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The Woman in the Sky

He couldn’t stop after just one flight. He knew he should have, just as he knew, if he wanted to keep himself concealed, that he should never have taken that first flight. Using his Talent, though — truly using it — had become something like an addiction. He felt like someone who’d been bound to … Continue reading The Woman in the Sky →

Charles Williams Elal, Fantasy, Short Story Leave a comment November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 8 Minutes

Help

I have to help. It’s not just a drive within myself. It’s not something altruistic inside me that sees a person in danger and says, Hey, you really should intervene. I don’t like to listen to that voice. I don’t often hear that voice at all. What I get, instead, is a voice that said, … Continue reading Help →

Charles Williams Elal, Fantasy, Short Story Leave a comment August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 5 Minutes

Better

You think you know yourself. You think that, among other people in the world, you are the foremost authority on you. It makes sense, right? There’s nobody else that can get inside your mind, to feel and hear and see your thoughts in the way that you can. Nobody perceives the world quite like you … Continue reading Better →

Charles Williams Elal, Fantasy, Short Story Leave a comment June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 7 Minutes

Unique

The bullet begins to slide out of the barrel. People, in general, have a hard time gauging their own uniqueness. There’s a confluence of factors that cause this, one of which being the fact that many people have a drive and a desire to be unique. Some people take this further than others — artists … Continue reading Unique →

Charles Williams Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 9 Minutes

First Flight

The first time Avery flew was in the dead dark of a winter night, while his mother and a good portion of the city were fast asleep in their warm beds. Trembling with the fear that his mother might awaken to discover him preparing to leave — or worse, that she would be awake when … Continue reading First Flight →

Charles Williams Elal, Short Story Leave a comment February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 8 Minutes

Newborn

I was thinking about the character on this one and how I wanted to write a story about what she became later in life, but somehow along the way I lost the actual story I meant to write. It ended up having little in the way of "story" at all, and it's more just like … Continue reading Newborn →

Charles Williams Elal, Short Story Leave a comment February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 4 Minutes

Serrano Sidewalk

“Where do you think you’re going, skinny?” “Yeah, pretty boy. Where you going?” Tobias flushed, but he kept walking. Engaging with the girls would only encourage them. If he ignored them, they might leave him alone. “Hey, we’re talking to you,” one of them said. He didn’t want to look back at them. That would … Continue reading Serrano Sidewalk →

Charles Williams Elal, Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 9 Minutes

Loop, Part 4

Trapped, Part 1 Loop, Part 1 Ora: 5 Telline: 4 Staff of Asrai: 4 Bastian: 3 Ryse: 2 Mikael: 2 Jake: 2 Celia: 0 Naleya: 0 Ora had taken him out twice, and Jake had only caught that first glance of her, from a distance, as she had stalked Naleya. Some illogical part of his … Continue reading Loop, Part 4 →

Charles Williams Fantasy, Short Story Leave a comment October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 8 Minutes

Genesis

Amala held her arms out in front of her. Her muscles trembled throughout her body. She felt heavier, as though something pressed in and down upon her chest. Yet at the same time her mind felt so light that she feared it might float away, out of her ears and into the sky above. She … Continue reading Genesis →

Charles Williams Elal, Fantasy, Horror, Short Story 2 Comments September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 5 Minutes

The Shape of a Soul

Tara dropped back onto the bed, finally allowing herself to relax. Her eyes, with lids as surely weighted as though they had stones tied to them, closed. She knew she had been lucky that the birth had lasted only three hours. Her sister’s first child had taken nearly twelve to come into the world. Still, … Continue reading The Shape of a Soul →

Charles Williams Elal, Fantasy Leave a comment July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 6 Minutes

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