Melaina Scriven

Joined June 2021

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I Shall Call the Elements
Naiad At high tide we met You sat in the sand and smiled Then I waved goodbye Sylph We found a new toy Metal floating through our skies
By Melaina Scriven3 years ago in Poets
Dad's Number
“Hello?” A man asks. “…” I swallow. “Hi.” “Who is this?” His voice is gravelly and low. “Sorry, um… my name is Sammy.” I pause as a wedge of air holds my vocal chords in place.
By Melaina Scriven4 years ago in Fiction
Sana and Spero
The shadow of the Devil’s Tongue Mountain stretched ponderously forward, pointing its sickly, accusatory finger as even the sun itself abandoned me. I turned, one forsaken man among many, drifting through the spiny steel gate onto the unsure streets of the Moirai.
By Melaina Scriven5 years ago in Fiction
Just Breathe
“Noh, stahp! Cuhhhm bak! u’el dahee!” it screeched as I ran down the great white hallway. I made it twenty strides this time before I collapsed, gasping for breath. “Sdayt hur’nd puht’hur bak’n kwaruhnteen.”
By Melaina Scriven5 years ago in Fiction