It was sometime in autumn, though what month I can’t quite recall. We still lived in the old house in my hometown where I grew up, before the extra burden of housing my second-oldest brother and his family overwhelmed my parents and started our string of moves. The house had been built in the earlyContinue reading “Autumnal Spirit: A Short Story”
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Beverly & Dominic: A Short Story
Hello there, readers! In this week’s piece, we have a snippet of something I might work on more at some point. For now, though, it works well (at least, in my opinion) as just a short story. I wanted to try something a little different than my standard fare, so I came up with thisContinue reading “Beverly & Dominic: A Short Story”
The Secret Keeper: A Short Story
You know that feeling when it’s 2 AM, you’re in bed trying to fall asleep, and then a story/character idea pops in your head and you just can’t let yourself fall asleep until you write it down? Enter this piece. No clue where this will go for the time being, since Incinerate is still myContinue reading “The Secret Keeper: A Short Story”
Teddy the Bear: A Short Story
Fun fact: I wrote a children’s story once. Back when I played The Sims 3 all the time, most of my characters were writers. It let me live vicariously through them during a time when I did not write as much. One of these characters wrote a series of children’s books called Tony’s Toys. YearsContinue reading “Teddy the Bear: A Short Story”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 6 FINALE
Shelter. I need to find shelter. Damn bandits. Came out of nowhere. Left me for dead. The others… oh fuck, the others. Hopefully they died quick. There’s nothing left. Bastards razed the cart once they took everything. No weapons, no food, nothing but the bloody clothes on my back. Damn them all to Baltevmt. AContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 6 FINALE”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 5
We pore over the details in his hut, a cozy little home with walls covered in animal skins and taxidermy heads. Various bladed weapons are hung up as well, a testament to the Smith’s level of skill. Several scrolls fill up the table at which we sit, their contents ranging from different types of metalContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 5”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 4
The wind whistles as it throws snow all about. For a moment, it sounds like a neighing horse in the distance. Despite the flurries and the sound, the Smith’s hammering rings out and the glow of the forge melts through the darkness. That warmth comes over me as I draw near, the snow disappearing inContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 4”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 3
The flurries fly around in a heavier downfall, but Winter’s bite remains the same. I set eastward, eyes combing through the darkness between the pines. As I trek, there are only the trees, the snow, and the increasing wind. The Smith’s devilish grin creeps into the forefront of my thoughts, and through the windowpane ofContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 3”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 2
Deep into the wood comes a clanging. Metal slams hard into metal, a sharp cry in the night. The sound guides me through the trees until an orange glow flickers amongst the darkness. Scents of burning steel and calming lavender waft through the air as I draw near. A forge comes into view, alive andContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 2”
Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 1
Our breath makes little puffs of steam in the cold winter air, but at least we have the campfire to keep us warm. The moon hangs high in the frigid sky, giving us a little more illumination. The forest sleeps around us, only the nocturnal beasts playing in the dark. We huddle close to theContinue reading “Rokkoh and the Smith, Chapter 1”
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