Fantasy
Death of the Old Blood
Imaru stood at the entrance of the cave as the sun set behind him. Anjou was waiting for him, breathing fire into embers that burned before him, and his axe was planted in the ground beside him. Imaru looked upon his father, the memories of their last encounter flashing in an instant before his eyes. He didn’t have Hal’Maci’s power to help him here, but he didn’t need it: this time, he was ready.
By Malachi Westbrook4 years ago in Fiction
Ten Pages Removed
Dear Black Wardens, I’ve done something I wasn’t supposed to. I should start all my journal entries with that line, actually. Perfect summary of my life story. Which is pretty damn impressive, given that it’s several thousand years of track record being condensed into one sentence. Talk about a nutshell. I am nothing if not consistent.
By Olivia Fishwick4 years ago in Fiction
Dance of the Phoenix - Ch1
PROLOGUE The infant’s cries echoed off the brick walls of the dank, grimy alley as it lay in the arms of its dead mother. It was a girl. She had been born only minutes ago and the mother, drug addled and weak, was left with just enough life to look upon her daughter’s face for a mere second. Then death came. Terrified and hungry, the baby girl continued to scream and lucky for her, those cries did not go unheard.
By Chanelle Joy4 years ago in Fiction
Rerio
The lonely seaside village, nestled in the rough outcropping of rocks along the protected bay, swayed in the stillness of the dawn. The waves came with the tides and crashed the misty waters across the breaks in the old paving stones. Generations of waters had shined and polished the stones as smooth as glass. The waters dancing across the morning sunrise, they sparked their mysteries to those who would approach. The mysteries that only those who know the sea, those that have lived the sea, truly know.
By Daryl Benson4 years ago in Fiction
Medusa
LEO’S JOURNEY Leo looks in the full length mirror on his closet door. He frowns at his shaggy blonde hair that is easy past time for a haircut and his over-sized hand-me-down clothes. 'At least the big clothes hide my fat body.' He thought to himself. 'If only something could hide this awful birthmark.' As he thought this he pulled at his hair trying to cover his eyes and left ear that were almost completely covered with the raspberry colored markings. Realizing he's done all he can, he sighs and walks away. As he walks out of his room, he steps on something squishy. He looks down to see sticky slime covering the bottom of his right shoe. Luckily the floors were hardwood here or mom would be furious. He looks to his right at his evil little sister's doorway. She stood there laughing.
By Brianna Smith4 years ago in Fiction
The Old couple
There was this elderly couple that retired and found a house in the country surrounded by woods and plains. They decided to escape to the country because they’ve lived full lives and felt nothing could replace the new-found excitement in their lives. Now their friends and neighbors were shocked as to them the couple had left in a rush and did not tell anyone. A few weeks before the sudden move the couple took a road trip to the countryside where they discovered a two-story farm house that no one was living in. They figured no one was living there because they knocked on the door and waited for minutes and as they were about to give up and leave the man fell slightly over as the cane he was using got stuck in a crack between the wooded porch and as he quickly grabbed the door to not fall it cracked open and he was amazed. He and his lady slowly walked into the house and it made sense because they were nervous about the fact that the whoever stayed there would leave their door open. In front of them were stairs and to the left was an opening to the kitchen and to the right was another room and the husband suggested that they split up and search the house because it was apparent that no one was there as it was eerily quiet in the house. The wife had watched too many movies and did not want to split up as she was afraid. They entered the room and discovered bookshelves, chandeliers, and tables. They were amazed at the collection of books and were attracted to the books as nothing else in the room mattered. They had to have been in the house for hours because books were piled onto the floor and they were close to the middle of the bookshelf and it was a book called “the great beyond” and as soon as it was pulled the wall across from them opened up and a circle of stairs headed down towards a dungeon of some kind appeared. They gravitated towards it and headed down. They came across this weird set up of a small table with a saw attached to it also with some instruments similar to cufflinks or handcuffs. They then saw a few jars with some kind of liquid in them and saw that is was something else in the jars. The husband hobbled to the table and grabbed a jar and opened it and poured the liquid out of it as his hand was too big to just simply grab the object out of the jar. And to their astonishment a little person dropped out. They glanced back at each other for a few seconds dazed and confused and he reached down using his cane and picked up the person. The man was small but not so small that he could fit in the palm of his hand. He was the size of a 6-year-old girls teddy bear. The liquid somehow froze the little man or whatever species it was as the couple never seen anything like him. After a few minutes the man/alien came to and tried to get away but didn’t have any energy to jump out of the guys hands. He then asked who they were and told them what he remembered about how he got there and that he described his captures. He also told them about the place he was from and explained how he got there. By the time he finished talking 5 minutes had passed by and he begin to disintegrate. But he explained that his kind could not adapt to the cold temperatures he was exposed too and that their body’s shut down after 5 minutes. So as the couple stood flabbergasted and looking around they noticed a book at the end of the other table that was in the room. In this book it had all kinds of directions and information on the little people and also potions and other things that the aliens could be used for. This was the best thing for the couple as their marriage had meaning again but at the cost of another type of life form. See they took the trip because they were tired of living and looking at each other but since discovering this place they had not once argued or said any condescending things to each other. Not knowing what happened to the person who wrote the book or had the house the woman grabbed the book and put it in her purse and the couple quickly rushed to get out the house and back to their home to study the book and come back at a later time. As they got to the top of the stairs and closed the bookcase they concluded that they would use this as their 2nd house. They got to their truck and was leaving when they began to notice a tear in the sky. They were witnessing a dimension tear where the dimension hold would send the little men through and the tear brought strong winds and rain. So, they ended up watching as to them the man was joyous but also terrified. As he ran into the house they knew he did not notice them and they decided to capture him.
By Damarquis tyler4 years ago in Fiction
The Queen's Move: How Garry Kasparov's Daughter Lives, Which the Chess Player Rejected Before Her Birth
In the west, the young artist Nika Neyelova is known as the heiress of an actress and a diplomat, but at home the girl is remembered as the child of love of Garry Kasparov and Marina Neyelova, who were shared by chess and another woman.
By Sahina Bano4 years ago in Fiction
