Abby Burrus
Christian.
Author.
Equestrian.
Dreamer.
One grieving boy...
A
Stone of
Glory...
A choice that determines not only his fate, but his brother's.
How do you grasp light in a sunless world?
Rave is so desperate for a light that he’ll risk death to steal a Blue Diamond. But when everything goes wrong, he’s faced with a choice that will affect not only his fate, but the fate of the brother who left him alone in his grief in the first place.
A choice that could lead to grasping Glory itself.
(To Grasp Glory is part of the Illuminate the Dark anthology, which is a collection of action packed Christian fantasy short stories with impactful themes woven throughout. It's classic Christian fantasy with dragons, swords, sunless worlds, and characters who won't give up even when the night is darkest. It features fantastical creatures such as firebirds, a wide variety of characters from princes to orphans, and it's all tied together by one powerful theme: light over darkness.)
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Cover designed by Ava Russell
My toe hits something and I stumble.
“Ah!”
I fall down, and my hands land on it.
It’s cold, soothing to my hot body. I can’t see it, but I don’t have to see it to know what it looks like. It looks like release from this guilt and shame, it looks like peace, it looks dark and forbidding like death. And I know what’s where it leads, the place it will bring me to, this place of the slow dying of guilt, shame, and separation from Him.
But I want it so bad.
(Excerpt from A Child's Addiction.)
Christian fantasy for the souls
who feel like they're strangers in this world.
Abby Burrus wasn't always a reader. But she knows when she became one. It was when she discovered that reading was for far more than schoolwork.
It was for stories.
That realization made her into a voracious devourer of books who became known by name at her local library for her weekly visits and stacks of books that she checked out. Because she knew the power of stories.
Stories can be so powerful that they make people do crazy things, like deciding to write their own. That's what happened to Abby. She started writing her own with the goal of creating the same kinds stories that had thrilled her soul, and still do. Today, she writes for the ones like her who wanted stories like this and couldn't find enough of them.
These stories are fantastical and yet grounded in eternal truth. These stories make you long for another world while giving you the courage to face this one. These stories combine strong plots with strong themes for a powerful story without the preachiness. These stories are wonder filled yet grounded in eternal truth. Because good storytelling shouldn't be sacrificed for truth, and truth shouldn't be sacrificed in the name of good storytelling.
And if you think the same, then welcome, friend. You've found a home. Join us on this journey of writing, and reading, good stories that glorify God.
