“Strange things have been spoken, why does your heart speak strangely? The dream was marvelous but the terror was great; we must treasure the dream whatever the terror.”― N.K. Sandars, The Epic of Gilgamesh Syd had been bed ridden for months now, but she discovered that when she dreams she can travel to different worlds and fight …
Tag: fantasy
Staying Inside
“At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows and in and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars.”― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men After years of being trapped inside, Mari has taken to watching the small things. Sometimes an ant will wonder …
The River Bones
“And I will look down and see my murmuring bones and the deep water like wind, like a roof of wind, and after a long time they cannot distinguish even bones upon the lonely and inviolate sand.”― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Tristen has been dead for a long time, but he often liked to …
The Running Man
“Kendra stared out the side window of the SUV, watching foliage blur past. When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her."― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven As she drove, Marline noticed something out …
Emotional Morphing
“Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.”― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Freelance detectives, Don and Marissa, are members of a supernatural PI company. Based on her emotions, Marissa will morph into a different animal. In order to control this ability, she must feel content. Unfortunately for Marissa, she's an empath and feels …
The Fortune Teller
“Remember that misuse of language can lead to miscommunication, and that miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world.”― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale There was a fortune teller in town who everyone thought was a fake, but he was the real deal. He liked to be vague, or even …
Star Woman
“The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon”― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lindsey had always wanted to be a star. As an adult, she looked back on that childhood dream fondly, but …
The Worm
"Out—out are the lights—out all! And, over each quivering form,The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirmThat the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero, the Conqueror Worm."—Edgar Allan Poe, The Conqueror Worm The worm lived underground, as most worms do. But this one …
The New Kid
“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.”― Albert Camus, The Stranger No one else seemed to notice the transfer student except for Jackie. Jackie had always been friendly and wanted to greet the …
Strange Eyes
“Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.”― Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jamie is always thinking about something. His mind has never been "quiet" for as long as he can remember. He …
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