Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 11
Chapter 11 Thedaysleading up to hitting the _Twilight Promise_ were terrifying. Geist gaveme back my bosun title; I don't think she much trusted Itsuo anymore, and I guess I proved myself with the...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 10
Chapter 10 "Okay," Nola said, arms crossed. My metal arm lay across the desk behind her, plates removed so she could get at its guts and fix what I'd doubtless jarred loose throwing it against the wall...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 9
Chapter 9 I didn't die, of course. As the darkness of the ocean waves rushed up to meet me, the ship tilted drunkenly back toward port, and a powerful hand wrapped around my wrist and halted my descent. I...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 8
Chapter 8 True to her word, I spent the night in the bilges. She didn't bother tying me up--she knew she had me. I huddled against the slime-slicked wall of the bilges, cowering on the narrow steps just...
Donnant-Donnant
Rotor grumbled under his breath as he put away his latest failed experiment, a Bride of Frankenstein-esque robotic feline he had affectionately named "Ro-Becca". A sickly rattling within the robot's chest compartment as he wedged her into his storage...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Epilogue
Epilogue Adrianna Geist stared at the shadow on the horizon, watching it slowly grow against the settingsun like a tumor. She knew who was on that ship. She couldn't say how she knew, exactly, but she...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 12
Chapter 12 On February 20th, 1218 AV, two hours before sunset, we spotted her: the _Twilight Promise_, a single-mast sailing ship with two broadsides and a crew of doubtless veterans of the sea, at least...
Leaving Heaven (Spring Story Contest Entry)
Mosin drew his rain-slicked olive coat tighter around him as the filthy mid-March rain pelted his stocky frame. The roe deersquinted up as the miserable drizzle kissed his snout with its tainted moisture...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 7
Chapter 7 In October, Geist stopped postponing the inevitable and struck a slave ship. Nola and I were locked in our quarters, barred from the outside so we...
Second Chances - Chapter 28
My hands gripped the back of my neck so tightly, they shook. My nose wedged itself firmly into the crack of whatever book I had been trying to read through my clouded thoughts. This was too much. I couldn't believe I put the entire project onto...
Second Chances - Chapter 27
The darkness of my bedroom ceiling hung above me as I felt consciousness flow back through my body. A beam of sunlight split the dark field, and my eyes wandered down its path, until I hit the smallest sliver between my curtains which glowed like a...
Second Chances - Chapter 26
I sat in my desk and stared at the floor. Why was the universe punishing me? Out of everyone in that class, Jude had to be the one assigned to our big group project. Maybe he did it on purpose; he must have talked to the professor or something. My luck...