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The sorcerer stood on the edge of the rock, overlooking the Slovean Sea. He gestured his hand in a swift, sharp motion, which aroused the raging waves of water.
My first story. Written in the bathroom. Based on a half-remembered dream, inspired by soldiers who have spent their lives serving our country and cannot adjust back to a regular life.
Winter's song has played so long It's lulling me to sleep Bury me in wool and feather blankets Six feet deep Ashes to ashes Dust to dust The year is at its end Praying for an early spring So I can...
Down the street Dogs barking In my own home the musky smell of My wife and daughter between And their breaths steady in and Out in chorus told me They had deep dreams I dreamt with them, yet I...
Chapter 7: Ghost ship The ship was a sorry sight. The back half was burned and blackened. A light layer of ash covered everything like a gray deadly layer of snow.
I was stuck. The metal mesh above the fireplace was stopping my miraculous escape for the now burning house that used to be my own. I panicked. Smoke was filling up my lungs.
Chapter 6: Fire I awoke coughing,and to the smell of something burning.
Mel opens her eyes to night sky, all her memories of pain gone for the moment. But then they rush back, trying to kill her on the inside, so that they can have her body of sticks and stones.
I heard their voices coming closer, not long now. I needed a way out. Fast.
Chapter 5: slave The ship was beautiful,the wood was smooth and glossy with small gold designs.
Chapter 3 For days and days me and Kay were dragged around from port to port. My wrists where slick with blood and stung,at first I would cry but I got used to the pain.
CHAPTER 2 : Kay I awoke sitting against a wall. It was cold out with only my shift on,I fingered the bloody stain on my gown the only thing reminding me of Teresa.
Lilly screamed, for in that instant she though she was blind being brought back to reality in complete darkness. But it all came back to her like a powerful wave destroying a beach.
Lilly's eyes flew open, and in a second she felt that something was definitely unmistakably wrong. Her father was no longer among her presence in the front seat.
“It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being...
But for all scientists and statisticians now know of freezing and its physiology, no one can yet predict exactly how quickly and in whom hypothermia will strike -and whether it will kill when it does.
The wind rushed through my hair. I could feel my heart, and it felt like it was racing to get out. My head was dizzy and I was about to lose all hope.
"Here i am again, head full of hectic, once again so easily i forget this, my face has eroded from the tears over all these years , feel my presence in my entrance, hallow to all surroundings, and...
I entered the cage meant for an animal, Carved my sentence with a nail on the wall, Lived by a sea, played roulette, Dined with Devil-knows-who in a tux.
A tribal king had a close friend with whom he grew up.
I open my eyes, the darkness surrender me, am laying down, trap in some confine space, I can hardly move my limbs, I can hardly breath, I start searching for away out, I start to sweat and breathe...
14 I waken this morning, toes and fingers numb, emptiness in my stomach and congestion in my chest. My neck is tight and back sore.
Is dark and the stars are cover by a dark mantle hiding their light, the mighty and royal sea is at war with the man's vessel, with every wave the ship rocks violently, with every thunder and...
"They were right about you" she said , while smashing the glass vase that was on the table !!. " you are cold !!.