The Long and Terrible Journey of the Very Great Fighter – Bill Davidson

In the bloodied histories of the Church of the Penitent God, there have been many great fighters. Consider for a moment a warrior monk at prayer; he has fallen on one knee, head bowed and eyes closed, a humble supplicant wearing crimson armour. His fingers reach to graze the hilt of the sword thrust into the ground before him, ready to rise and do battle in the service of his God.

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February 28, 2019 0

The Liberation of Shuna – Sue Nicholls

The Shunam crouched inside the mouth of a fissure and watched two climbers scramble up the rock face to his right. A man and a woman. The Shuman’s body shivered with glee. This woman was the One he had been waiting for. Her yellow hair, tied into a knot, and her pale face, smattered with small brownish marks, were identical to the picture, its detail and form beyond the ability of any Shunam, that had appeared on the wall of the sacred Mindron Temple.

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February 21, 2019 0

Tick tock – Fernando Autran

Tick tock, the clock goes, over and over again. It never stops, never ceases, in the realm of gears. It is the central rhythm in the mechanical melody of the clock tower. It makes all the pieces dance in harmony. It raises from the great engine, filling everything with its inexorable tone. The song that defines the existence of the gears, and makes sure that they keep the great machine alive as it travels through the land of the manufactured in its massive tracks. Continue reading “Tick tock – Fernando Autran” →

February 14, 2019 0

Emerging Worlds – By MJ Fouldes

The fight for soul & torturous pain,

Emerges wild on thunderous plains

of star-fields making brand new worlds.

Dirty snowballs, shining pearls.

Rocks in space, giants of gas

Icy moons that shine like glass.

Yet… and yet… and yet… nothing calculated the beauty of you.

The laws of chaos created a wildly, wilful, flexible film of existence

& THIS is where YOU dance.

This alien world – this ailing world,

This world which IS you.

Hostile to all but the most persistent of beings.

Heck, that’s why I adore you.

You weren’t made to be easily loved

& yet I do.

For infinity.

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February 7, 2019 0

Postcard from John – David Daigneault

John is sitting in front of the window, staring down at the stained front of his sweatpants. The stain doesn’t concern him really. He can’t remember how it got there or even what it is from. He is tired and feels like leaving. His neck starts to hurt from looking down. So he looks up. Continue reading “Postcard from John – David Daigneault” →

January 31, 2019 0

A Thousand Mouths – Alexander Olson

The little nugget of money that was left went to my father. I inherited a large trunk of my grandfather’s books, notes and scribbles. I was in my twenties when he disappeared. Most everyone assumed he had taken his sailboat out on a final, symbolic trip and never returned. I did not believe that; a mere week before his disappearing act, my grandfather visited me. He knew, of course, that I had worshipped him for much of my life, and that I lusted to accomplish half of what he had. That was when he gave me the trunk. He said very little, only that he knew I liked to read, unlike my father, and that he was getting old, going toward what he called the “beams of golden light”. He patted me on the shoulder, and then vanished a week later. Continue reading “A Thousand Mouths – Alexander Olson” →

January 24, 2019 0