The Academy - On The Mountain
I pulled out the map we had been handed and flattened it out on a large boulder. The two points were highlighted, but there were no trails marked. The only indicated...
Meleagris by Alpha Wolfio
There is a country with the same name as a type of meat and an animal. Do you know what it is? You eat it on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or every day for lunch. What is it? It is a country that used to be the Byzantine Empire. What are you...
Draven's Story: Memory 2
The courts of Alden Academy were a frenzy of squeaking sneakers across polished floors and shuttles rocketing through the air after a swing of an arm and a resounding bang. An old coach watched a group of students wisely from the back of a court while...
Terms and Conditions
_without telling me, the bird gives me one thick album from his desk drawer. i was a little puzzled, but he encourages me, softly:_ "come on. have a look, if you please." _on the cover, we could read, written in gold: husbando yearbook.
Suddenly
Suddenly: "Adrenaline inducing, testosterone filled, dangerous, stupid, illicit, loud, these are all a few words that sum up how I ruined my life." "It's not surprising really, if you're a nobody and you're good; you attract attention. Usually it's...
The Tengu's Forest
The bird fluffed his robes a few times showing off a knife that was sheathed in his silk belt.
Summer Rains
The fox won't trot, the bun won't hop nor birds chirp gleefully. the clouds release their ashen haul to make the sky a sea. a nest, a den, or burrow found inside a hidden glen. seek shelter from this wash until the sky has fallen.
Black, Green, and Yellow
The bird hopped up. desdemona finished her glass of water, and stood up with him. "do you guys need a ride?" ash asked, going to stand up. "we're good!" desi said, rushing to get it out before noah could speak.
The heron
Intermediate Sponsorship
I didn't go back to the court for a few days after that. I didn't want to look at any of them. I felt awful, and I didn't really want to be reminded of Garet glaring at me, or the others watching me, or Catherine storming by without even looking at...
Song of the Space Finch part 1 of 4
He was a steadfast bird and careful with his judgments; a good bird to talk to. i nodded, the foreign gesture had long since been adopted by finches. i looked around for dave's eldest offspring, just starting his fledging period. "where's jimmy?"
Benefits of Additional Training
It was almost a surprise when the others started showing up again. Catherine and I had been playing together for a good two and a half months, almost every evening. In January, things kind of slowed down a bit as Catherine tried out for her school's...