Aramog Town
Chapter III The autumn equinox festival was about enjoying the prosperous summer, and maintaining a vibrant life despite the oncoming cooler weather. All sorts of harvests were being reaped and their winter fur coats...
The Border Post Stories
1. Farryn at the Border Post 660 words A stout candle flicked inside the stone room inside the northern outpost. All was quiet as the light casted enough to see with before retiring for the early night. Heraldic...
The Dragon Ravine
The weather was fair and serene without a single cloud in the light blue sky. Across the rolling green meadows, grasses bobbed and gently swayed from the stirring winds causing them to resemble ocean waves. High above...
Paradise
Part I - Paradise Journal entry: March 31st 'Walking home this evening, I had a spring in my step. The arrangements for my journey across the ocean had been finalized; and I haven't been this excited in a long time. I thanked my parents so many times...
Red Shift
A small dot in the deep cold of space was traveling closer to a large gaseous planet. The large planetary body wasn't its destination, but rather a jumping point to another planet's orbit. Only three systems had been colonized since the new "Age of...
Winter's Worth IV
In a mostly quiet room, a young man was sleeping with the early morning rays of sunlight peeking through the blinds. Covers were still folded underneath for the most part as his head rested on a large grey furred like pillow rising and falling with a...
Roen the Slave
"Sold to Mr. Pilsudski!" The announcer shouted over the podium. A panther was just sold at a modest $5,600 as he left the platform to another room to meet his new master. This was the typical scene at the small Auction Hall where buying would occur....
Return to Normalcy
Nate gave a quiet yawn before nestling back in the bed. He was partially under the covers with a leg swung out almost halfway over the edge. The spot he was in felt warm as he have a small stretch to help wake up. He looked around past the edge of the...
Beginning Memories
Karen woke with a stiff neck and quietly groaned starting to stir from her slumber. Falling asleep had been difficult enough with all this new found strife and barely having her head on the pillow didn't help. She looked down to her son who for the...
On the Frontier
Marcus sat down in the dusty ground, tired. Plowing a small field wasn't easy or fun for that matter without any oxen, horses, or field hands. Being so far out on the edge on the frontier meant going to the nearest market would take days on foot. He...
Repercussions
With a groan, Nate cracked his eyes opened to the sunlit room. The raccoon stretched only to recoil with a groan. Below his waist was the feeling of wrung out emptiness. Moving slowly at first, he only harbored a little tender soreness from earlier in...
Hibernia
Chapter I A wave crashed into the side of a small wooden ship sailing to the distant shore. The dark mystique blue rocked the vessel as it listed to and fro momentarily before leveling off again. It was a typical transport of the new era, that is the...