Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 51
51 The meat exploded into a chaotic frenzy of noise. Truth be told, Banno had almost forgotten they were there, but now they were screaming for blood. "The Foxes did this!?" "Unacceptable!" "It's just like Shekka-Kai said! It's a curse! A...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 62
62 Mother and Father had all their things packed up and ready to go in less than a minute, and now all four of them stood by the door, awkwardly wondering what to say, what to do, how to act. They were still waiting. Even as it was happening, they...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 61
61 "You're not coming with me!" "My sons are out there, Michael! And in case you've forgotten, one of them is yours!" "Oh now hold on just a second! You can't just- Oh that is quite- Argh!" Sarah was being quite unreasonable, which was rather odd,...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 60
60 Lonin felt like he was standing right in the middle of the eye of the storm, a single spot of calm in a sea of chaos. "Where the hell is my coat!?" Nicholas yelled, tearing cushions off the couch and tossing them to the floor...
Changing Larvesta
A short story that i wrote for the "changing seasons" contest on agn.ph, and is also my first clean story, when i think about it. a larvesta makes a long journey, heading out on a trip that his kind has made for countless generations. days pass.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 101
101 The stone was heavy in Jonah's hands. He knew what he had to do with it, but... it wasn't that simple. _Yes it is, you bloody coward. You just have to put it down. So just do it and get it done. Time is ticking away._ Yeah. Just 'put it down'....
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 100
100 Ander slowly started to rise, a loose coil of rope still dangling from his hand. It felt like he was caught in a terrible dream where everything came to pass at only half the speed, like he was stuck deep underwater and had to fight and push with...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 117
117 She didn't think it would be this hard. The pathway stretched before her, bordered on both sides by rows of tents, turning it into an endless hallway. The ceiling was a black, starless sky and the walls were broken by innumerable gaps and...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 115
115 The firewood was stacked so high in Kiana's arms that she had to lean to the side just to see where she was going. The splintery edges snagged at her dress and dug painfully into her aching arms, but she didn't mind. There was a lot of work to be...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 120
120 Most of these tents had already been ransacked. Bit of an extreme choice of words, perhaps, but fairly accurate. They were stripped completely bare and for some reason reminded Kiana of barren market stalls at midnight; just a line of...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 119
119 _I have to help, I_ know _I can help..._ It was beginning to turn into a kind of obsession. Kiana knew this perfectly well, but she couldn't let it go, and neither could she turn back. She had to finish this. There was simply no other way. The...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 118
118 Kiana didn't look it, but she was reeling on the inside. Too much had happened in too short a time. The horror in the pass, Banno, Shekka, Hezzi... each one was enough to shatter her heart all by themselves and leave her a blubbering infirm, but...