I had been ambushed on my picnic, at least that’s what I deduced. The last thing I remember is leaning over to take something out of the cooler. My head throbbed, looks like I got hit in the back of my head. It was utterly dark, so I tried moving. They bound my ankles and wrists, and gagged me. Charming people, obviously. I sighed. Looks like I’ll have to call for back up. Again.

Ahh well. Remembe...

As a child, the village elders would gather us around the rest days bonfire, all of us tired from running in the fields or helping the farms. Then they would take out long rolls of a substance and tell to us magnificent tales: valiant soldiers and damsels in distress, legendary monstrosities, and numerous others. I never understood what was on that roll, nor did I ever get to see those long rolls ...

Ahh yes. Chess. The game for masterminds and genius’. It’s tricky, establishing moves and predicting your opponents steps. But it’s a game I will continue to play whether I shall like it or not.

The world, my world, is a chess board and the people I include in it are my pieces. Such it has been and always shall be. I stared at my pearl and obsidian plated chess board, one of the many heirlooms of ...

One. Singular, like the sun.

Always in the center stage light,

On the top never giving up a fight,

Histories greatest triumphs, remembered

And sung with praise of the highest

Two. Doubles, reflections in mirrors,

Always in the shadows,

Hidden from those who suppose they see everything

Forever doomed second rate,

Stuck behind the gate of second place,

Doomed to be forgotten by time

Three. Marve...

Creaking chair and worn wooden desk,

Papers strewn across its hidden curves,

A collared man sits at it, head in his ink stained hands,

Weary from his days story spinning,

They wanted more, so they got more,

But at what expense?

His head hurt, his hands ached,

And he was running out of words

Thousands of words in the English language,

Yet he could not find a single one that was right,

27 success...

Little Amy clambered onto her parents bed anxiously waiting for her mom to get out of the shower.

The woman arrived clad in her fuzzy bath robe and slippers.

The girls eyes brightened, “Can you read the story again? Please please please!”

Her mother smiled, “Alright.” Grabbing a book with a sequined cover off the nightstand, she leaned into the wall of pillows against the head board and waited fo...

I felt bare, skinless,

Like the nomads that once roamed the earth,

The ones that followed the rapid changes of the lands,

My ancestors, from the earth and through my blood,

Today is the day I receive you and you receive me,

Blood of my blood, bones of my bones,

Let me return to the dirt and atone,

For all the aches and pains that I have caused to be,

Let the lands flourish and flood,

While I am ...

I decided to take a relaxing day from my apprenticeship at the apocothary. I walked to my favorite spot in the woods, a small ledge where the sunset was always lovely to watch. While climbing up the last rocky part I froze. A large wolf with a shaggy white coat stood and stared at me. My eyes widened and I too, stopped moving. We stared at each other; I dared not move. I didn’t know if these were ...

Walking through a crowd,

Full of faces, all talking loud,

Yet none will realize that all wear masks

That girl in the corner,

She seems all bubbly and pink,

Contrary to what you think,

She is a mourner,

Dressed in black

See that figure, red haired lurking,

He intimidates all that near,

Hiding behind a carefully crafted mask of fear,

Instead when he is simply working,

How to finish school

We all ...

They say it glowed bright,

Like a gold coin under light,

A blazing yellow to contrast the blue sky,

Where all the birds would fly,

Now fifteen years have passed,

Each longer than the last,

And still I have yet to see,

The wonder that all have told me,

Of the warm sun, flaming ray,

In the stead of the harsh gray

That now shadows the world,

I wish for that one glimpse,

Of the star that once graced...