Foreword/Synopsis
Backstory: Child of the Sands originally started out as a spur of the moment Role Play between myself and [...
The Cold and The Rain
Cold and The Rain "_I trusted you..."_ A voice whispered at the edge of my hearing, soft and sad. I was dreaming something strange, a twisted nightmare composed of cold expectations. "_I trusted you..."_ I was alone. Alone and cold in the rain....
Lone Wolves
KS: He was new to town, the kind of arrival that only draws attention in all the wrong circles. He had no wheels and little cash, but once you knew the gutters of one city, you knew the rest well enough. People don't change even when the sights do. ...
How it Ends.
What happened during that seance was not recorded, not by the two vessels who partook of it, nor any of the spirits who observed, and certainly not by Kalokin and Nikolak. What is known is that the ephemera of Nikolak reclaimed the seed of the lost and...
Velocity Raptor (Ch. 1)
"Well Kenneth, your vitals are strong and your blood pressure is optimal. Your muscles are in decent shape, which is surprising considering how many people atrophy their bodies by playing neurogames and gambling. You've got a healthy body fat ratio,...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 3)
As he lay on the sand, young Khaejiran's dreams were strange and chaotic. He watched scenes and happenings from a mercurial 1st person perspective as landscapes kaleidoscoped into each other with little regard to sanity, and the noise! He heard every...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 1)
The brown and tan striped wolf yawned, cracking his knuckles, stealing another glance towards the sky to see how far Solus had moved. His watch was over in two hours at Solset, when Solus sank beneath the horizon and Belluosus began his majestic ascent...
Reprieve (Ch. 10.5?)
Of course, there were still several hours to go until sundown, and Kalokin wouldn't need more than fifteen minutes to fetch a snack. No, this time was for him to sort his thoughts out, to get his mind in order. The last time he'd told this story, he'd...
Battle of the Gods (Creation Story)
In ages long past, when our planet was naught but a barren chunk of rock, the twin deities of Chaos and Order fought each other in the sky. Their battle was long and unwinnable, for they so evenly matched each other that neither could gain the victory...
Dry Eyes, Cold Hearts (Ch. 2)
Kage walked away from the fire pit with an odd sense of detachment. He recognized that, in two hours when Solus set and Belluosus dawned, he would begin a fight that could easily end with his death. Someone pressed a rough, flat edged stone into his...
Wayfinder's Journals (1)
Day 46 I can hardly believe my luck! Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be allowed access to the capitol itself. The grand city of Ocala surpasses all the legends I've heard, truly it is an oasis secreted away within the desert. I could...
An Epilogue
To those who've been waiting for months, and to those who've only recently found this story, I'm sorry to say that this is where it ends. Always, from the first word, down to the last period, I wrote this for Shouyousei Murasaki, and now that she...