Taylor Amerson

I love writing short fiction, given the short time frame and limited characters. Keep in mind, everything I write is in the same world and the same time, just separated by geography. Far in the future, humanity has fallen back to the Iron Age.

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Taylor Amerson

Writings

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Finished

Taylor Amerson

1 min read

Abraham’s hands hurt. His feet hurt. The burning sun made his skin hurt. The axe in his hands felt natural, but he was aware of how tired everything made him. The tree was almost ready to fall as he took a break and wiped his forehead with one sleeve. He looked over to another man who stood nearby and gestured to the two-man saw leaning on another tree.

They began to saw at the back, using th...

Adventure

Fantasy

Hold On Tight

Taylor Amerson

1 min read

I held her hand tight, and I wasn’t ever letting go, though it may mean my own demise. We walked together into the street, revealing our courtship which was scaldalous and all but forbidden, but we cared not. The heart, as they say, wants what it wants.

We received glares from passers by and let them roll off our backs as the rain does a duck’s. We only had eyes for each other and hardly notice...

Thriller

Action

Holding On Hope

Taylor Amerson

1 min read

I prayed that this was one of my smaller mistakes as I stood at the edge of the rushing stream watching the furious water carve at the shore. Sand and dirt began to cave in around the flow and stranded me on a small island in the middle of the stream after it had carved out a new course and destroyed my only avenue for escape.

Across the water, an ancient rusted automobile sunk as the earth colla...

Thriller

Not a Clue

Taylor Amerson

4 min read

Leah mounted the stairs in front of the great mansion timidly, unsure if she belonged at this gathering of the affluent. She knew that the Duke was descended from the original wonders of the estate and that the house had survived the centuries since; it was a castle in all but name and stood as a monument to the old civilization. The imposing entry stood before her like a sentinel from the ancie...

Action

Thriller

The Valley Chapel

Taylor Amerson

2 min read

Luke descended from the mountain, carefully picking his way over the near-vertical slope. Spread across the valley below, hidden in the trees was an ancient city, once a vast metropolis but now nothing but a ruin. A lone stone steeple pierced the canopy as if to proclaim “I am Ozymandias” to the world.

Slipping down the loose earth, Luke reached the bottom where the terrain leveled out and he co...

Action

Adventure

Birds Circling

Taylor Amerson

2 min read

The birds circled overhead. Great ugly vultures which served as nature’s janitors. Aside from showing where an animal had been recently killed, they cleaned up the carcass and prevented the spread of disease. Darius watched them, intent on avoiding their feast in case there were still predators lurking nearby. As he scouted the countryside in the hot sun, his dark skin dripping with sweat, he ...

Adventure

Action

Here be Monsters

Taylor Amerson

1 min read

I picked up a shell, swirled and conical, and examined it for a moment before tossing it into the surf and walking on along the beach. The ocean often turned up these treasures for our amazement, but in its depths it held old and dangerous secrets. It has been long since anybody has ventured to cross the great water, and people rarely even ventured further than the fishing waters. There was a f...

Adventure

The Soul’s Mausoleum

Taylor Amerson

2 min read

Darkness envelopes Morwen as she walks over the bodies. She knew he was one of them, but there was no way to tell until she found him. A mop of brown hair was spotted, lifted, and returned as she moved through the carnage. Her dress dragged over the bodies, getting soaked in mud and blood from the battlefield. Her pitiful candle wavered in the gloom and threatened to extinguish itself in many ...

Adventure

Fantasy

Gone

Taylor Amerson

1 min read

Lloyd sat and wept softly, afraid to show his grief lest he become an object of ridicule. His peers mingled around him as he sat in his solitary corner with only his thoughts, unconscious of the people gathered to mourn.

She had been his world. His light. His life. Time seemed to have stopped to allow him to feel the pain of losing her again and again. The only way to break the cycle was un...

Adventure

Fantasy

My Race Is Run

Taylor Amerson

3 min read

“Rain’s coming,” Henry said as he shuttered the windows and turned back to the room. A candle flickered on the table sending a thin white line of smoke upwards to the rafters. Nobody was there to hear his words.

He moved across to an archway which led to another room, but the next room was empty as well. He took no notice of the room as he traversed its length to poke at the small fire in the h...

Fantasy

Romance