kiran only hopes he's right. However, what if it's already too late? What if the captured prince and his friend are already dead? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1366150/ This was written for the group Friday Fictioneers. This is a scene about my character Folco that did not make it into "Fallen Ones" (a bit dark) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1364559/ Kiran is an orphan attending university as a sponsor student alongside sons and daughters of nobility and wealthy merchants. He learns that those students aren't so different from him after all http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1358785/ A seven-year-old boy, Kiran Mani, receives very bad news http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1357567/ "Without another look their way, Folco hastened to the cart. When would this end? When would the latest political situation in Drémeadow be announced? The last thing he needed was his friends angry." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1352904/ 5-year-old Folco tries to explain to a playmate what a Councilhobbit is. (Short story on two characters from my books. Written for a 100 words or less contest) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1352718/ A young child struggling to understand sharing with a bad habit of grabbing learns it's more fun to play together and apologies matter. Short story about 2 characters from my books in happier times http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1352699/ Written by a character that may or may not pop up in my books in progress. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1346969/ Lindo's insides seemed to disappear. So this was how it was going to be. This was to be the ultimate result of everything that happened. After all they'd been through, it would end like this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1345340/ Jarmir, advisor to Dremeadow's king, is livid. One of his prisoners dared to outright lie to his interrogator, and by extension him, about very important information. That prisoner must pay dearly. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1345328/ A freeverse attempt at conveying the burden of one expected to be constantly perfect, trying to please someone for whom the best is not enough. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1340310/ Tricia dreads returning to school- annoying though her summer job is, at least people are nice to her and act like real friends and not fakes there. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1332588/ Many assume 16-year-old Tricia, salutatorian of her graduating class, and one of the star athletes on her high school track team, has a perfect life, but everyone has their struggles. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1332585/ It's amazing how much can happen in a minuscule period of time. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1330470/ Xenia's mother is dead, her brother, accused of being an accessory to the queen's murder, is every bit the persona non grata in their homeland she is, and Dremeadow faces civil war. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1323401/ Speculations based off observations in my own life. Needless to say, I’ve broken all twenty. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1313737/ My attempt to summarize my life in 6 words http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/speedyhobbit/1292558/