Outland: Chapter One I’m searching for something. I have no idea what it might be, but I’ll know when I find it. Until I do so, I can’t let anything distract me. Beep beep beep. The alarm broke through his dream, interrupting his visions of fields of infinite pineapples, swaying back and forth in theContinue reading “The Longest Day of the Year”
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A Trail of Iron
Hell to Pay: Chapter 12 Teivel awoke. It was dark outside, save the moonlight drifting down from the waxing moon, almost full. He felt the crusty dried blood on his arms. The ground was cold underneath him, and the trickling water played a calming tune in the background. Sitting up, he gazed into the tricklingContinue reading “A Trail of Iron”
Sodden Images
Hell to Pay: Chapter 11 The heat of the day was agonizing beneath his many layers and heavy pack. The tall grass grated against his hands and set them ablaze with tiny cuts up his wrists. He could see a large horse chestnut tree in the distance. Many of the five-leaved fronds adorned the ground, faded intoContinue reading “Sodden Images”
The Gift of Nature
Hell to Pay: Chapter 10 The sun burned at the fog that hugged the ground around him. Tievel’s cold feet sunk slightly into the matted grass and moist ground. He could feel each hair on his body stand up, and his teeth threatened to chatter against one another. The sun, still low in the sky,Continue reading “The Gift of Nature”
In The Direction of the Rising Sun
Hell to Pay: Chapter 9 The ground at the gate was slightly muddy and packed thoroughly, footprints filling every inch. There were no lights, no guards patrolling, only the sound of crickets slowly humming in the background. The faint light from the moon cast a pale glow over the camp. Teivel’s eyes watered as theyContinue reading “In The Direction of the Rising Sun”