Sometimes life echoes too loudly in the silence. The messy cacophony of joy, and pain, and love, and heartbreak, and a thousand other spirits in the maddening chorus echoing where there should be emptiness. Should be quiet. Should be you. Ethereal and unaware, existing in the realm of not-quite-dreams spun to life in the dark….
Daily Snippit: Other Fiction
There are some days that don’t fade towards five, but gallop madly through the hours, stirrups akimbo and eyes wild. Days when you look up in confusion at the mass migration of coworkers and try valiantly to remember if you’re on summer hours. Alas, your week is up. Dismount, untack, and walk your workday cool……
Daily Snippit: High/Second World Fantasy
There was something in the water, this time he was sure of it. Porval held the glass up to the light, swirling the flask counterclockwise and murmuring the words he’d pulled from the dusty tomes. Ah! The first flickers of light had barely registered before the water was full of the tiny shimmering forms. After…
Daily Snippit: High/Second World Fantasy
The day started like any other, and against all expectations it looked like it would end the same way. Odell sighed as she finished putting away the last of the cleaning supplies. While the small farm that supplied the inn was only a thin shadow of its rural counterparts, it was still enough work for…
Daily Snippit : Urban/Suburban Fantasy
Melody took to calling them the Super Friends, or the Avengers in her darker moods. She hummed theme songs at their unofficial gatherings and Danny once caught her sketching their spandex-clad alter egos. It wasn’t until she started outlining business cards and super-stationary that Carol finally clamped down. Staying unofficial meant safe flying and they…