Poem: Moon's Prayer
Beautiful moon in the starless sky With darkness all around Lonely moon floating by When earth has no sound All will dream when you are out And know you give them light When there are monsters, fear and doubt Your love will be most...
Return of Nightmares
A couple of weeks have passed since I attended the Grand Galloping Gala for the first time and things have been absolutely wonderful with my friends in Equestria. However, early into May, something bizarre occurred when I woke up in Fluttershy's...
The Moon Didn't Lie (Otherwise Untitled)
~ The cold wind filled the calm night with a mixture of rustling leaves and swaying branches as the groans of the car's engine settling into the ambient temperatures dwindled to faint creaks. The dragon clutched his arms tightly to his chest as he...
Aquata Cove - Chapter 17
Aquata CoveChapter 17: Mermaid Chorus Equipped with his trident, shoulder shells with the shark teeth cross-belts on his upper body, shell-kelp band around his head, Merrick and Adam walk to the small cliff over at the beach, under the night sky. His...
Poetry I
_Death was our beginning_ _And so death will be our end_ _Under the crescent moon_ _A signed duel taken at the crossroad_ _Drawn in blood_ _Our final price will take place at dawn_ _With the devils breath inhaled_ _We show our final forms_ _And...
MoonDust, Chapter 31
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 31 ROADSIDE ATTRACTION The Armor Corps sergeant knelt, studying the dusty ruts left by a group of vehicles. Two sets of track diverged here, one heading into a steep-walled canyon on the left,...
MoonDust, Chapter 30
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 30 SHADES OF GRAY The new members of Sergeant Lauren Porter's squad received a motley assortment of scavenged armor and equipment. Imogene was glad she only needed a new rifle. Poorly fitted...
MoonDust, Chapter 35
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 35 SACRED DUTY Waiting was the hardest part of any plan. They'd picked oh-two-hundred hours to launch their assault, but shortly after midnight the door rasped open. Startled out of her...
MoonDust, Chapter 33
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 33 RETURN An abandoned rifle lay in the dust, but Imogene didn't dare stop walking to retrieve it. Colonel Bychkov and one of her men with a sniper rifle were watching from the rim of Borda's...
MoonDust, Chapter 32
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 32 FRIENDS, RODENTS, COUNTRYMEN Less than an hour after the colonel left them, the cargo compartment's already dim lights went dark. They were too far away for the blinding white flash of the...
MoonDust, Chapter 34
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 34 SOLDIER GRAY They'd been given a stack of field rations at what Imogene's stomach said was dinner time. But that was hours ago, and neither Bruce nor Aaron had returned. Imogene gnawed a...
The Forest
A city just like any other - barely more than a town in the eyes of most people: there were no great landmarks, no real nightlife (this place was surely a city that _did_sleep), neither the home nor the birthplace of any famous people, never a major...