The Birth of a Blade

This is a prequel to The Sword. They came together with a grand purpose: save the world. Whether or not the world needed saving at the time is a debate for the historians and the philosophers. I certainly think that, compared to some of the straights it has been in since, the world was in a … Continue reading The Birth of a Blade →

Dinner with Rin

Tomás reached the door first. He held it open for Birch, an action which had, over the years, lost all significance when applied to anyone else. Holding the door for someone had just become a social necessity, something Tomás did out of habit rather than through any true desire to be kind or helpful. Yet … Continue reading Dinner with Rin →

Kelal

Din, Héan, Andron, and Lightness are all related to this entry. It's not necessary to read all of the others, but I would recommend reading Din first. In a small, sunlit room on the fourth floor of the castle, Alana read. On the tenth day of every week, Lora gave the Guardians the morning to themselves. They were free … Continue reading Kelal →

Useful

There are days when my writing flows out of me naturally, as though the story that I'm telling has existed all along, and the right words are there, ready to be written. Then there are days, like today, where I struggle to find a story at all: where there seems to be nothing in my … Continue reading Useful →

Effulgence

Sanara had a sun in her chest. As long as she’d been alive, it had been there: a glowing orb, shining out from the center of her being, illuminating the word around her with golden light. It brought a brightness to everything around her, sometimes with the harsh, hot light of summer; sometimes with the … Continue reading Effulgence →

Councillors

Even more than some, today's entry doesn't feel like a complete story to me. I wrote it, like many things, to try to explore a genre that I'm not familiar with. I'm posting it even though I don't think it really worked out, because I promised myself that I would be okay with that some … Continue reading Councillors →

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 →

Two Men Sit on a Bench

“Do you ever feel like we don’t really exist?” Two men sit on a bench in the park at the end of the street, sharing a bottle between them. To their left, a tree blooms full with vibrant pink blossoms. On their right, the leaves of another tree have gone yellow. They fall to the … Continue reading Two Men Sit on a Bench →

Dream

I fell in love with a dream. He came to me in my sleep — or maybe I came to him; it’s hard to say. I can’t remember how the dream itself began, but if it shared the traits common amongst many of my other dreams, its beginning had little to do with the ending. … Continue reading Dream →

Mistaken Love

Twice in my life, I have mistaken one type of love for another. The first time happened in the eighth grade with a girl named Rose. I met her in the sixth grade, where we quickly became inseparable friends. We spent entire days on the weekends at each other’s houses. In the summertime, if we … Continue reading Mistaken Love →