Termination Shock
_Scent of the earth,_ _touch of the light,_ _here, where colors collide,_ _this black hole ignites_ _my world in bloom._ _My world in bloom._ _In Bloom._ _~ Ne Obliviscaris - Devour Me, Colossus (Part I): Black Holes_ IN THE BEGINNING days and...
The Christmas Visit: Part 1
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Lot Lizard
Sammy nodded in time with the beat blasting from the walkman headphones pressed flush against the slick black scales of his head and into his reptilian earholes. He lay on his stomach, the soft cream-colored scales of his chest matching the off-white...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 10: Sea of Tranquility
Chapter Ten - Sea of Tranquility _That tall grass grows high and brown._ _Well, I dragged you straight in the muddy ground._ _And you sent me back to where I roam,_ _Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know._ _Oh, now I know._ _~ Gregory Alan...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 11: Letters Home (Epilogue)
Chapter Eleven - Letters Home (Epilogue) _Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline,_ _like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass._ _Was never much, but we've made the most._ _Welcome home._ _Peel the scars from off my back,_ _I don't...
Happy Halloween-cest
"We're going to have so much fun tonight..." Jennifer twirled the coiled telephone cord around her finger as she lay on the pink sheets of her bed, the receiver pressed flush against her long equine ear. She was wearing nothing but a pair of pink...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 2: The Skirmish at Sporting Hill
Chapter Two - The Skirmish at Sporting Hill _One was gentle, one was kind._ _One came home, one stayed behind._ _A cannonball don't pay no mind,_ _all on a beautiful morning._ _~ Chris Stapleton - Two Brothers_ June 29, 1863 Carlisle, Cumberland...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 1: Two Valleys
Chapter One - Two Valleys _From the bright sunny South to the war I was sent,_ _e'er the days of my boyhood I scarcely had spent._ _From its cool shady forests and deep flowing streams,_ _ever fond in my memory and sweet in my dreams._ _~ Alison...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 7: Panta Rhei
Chapter Seven - Panta Rhei _Crown of leaves, high in the window_ _on a gold morning._ _Young today,_ _old as the railroad tomorrow._ _Days are just drops in the river_ _to be lost, always._ _Only you, only you,_ _you know._ _~ Fleet Foxes -...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 6: Ghosts on the Ohio
Chapter Six - Ghosts on the Ohio _So God grant me speed and grant me forgiveness_ _and carry me all through the night._ _Take me through your hills and over your rivers,_ _away from this awful fight._ '_Cause I ain't never known a man who's ever...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 5: The Fen and the Fastness
Chapter Five - The Fen and the Fastness _There's smoke down by the river,_ _hear the cannon and the drums._ _Even if I die I've got to try,_ _can you run?_ _Can you run to the freedom line_ _of the Lincoln soldiers?_ _Where the contraband can be...
Blue and Gray - Chapter 4: Cataract
Chapter Four - Cataract Flynn floated on his back in an endless expanse of blue. His eyes were closed, but he could feel the luxurient warmth of the sun on his blue fur. With a smile on his face he was carried on by a slow, smooth current. He couldn't...