Monthly Archives: March 2014
Part Eleven
While Medowin slept, and Laila kept house, Nine Trees went outside to the yard, to help with chores, a way to keep busy, and to help Laila, who still had her life to attend to, and had no intention of … Continue reading
Fading
“Every day which isn’t a day but is occasionally a week I find that it’s coming undone. Bit by bit because it’s like it’s further away for some of them,” the girl says, looking at her hands. “Claire, sweetheart,” the … Continue reading
Deficit
The hollow inside him cannot be filled with the food in front of him, nor the drink. He sits alone in the restaurant, fingers at the stem of the glass, then palm cupping the bowl. When he lifts it to … Continue reading
Stitch
The pain in her side was sudden, a sharp and toothsome thing that dug in and held, without any intention of going anywhere else. It spread wings within her spine, and its talons slowly encircled her heart, and began to … Continue reading
Return 6
We tried to wake it, but it would not rouse. Bloodless, it seemed like stone. All of its color had poured into the water, and cleared it, giving the pool life, giving us life. The Captain named the place ‘Songfall’, … Continue reading