A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 1: Ayrlon Weeps
Thal'rin Cyos, the leader of the city of Meldohv Syredel, bowed his head in silence. His hands were clasped under his snout and his wings were tucked behind his back. In front of him was a platter of pastries, but he had lost his appetite. So, instead,...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 3: Rebirth
Vincent was vaguely aware of warmth spreading across his chest, accentuated by gusts of bitter cold. The driver's seat began to phase out of existence, as if it were being dissolved by invisible acid. He was barely conscious of what was happening: he...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 2: Stalker
“Yo, Vaycon, you ready?" Vincent stared out the window. His mind was stalled like a rusted engine. “Vaycon." Marty's voice came in through his headset. “Oh what?" Vincent asked, snapping out of his daze. He turned back to his computer monitor....
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 13: Lucid
_“December 16, 2015 (I think.)_ _Got little sleep last night. Xalix didn't wake me. The silence did, I think. Silence and memories. Not sure. It's strange for the voices to be this quiet. The phantoms and the psychosis usually come and go, but the...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 6: What Do I Do Now?
“Shit!” Vincent turned on the spot and stumbled down the path, clinging to the trees. He repeated the expletive several times. _ **“What was it speaking, Spanish?”** _ Dave asked. “Holy shit, we are not in Mexico, Dave!” Vincent said, “That wasn’t...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 20: The Devourer
They both climbed up the hill. Vincent's claws dug into the sod and pulled him upward. _Thwack, thwack, thwack_... The wet slapping grew louder as they neared the top. Slade scaled the climb much faster than he did. In fact, her movements reminded...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 18: Storm
_Where am I?_ Cigarette butts and discarded cans of soda littered the city streets. The sweltering summer heat chased everybody into their homes and to the nearest swimming pools. A kid ran onto the asphalt barefoot, then immediately jumped into some...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 17: Captured
Vincent immediately knew he was asleep and the world he was seeing was a dream. He knew this because he found himself staring at a clock whose numbers were scrambled and detached from its surface. It read T:58 P.M. ESZT. _No such time zone exists,_ he...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 4: New World, New Body.
It was impossible to tell how much time had passed before he awoke again. No longer was he floating in a void without dimension or substance. He was lying face down on a solid surface, unable to move. His limbs felt too heavy to control, too awkward...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 7:
When he awoke, it took a few moments for him to remember where he was and what had happened to him. A migraine throbbed in his skull and a few leaves stuck to his cheek with coagulated blood. Groaning in discomfort, he sat up and touched his hand to...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 21: Teramin
Slade groaned as she woke back up. Without saying anything, she dug through the bags on Holan’s flanks until she found a canteen. She seemed to drink from it for a full minute before stopping. “Are they dead?” she croaked. He looked up at her, then...
A Chronicle of Lies - Chapter 10: Where You Entered...
Every new day in the new world was like waking into a beautiful form of torment. The mornings would start as they used to back on Earth, with the voices awakening him with their greetings. He would get up; look around in disbelief as he found himself...