Nakiya Costin
Bio
Go step outside at night and face where the sun set. Now turn a fraction to the north and you see that big star there? That's where I'm from. I'll tell you some stories of that place sometime. But not right now. I'm busy making stuff up.
Stories (7)
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The Underlands
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. It used to be a doorway, she thought. But the years had buried it with rubble and now only the top quarter of it remained open. Letting in light and sand. What could have been a door was now splinters and dust on the floor. She’d never dare step outside. Even if she could wriggle and pull herself through the gap remaining, what she could see was uninviting. Rubble and sand. And hot. Just being in the room had her shirt sticking uncomfortably to her body. She imagined leaving and instantly the sun burning her skin to a crisp and frying her hair and boiling her eyes. Becoming a sand wraith, doomed to seek out the water of the living.
By Nakiya Costin3 years ago in Fiction
A Darkening Sky
There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. There couldn’t be. Few knew what sort of valley this was and Sekra knew it was time to leave. She had lived longer than any in her flock and could see the signs few others would notice. And have the willpower few others could muster to move first. Bubbles shot up past her head again. Yes. It was time to go. Sekra rose her great bulk out of the steaming, mineral laden pool, disturbing large rocklike mounds as she dragged herself up onto the muddy bank and slowly stretched out her wings. She had grown stronger during her time here, and larger. Taller than the great oak from my homeland she mused while scratching off the hardy moss that had grown over one nostril. But along with her increased size came tight old skin and a deep hunger that was just beginning to wake.
By Nakiya Costin4 years ago in Fiction
