Ragnarok - XIV
Varr broke the silence first. "You saw him, then. Our lord is yet alive. I had not dared To think the question, lest I should answer. But the Old Man lives yet. So lives our strength." Shane muttered quietly "Not he alone." And when they looked at...
Ragnarok - XIII
Where once the yearly snowmelt flood had carved A narrow serpentine defile, that poured Itself onto the plains until there was No more snow left to melt, now were there walls And roof, rough hewn and roughly thrown into A rude, windowless,...
Ragnarok - XII
Somewhere it was sunset. On the hills The last refractions of the scarlet sun Licked at the upper edges, like a flame About to catch on paper, but below All now was more than darkness, as the bars Crossed cruciform around a lantern wick Grow...
Ragnarok - XI
Somewhere it was after midnight, when The long hours of the morning stretch ahead Sideways, so that they wider grow and can Contain more night and not take up more time. Somewhere a boxer wandered in his dreams Down streets abandoned, over bridges...
Ragnarok - X
Like a gazebo in an empty park-- Where silent is the playground, where the paths No longer feel the tread of shoes or hear The jangle of the collar and the leash, Where wild and weedy tend the lawns, and trees Grow forestlike and rough--where once...
Ragnarok - IX
Somewhere dusk was settling. The air Was stirring gently as one sleep deprived Whose body yearns so much to dream that it Rebels, and tries to slumber standing up Whenever and wherever mind and will Relax their vigilance. It moved the grass Upon...
Ragnarok - VIII
The dawn above the east was solid light From edge to edge. If all the sky were one Piece of soft paper, dipped into a cup Of melted luminescence, that light crept Up it by capillary tug, spread out Neon infection through the fiber sheet, Just so...
Aspire Arcadia: Chapter 5: Farewell
Juniper and Patch were welcomed back with bursts of cheers and applause. All of the pirates had gathered there, drinks and all, to celebrate the completion of their final exam and their graduation from training. Captain Keira waited on the upper deck...
Aspire Arcadia: Chapter 4: Training
The next morning, Patch woke up to the sound of restless crickets chirping outside of his window. Thunder rumbled quietly outside as rain steadily knocked against the glass. Juniper laid beside him, having crawled from her bed in the middle of the...
Aspire Arcadia: Chapter 2: If You Could Be Free...
It was surreal. Just that morning, Patch had received his first sword as a birthday gift from his parents. The idea of going off on his own had occurred to him from time to time, but was never so real... so serious as it was that night. He would have...
Aspire Arcadia: Chapter 1: Are You Ready?
"Are you rabid? Kid?" One of the wolves asked, slowly walking towards him, "do you have a death wish or something?" "Seriously kid, get lost or we'll put some hurtin' on ya," the other warned, glancing at his sword. Patch glanced discretely at the...
Aspire Arcadia: Introduction
"Almost there," Patch whispered to himself as he stepped over a fallen log. The dense forest around him was alive with insects and birds, but not much else. He crossed out of the shade of the forest and into an opening, where the rays from the sun were...