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In the depths of darkness, Xella reflects across eternity.

The dark god Zarketh stirs. Heljina's lullaby has fallen silent. And all Rehman can do is drink as the world hurtles towards its end. But when Rehman draws the Bedko's Blade, the foolish acolyte is tasked with saving the world.

Five hundred years earlier, the great warrior Zella marched down into Zarketh's tomb to fight the god. She never returned.

Now Rehman must find the courage to walk the same, dark path as Zella. Across eternity, in the depths of the earth, the past reflects the present. What will he discover at the end?

You have to read this dark, exciting fantasy short story to find out!

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49 pages
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English
Publication date

10 August 2018
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183 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07GCNWFKP
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dreaming Between Worlds Publising LLC; 2nd edition (10 August 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 183 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 49 pages

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JMD Reid has been a long-time fan of Fantasy ever since he read The Hobbit way back in the fourth grade. His head has always been filled with fantastical tales, and he is eager to share the worlds dwelling in his dreams with you.

Reid is long-time resident of the Pacific Northwest in and around the City of Tacoma. The rainy, gloomy atmosphere of Western Washington, combined with the natural beauty of the evergreen forests and the looming Mount Rainier, provides the perfect climate to brew creative worlds and exciting stories!

When he's not writing, Reid enjoys playing video games, playing D&D and listening to amazing music.

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Stuart Kenyon

Short but very sweet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 August 2016

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Good things come in small packages, we're told, and Reflections of Eternity is no exception to this rule. As one might expect the plot is fast-moving and full of action, the interplay between the two characters lively and engaging. The concept of two warriors transcending half a millennium to fight side-by-side is inspired, a unique selling point, perhaps. The descriptive language is of a high standard, with scenes and events painted vividly.

But the strongest facet of this short story is the characterisation, especially given the limited time the author has to develop his heroes.

A thrilling, breathtaking read from start to finish.

GR

I loved this short story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 March 2018

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I loved this short story. Xella and Rehman are two brave warriors who walk the same path for the same reason and with the same mission, except that they’re five centuries apart.
The concept is awesome, and I love the writing… the only problem is that the story finishes too soon.

Wendell

GREAT FANTASY SHORT

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 24 March 2015

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"Reflections of Eternity" is a fantasy short story that I stumbled upon a few weeks ago. Since I’m generally turned off by photographic fantasy covers, it was the story description which persuaded me to download it – specifically the sword-in-the-stone fantasy trope.

I know lots of people are tired of standard fantasy tropes. The farm-boy-finds-magic-sword-saves-world and all the other familiar tropes are not only boring but an insult to the reading I.Q. of most people. However, whenever my mind is tired of complex stories, I like to take a break by returning to the comfortable fantasy tropes of my youth. And nothing gets me closer to that innocent and joyous time than a good sword-in-the-stone story.

In this particular tale, the world is hurtling toward its end. The soothing lullaby of the goddess Heljina having stopped, and the dark god Zarketh rousing toward wakefulness and destruction. All is in chaos. Civilization is crumbling. The naive and stupid people of the world are lining up to draw the magic blade dubbed Bedko from the holy stone. And all Rehman can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all, desperately trying to get so drunk he doesn’t care anymore.

But then something amazing happens: Rehman is forced to draws forth Bedko’s Blade. Immediately, he is anointed the savior of his people. Only problem being that our young, drunk hero doesn’t want anything to do with what his new destiny entails.

For, you see, the legends say that once there were two swords within the holy stone, but the last time Zarketh began to awake (five centuries in the past) a warrior-woman named Zella pulled forth the other blade, marched down into Zarketh’s tomb to fight the god, and triumphed. (Well, everyone assumes she triumphed because the world didn’t end.) Only problem being that no one ever saw Zella again!

Now Rehman finds himself forced toward the caves where Zella supposedly disappeared, and while all he really wants to do is run for his life, he tries to find bravery in knowing that Zella walked this same path years before. But soon, all his courage begins to fade, as he finds that in the dark depths time itself does not matter anymore!

Having read more than a few fantasy stories that used the sword-in-the-stone trope I can tell you honestly most authors really don’t add much to the classic Arthurian legend. Oh, they might package it differently, change the “why” or “how”, but ultimately, it is the same rehashed fantasy trope that we are all accustom to. But J.M.D. Reid has not done that with "Reflections on Eternity." Instead, he has crafted an interesting and entertaining story that twists the sword-in-the-stone mythos around until it has become something new. A feat that I personally never saw coming until the last sentence.

J.M.D. Reid is another fantasy author I was not familiar with until reading a fantasy short story. But unlike other shorts, this tale actually sold me on Mr. Reid’s story crafting skill, so I will definitely be checking out his novel "The Assassin’s Remorse" sometime in the future. And I would encourage you to as well.

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JSReads

A new, vivid fantasy!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 11 August 2015

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Reflections of Eternity is a mystical sword-in-the-stone fantasy with two swords, two heroes, and two perfectly intertwined stories. This reflection duality includes the gods: Heljina’s song of life floats on the breeze and Zarketh’s anger shakes the earth. Xella and Rehman are very different heroes who share the same terrifying fate and a time warp that connects them. The fate of the world is truly in their hands, and the remarkable sun-and-moon swords who chose these champions when they pulled a blade from the stone. This tale of life and death has a terrific twist at the end.

J.M.D. Reid is a vivid wordsmith with beautiful imagery. Descriptions like “moon-drunk idiots” and “as if the blade had been a single tongue of flame frozen in steel” fill the pages. Reflections of Eternity is a gripping, beautifully written, fast-paced read.

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JC Brennan

two thumbs up

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 22 February 2015

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Reflections of Eternity is a delightfully dark twist on the sword and the stone. Rehman believes the world is over, that they will all die at the hand of the dark God Zarketh. As he is drinking away his sorrows waiting to die he draws the sword (Bedok's Blade) from the stone whence it came. He is now the savor of his people, he feel incompetent to be a the one who will save them, to save anything for that matter. However, the choice is no longer his. He must march down to the tomb of the dark God and save his world. What he finds is what make this read exciting.
JMD Reid has written another wonderful short story that tickles the imagination and beg the read to envision a world of Gods and warriors, even if that warrior is an unlikely one. This was a very entertaining read, two thumbs up on this one.

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