Jhuthi Rsi Ka Gana
Thousands of years ago, Medhavi was born a sage and looked on the world with wisdom. No sooner had he learned than he walked away from his family and into the rituals. He had no sooner...
Love is a mountain.
A callous wind beat furiously against Jessica's stiffening body as she fought against the blistering cold of the mountainside. Her body was shaking miserably and her eyes burned from the wind and the stinging surge of arabesque crystals that prodded...
Quietus: A Fairy Tale in Three Parts (1)
_Mistah Kurtz... He dead A penny for the old guy._ Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom Remember usâ€"if at allâ€"not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men. * * * Once upon a...
Morgan at the Grave
**I. Mercenaries** Morgan stared across the street that had become a battlefield and swallowed hard as he felt his chest tightening with apprehension. High powered projectiles fired across the street from behind downed, or parked vehicles or...
Just Desserts
Eric ran his fingers along the base of the young woman's ears and parted her hair slightly with his claws. A slick smile ran across the tall fox's lips as he looked down at the rabbit-girl's mouth sliding back and forth of the end of his length. This...
Chapter the Eleventh: Relations
_In my little town I never meant nothin' I was just my Father's Son. Saving my money, dreaming of glory, Twitching like the finger on the trigger of a gun._ **-Paul Simon, _"My Little Town"_** The wind blew a bit cooler, and the...
Draper's Cabin
**I. Central State Hospital** It was warm the night we chose to take a walk down to Draper's Cabin. I remember it was a strange sort of evening in the late fall. The leaves were curiously still thick on the trees and the moon hung slightly...
Chapter the Tenth: History
Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live, and gladly die. and laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: _Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from the...
Chapter the Ninth: Families
Yet when the sickness was sore in the land, And neither planets nor herbs assuaged, They took their lives in their lancet-hand And, oh, what a wonderful war they waged! Yes, when the crosses were chalked on the door- (Yes, when the terrible...
Chapter the Eighth: Sojourn
_With my hair slicked back with Carrion Shellac; With the blood from a pheasant and the bone from a hare Tied to the branches of a roebuch stag Left to wave in the timber like a buck-shot flag, Go away you Rainsnout. Go blow your brains out, ...
Chapter the Seventh: Ambitions
"The Mumgatu drove us out" the aging fox lamented, "They came in droves and attacked in erratic, and unheard of tactics. Their brutality is simply...unthinkable." Couric listened to his account of the war with the jungle tribes, and wondered at what...
Chapter the Sixth: Dreams
Brodry sighed deeply as he lay restlessly in the cool inn bed. He always was a little uneasy in these rooms. The locks were never secure, and you never know what manner of parasites the previous tenants may have left for you. A taper flickered on a...