Ederon’s boot scuffed the floor’s tiles as he paced. “We must do something.” He exclaimed for the hundredth time in the last hourglass turning.
Done
Sunlight blinded me momentarily as my hood was yanked back. Closing one eye, I squinted with the other up at the guard next to me. “She’s here.” The man gripped my arm. Hooves thudded on the dry ground as a mounted group rushed toward me, more motion in the sea of people seeking refuge in the city.
Change Dawning
Flame burst from the rock when she stood on the cliff’s edge. Hayden glanced at their group. The others were pointing to the city below. The skyscrapers cutting through fog that was itself a brilliant blaze of swilling light was captivating. He turned back and looked at the woman.
Ripples
Happy New Year! With the first being on a Wednesday, this year we’re kicking off with flash fiction on the first day. Here’s to a new year of stories. I glanced at Thomas. He’d look exceptionally calm to others, but I saw the tension. His hands gripped his cane too tightly. His shoulders were drawn…
Death Plague: Day 5
Morale was low today, even with the improvements in the ventilation system overnight. I don’t know what the techs did but the quieted the rattling, allowing for more peaceful slumbering throughout the colony. Today though. Today the silence seemed worse than the rattle. The colony was quiet, and no one seemed eager to engage with…
Fairy Well Planned
“So… why are we sitting on a chunk of ice in the middle of the lake.” Shifting, Herisien curled a claw under a hunk of ice that had formed on his scales. The ice snapped off and he flicked it away. His scales were looked greyer now then deep red. The morning was entirely too new for him to be out here.
First Meeting
I was incessantly jostled as Mother’s horse loped along. Her arm kept me on the saddle. My eyes drooped and, I wished for bed as the snow-covered scenery slipped past.
Death Plague: Day 4
The colony was a fitful mess last night. I ordered the early lockdown, but that ended up doing nothing for the rest of the colony. In the morning, I was greeted by numerous complaints of hearing rattling bones invading all the corridors. I would have thought the personal were going mad, except… I’d heard it…
Death Plague: Day 3
I’m trying to hold on to moral. A hard thing to do when HVACs wizardry is starting to wear thin. Or maybe we were all just so grateful when there was any relief yesterday, we didn’t realize just how little there had been. I also overlooked that their magic only worked in certain sectors. More…
Death Plague: Day 2
Next time I order a retreat and regroup, I need to remind engineering that this includes silencing all incoming communications. Except of course communications from the mother planet. But the communications that actually got to command… I didn’t need the constant beeps interrupting the deep focus needed for me to martial resources to combat the…
