Many say that spring is the time when life is born again, when flowers blossom from the eaves with leaves like the wings of phoenixes. For me, however, it is summer. Summer, when the glossy waters of high solstice shimmer like angelic dew.…
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Pieces
To quote the famous Thucydides: “The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.” I believe this quote is very befitting for the story I’m about to tell, for it holds…
Well. Blooming crystals axiom breaking, shatterwaves folding in and over themselves Iwantyou. Crystallising ozone layer forming dewdrop artificial. The wave toppled over itself and it said to the star, I want you. And now I’m phoenished…
Volume 8, Issue 3
Dispatch and Correspondence
Bucharest, Romania Bullets fly as vampiric menace attacks Romanian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Bucharest.
Volume 8, Issue 3
The Karnival of Seraphic Knights
A knight must be respectful, selfless, open, devoted, and, above all, they must exude excellence.
Volume 8, Issue 3
Be Purple
The old cop enjoyed driving Turtle Pond Parkway in the fall but not today, not with traffic bunged up and the sun sparking a glare across his windshield…
Volume 8, Issue 3
Spine
Torquil reached out a hand towards the bookcase, to a book on the middle shelf, and slowly ran an index finger down its spine, pausing on the embossed…
I think the sun cracked my helmet. Not shattered—just a hairline, right across the top of my visor. I can’t tell if it’s new or if it’s been there since the crash. I think that was a few hours ago now. Either way, the light’s getting in.…
The sun’s rays finally peeked over the horizon after a long and freezing night. The weak light it emitted urged her to finally poke her head out of the ground. She squinted her eyes and looked at her surroundings. Things were the same as…
