Series
Day of the Dragon: Insidious Negotiations
A piece of a five-part non-chronological series centred around the day of the dragon. __________________ From an outsider’s eye, it seems the city of Gallina is very well managed. Impervious to attacks over the last forty-one years, Gallina has flourished! Nobody doubts safety. People are privileged to focus on the arts; architects raise the city to grander heights, artists boost the city’s culture, and children fill educational amphitheatres.
By Eloise Robertson 4 years ago in Fiction
The Hand I'll Never Hold
Of all the people my heart could’ve chosen, it decided on a girl who didn’t have enough room in her heart to love someone like me. A girl who’s a mess of gorgeous chaos and you can see it in her eyes. Who shines like the radiant sun during the day and the sophisticated moon during the night. A girl who makes you want to work towards something. And to fight for her, to take her on dates and cuddle her to sleep every night. A girl whose lips are soft and perfect and has a flavor of love when she leans in to kiss you at night. That’s the kind of girl my heart chose. But alas, it could never be, for she loves someone else. What hurts even more is that I can’t tell her how I feel. It just wouldn’t be fair to her. It must remain one unrequited love that kills me slowly on the inside so she can be happy. A fruitless love. A painful love. A one-sided love. I have to leave it alone and move on for that’s what’s best. But what if I never forget you? What if, all my life, when I meet someone new, I can never fall for them because they aren’t you? I shall live in my own little sad world and live life the best I can. For that is all I can do. At least for now
By Gabriel Blackheart4 years ago in Fiction
Caldera, The Floating Academy
The feelings running through my mind were unlike anything I’d ever felt before. A feeling akin to motion sickness, but something entirely different as well. A mix between wonder and unrelenting fear, but even that is a stretch. Do I close my eyes and accept my fate? Drifting into the unknown with some sort of non-existent bravery? I feel my mind starting to slip into unknown territory; the thought that fighting back is futile comes to mind, that I'm along for the ride to wherever this thing takes me. I let myself sink into this feeling, finding slight solace in the cold finality of it all.
By Nathan Pileggi4 years ago in Fiction
Something Wrong (Part II)
“Something’s here.” “Can you see what it is, kid? Don’t be scared. We are locating you. We will reach there in no time. Now, tell me what it looks like.” Michelle followed her standard procedure, though she wanted to do something more. It was a little child on the other side, or at least she sounded like one. It could be one of those stupid nightmare calls, but something inside her refused to believe so. “I think it’s a lady, and she is, she is going to kill me.” The kid was breaking down now, and Michelle could not let that happen. No matter what, the child was not supposed to do anything that could turn out wrong-- grave wrong.
By Chacko Stephen4 years ago in Fiction
