In a desperate attempt to stay awake, I pulled out my phone and started checking my mail for the millionth time since I got to the station. The dawn was just breaking and the dusty old platform slowly lit up in golden light. Shivering from the cold, I stuffed my phone back into my pocket [...]
With a loud sigh, he opened the door and entered the hallway. The test was barely an hour away. Just enough time to grab breakfast from the cafeteria. Dreading the exam, he slowly made his way through the hallway, unaware of the commotion around him. The sharp pain in his chest was accompanied by a [...]
I reach out to you but you’re not there. In some vague corner of my mind, I remember you telling me you would have to leave early today. I sit up, trying to get the sleep out of my eyes. The blinking lights of the neon clock tells me I am late, again. I drag [...]
It was a loud, resounding scream right outside his foundry, that brought him out of his meditation. Once he was aware of his surroundings, he realized that the scream was not a solitary one. The sight that greeted him as he stepped outside was a startling one. Many houses and shops were burning. People were [...]
“Psst! Come with me. There is something I want to show you.“ It was still dawn and the sun hasn’t yet risen. They crept slowly through the shadowy woods, taking extreme care not to make any noise. The younger one started getting anxious. “You know we are not allowed to go this deep into the [...]
The guard paused to stifle a yawn. He thought it ironic that someone like his master would need guarding, and in the several years of his service, there has been no major disturbances. Yet, he maintained contsant vigil. He nodded to his partner as they passed each other on the patrol. There was plenty of [...]
It was the smoke that led him to that place. His view was blocked by the towering trees, but the acrid smell of burning flesh told him that something was terribly wrong. He broke into a run. The sight that met his eyes was ghastly. The long, serpentile form of a majestic, green dragon lay [...]
The magical energies crackled around him, tearing into the very fiber of his being. The pain was unbearable, beyond all human limits, and with every passing moment, his mortality slipped away as the magical energies reformed his body. Solid white energy flowed from the twin diamonds, impaling his body, and then diffusing into it, hardening [...]
They were too busy playing with their wooden swords to notice the thundering hooves. In their childish make-believe world, they were valiant knights fighting for the hand of the fair lady. A feint, a parry, a thrust – the battle raged on. They were evenly matched, with skills disproportionate to their age. Until one of [...]
I have to put the tournament on hold since I do not yet have a clear “bigger picture” for the story. Also, the pressure of having to concentrate on this is causing all my blogging to suffer. Hence, I shall put this on the “thinking rack” till I have a credible story to build this [...]