Category: fiction
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A Zero Year?
Think imma not blog this year. It’s enough stuff sitting unread / uncommented on. Stuff i didnt promote n whatever. Got other ish to write n figure out. This yr went from ok to tf real quick on me. So go read something then say something There is plenty here and there (link below)OriginalbyDOndria.tumblr.com D.…
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An extended version of…
Original Version here: https://outwriterandom.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/142/ Ryan took a deep breath, which wasn’t easy in a dust filled tomb that somehow managed to keep a defiant amount of humidity in spite of being squarely located in the middle of the desert. Labored breaths of the crew created rhythmic hissing sounds in the space. The scraping from the…
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Ryan took as deep of a breath as was possible in a dust filled tomb that managed to keep a defiant amount of humidity in spite of being squarely located in the middle of the desert. Labored breaths of the crew created a hissing sound in the space. The scraping drag of a few tools…
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Gyah stood at the gates of her ancestral homeland with her grandparents’ shackles and chains in her hand. A thousand shots were fired in her direction, creating a glow of blues and whites around her that never hit. Once the clicks of spent weapons rang out, she sent the shots back. The wall was clear…
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Miari went to her basement during the day. Only during the day. Even in the cover of darkness, this one was too weak to do anything during the day. Wasn’t her first catch. Her first study. But it was a curious thing, the discipline in this one. No blood hunger at all. St least not…
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Nathan had been staring at that map all his life and it just didn’t make sense. Why in the hell would something be marked in such a dead zone. It was basically the middle of the desert but even with GPS, there was no way to tell what, if anything, was there. He leaned back…
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Renee took a glass of champagne from the tray as the waiter moved slowly through the crowd. She scanned the crowd with a deep sigh before sipping her drink. Formal affairs were the worse but it was a nice change of pace. It was almost weird to see this many adults in a room looking…
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“Don’t you know who I am?” “Yup. I just don’t care.” “Oh c’mon, 600 years, millions of miles of traversing the planet and you’re still mad?” “Yes. Volcanoes hurt, a lot. So do the arrows when you try to roll out of the damned lava flow and jump into the ocean because the pumice is…
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She had her arrow aimed at the man’s back, a perfect shot despite the crowded ballroom. Taking a deep, steadying breath, she pulled the bowstring taut and prepared to let the arrow fly- But then her target turned and looked directly at her, finding her in the eaves as if he’d known she was there…
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The woman was nearly one hundred years old. She taught her grandson everything she knew. He would need it one day. She had actually seen this coming. That was the scary part. Not leaving her, as he watched her set up the guns on something at one point only crazy people would have come up…