Category: Fiction – 14th Edition

  • Guardian Angel

    Content Warning: Violence It was a warm midsummer night, and Elijah lay sleepless in his half-empty bed. Accepting the fact that he wouldn’t be asleep anytime soon, he shifted the blankets off him and stood, the wood floor cold on his feet. He opened the window beside him, gazing into the miles of tall grass…

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  • A Diary On the Eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field – Sunday, August 21, 1485

    I never meant to reign King. Should I fall tomorrow, this will not be the tragedy of Richard III, but the story of how two brothers of York, squandered our father’s dynasty, and how I, the third, tried valiantly to save it. That cloud of Tudor that hung over our house had retreated into the…

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  • Lavender Sky

    “It takes me by surprise, sometimes.” “Whatcha talking about?” “The sunrise here. It’s so different.” Aaron gestured out, hand waving toward the red grass around them and the twin moons that could barely be seen across the horizon as the sky lit up in a vibrant splash of lavender.  Dern nodded, and leaned comfortably against…

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  • The Church of the Golden Arches

    Mona walked through the abandoned street. The road was grey and faded – huge chunks broke off from the large asphalt islands. Husks surrounded her – places called “Gas Stations” and “Convenient Stores” were sprinkled throughout the street. The buildings were not alone on this road: large trees bellowed without a single leaf upon them.…

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