Rabbith looked over the wall at the returning invaders. No one had yet broken through into the city, and Rabbith didn’t fear that changing now. Whatever rumors rattled the courage of his countrymen, he did not fear them. They had a god who fought for them? Fine. So did Rabbith…
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Lady Armand, Lady McKenzie, and Mr. Troughton sat at the table, sipping their after-dinner coffee and gazing out the window. The train had entered a tremendous horseshoe curve, and the valley below was lit by heavy afternoon sun. Lady McKenzie set down her cup. “I meant to ask you: Have…
The alarms jerked Andrey from a deep slumber. He swam in thick memories, disoriented, the insistent drilling of the alarm dragging him to consciousness. He woke, lost, having let something slip away, something he had thought important while still asleep. He pushed the lid of his sleeping capsule open and…
Gregory peered cautiously from the hollow in which he had hidden himself. The form was obscured by his shielding of brambles, but it was certainly the woman. Even with an incomplete view, her beauty made an impression. It was like the sun sparkling on fresh snow. Only, there was…
The man known as Luke lowered himself, groaning, into the chair they indicated. He blinked in the harsh, too-bright light of the single exposed bulb. A man in an officer’s uniform set a paper on the table and pressed it forward, setting a pen in front of Luke. “Sign it.”…
The ocean spread out calm and blue below, the sky calm and blue above. Clouds of white glided between, drifting softly with the wind. Upon a cloud small and thick lay a child, a boy of four or five. His hair was golden, his limbs fine and smooth, his cheeks…
He sat on the beach, his feet deep in wet sand and sinking deeper with each caress of the sea. He was old now. He knew not how old. Long ago he had ceased in the counting of days, finding no meaning in them. He knew he was old because…
Males: We are Ronkar, created from the mountain rock, created in the image of the Creator. Females: We are Ronkar, formed in the likeness of sun and moon, formed in likeness of sea and cloud. Chief Loaka: We are Ronkar, united in diversity by the will of God, paired from…
Rachel woke to the noise of galloping hooves and shouting. Her son, barely one, slept near her on the bed. “What is it?” she asked her husband, who was moving to look out the door. “Stay here.” He ran into the streets. Screams and sounds of struggle rose up from…
It is twilight. Shadows lie curled like dogs in front of the fire. The table is set for dinner. The Lady Delia sits upon one end, her husband, Lord Cronin upon the other. “You have done well tonight,” says the Lord, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand….
The world is asleep in its grave at two o’clock, and I’m still awake, unable to sleep, aware of every sound, aware of every second as it flashes out of existence like a burnt-out bulb. Two o’clock is 3600 endless moments of darkness, 3600 ghosts passing through my body, 3600…
The city below lay shrouded in darkness, with only a few pinpricks of light shining from the street lamps and windows. “I don’t remember ever seeing it that dim,” Eljar muttered. “There’s several good veins past the Black Valley,” his uncle reminded him, “and there’s potential beyond the Empty Sea….
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