Chester is thirty-one years old. He has no spouse or other romantic prospects, though not for lack of desire. He has no children, either, but he is content with that fact. He has two friends — who are truly just acquaintances, but Chester uses the word “friend” too liberally — who have oops-babies, and he … Continue reading Ink, Part 1
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Avela
Avela sits on the edge of the city, legs crossed and hands on hans knees, with hans face turned upward toward the stars, the moon, and the nebula. Ne basks in their light, absorbing it through hans shell. Ne has cast aside hans clothing, for ne wishes to taste their light as it is. Each … Continue reading Avela
Sheth
In a time long since passed, in far south-west Nerrona, where people fight not against each other, nor the evils of Kainorh, but against the heat of the sun, there lived a village of folk who made a mistake in their worship. They were not, on the surface, foolish people. They carved out a place … Continue reading Sheth
The Book
There is a book from which almost everyone has read. Like every book, there are those who have started it, but have yet to finish (and who may never finish). There are those who have skimmed casually through the whole thing, but failed to absorb the more important details, or who failed to remember them. … Continue reading The Book
Recharge
Sha-Mon felt drained, though he imagined that his wife felt much worse. Despite her increased rations and decreased workload, Sha-Mon knew that lugging around a heavy, pregnant belly was not easy. Luckily, today was the day for which the doctors had planned her delivery. As soon as he got home from work, he would be … Continue reading Recharge
Romance Movie
If you’ve read one of those romance novels — mostly teen romance novels, but the trope bleeds through into adult fiction, too — where two main characters believe at once when they meet each other that they’ll fall in love, and by the end of the novel, they end up together; and most of the … Continue reading Romance Movie
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
Grandfather’s Farm
If he sat upright in his bed and turned to the side, Aric could see, out of his bedroom window, a good portion of the land that belonged to his grandparents. He knew, from when his grandfather spoke about their past, that the amount of land they had owned had once been much smaller. Over … Continue reading Grandfather’s Farm
Waiting
Yuna spent most of her life waiting. In school, she sat at her desk, trying and failing to listen to her teacher but instead listening to the sound of the clock as it ticked away on the wall, signalling that her time of freedom was inching closer and closer. It wasn’t that she didn’t like … Continue reading Waiting
Unlimited
There is a certain feeling behind opening a door. It’s a feeling of release, as the pressure between the two spaces equalizes. It’s a feeling of resistance, too, as you fight against that pressure in the moment before it gives way, and as you fight the workings of the door itself, which, perhaps, is not … Continue reading Unlimited
Daydreams 