Science Fiction
The Pale Thorn Pact Part 2
The path narrowed until it became less a trail and more a wound in the mountainside—sharp, narrow, treacherous. Black rock jutted from the snow like jagged ribs, and the cold wasn’t just biting anymore. It pressed into the lungs, gnawed at bone. Elira pulled her scarf tighter across her face, eyes narrowed against the wind.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
The Pale Thorn Pact – Part 1
The wind whispered down the mountain pass like it carried secrets. Cold ones. Ones that lingered in your bones long after the snow stopped falling. Vaelin rode in silence, his dark cloak trailing behind him like a shadow unbroken by time. The trail before them twisted through a stretch of pale, frozen forest where even the trees looked afraid—limbs heavy with snow, branches bent low as though bowing beneath unseen weight.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Unraveling Worlds. Content Warning.
“Dear Ananke, what is wrong, Lo... Oh no, I'm so so sorry, Love. I see now what happened, I did not expect you to adapt and absorb the energy from the rest of us so quickly... Even though you are hurting right now, please understand this is a good thing...”
By Luna Verity9 months ago in Chapters
Eclipsed by Flame – Part V
The sky over Draketh Maw turned red. Not from sunset—but from the pyre that had begun to rise within the caldera. Fire-magic bled into the clouds. The Ember Concord was already in ritual, forging a living altar of souls to bring Rhaziran—god of flame and rebirth—fully into the mortal world.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Eclipsed by Flame – Part IV
Ash fell like snow across the battle-ravaged plains of Redmar. The once-proud mountain city stood cracked and blackened, its stone towers scorched and hollow. Vaelin walked among the wounded, his cloak heavy with soot, boots crunching over broken weapons and scorched earth.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Eclipsed by Flame – Part III
The war began with the fall of three northern cities. By the time the sun rose over Stoneveil, the gates had been reduced to slag and the rivers boiled. Survivors spoke of a man crowned in molten steel, whose breath turned flesh to fire and whose laughter echoed like a furnace collapsing.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Eclipsed by Flame – Part II
The wind howled through the jagged peaks of the Ashspire Range, carrying with it the dry scent of scorched stone and the faint tang of sulfur. Snow should have blanketed this northern province, but instead, the mountains steamed—coated in layers of heat-hardened glass and ash. The land was still burning.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Eclipsed by Flame – Part I
The sky bled with smoke. From the ridgeline above Myrrhal Crag, the land below looked like it had been clawed apart by fire itself. Where wheat once swayed in the wind, only blackened stalks remained, waving like funeral flags. Homes stood as hollowed husks, their timber skeletons still glowing with ember-light. The air shimmered with rising heat, distorting the world as if reality itself had blistered under the flame.
By Richard Bailey9 months ago in Chapters
Unraveling Worlds. Content Warning.
“Open your eyes, Ananke. Do you understand what you witnessed, Love? I tried to only give you a small part of the event because I did not want to overwhelm you or put you under the emotional toll of truly reliving our destruction.”
By Luna Verity9 months ago in Chapters
