<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[kristajain.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm Krista Jain, an emerging fantasy author writing stories centering on old myths and tales.]]></description><link>https://www.kristajain.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:44:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kristajain.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Malle: A Tale of Innocence and Blood]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a little girl wanders into the woods by herself, things unseen begin watching. Can she make it home or will she be claimed by the dark?]]></description><link>https://www.kristajain.com/post/malle-a-tale-of-innocence-and-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">634dad4bc81d93a266eda43f</guid><category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/601db5_5e76a67728ce4a198eb7c2720b500c01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Krista Jain</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HeroForge]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not a sponsor to the website, HeroForge, though I wish it was! I wanted to talk about it because I'm stumbled on it accidentally...]]></description><link>https://www.kristajain.com/post/heroforge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60ec8bf616def2001566318a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 18:27:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/601db5_7c3c23e72db74037aa37af352b1fdef4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Krista Jain</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folklore Spotlight: Thunderstorms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thunderstorms occurred almost half the amount of days in the last two weeks. For here in Texas, that's a lot of rain! It made me...]]></description><link>https://www.kristajain.com/post/folklore-spotlight-thunderstorms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60882471e97b3a001533109b</guid><category><![CDATA[Folklore Spotlight]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/601db5_9e141433dec8496da995ed6ffc225154~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Krista Jain</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Horizon's 1st Anniversary!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year, on March 20th, 2020, Animal Crossing New Horizons came out on Switch. 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