“It seemed impossible that no one would speak out, that no one would make a stand and refuse to let this nonsense continue, that no one would point out the obvious: the bridegroom himself was an impediment to this union.”
Read More“But seriously, he says, then he launches into a tale of myth and broken promises. Lots of legend potential and ode material.”
Read More“But by the rock where the Fire Bringer was bound, I was no more than a paring knife. That was the mission the Sky-Father demanded of my body. You shall wound. You shall torment.”
Read More“As the dirt makes home under your nails, the blood of every victory mats your fur. How long til snapping bones shred your gums mid-bite, til your spine’s a waning crescent and you leave yourself behind?”
Read More“Professor Aurelio Aurubio despised many things and all passionately. At the top of the list were his students, closely followed by insects, flags, the ‘great’ outdoors, and humanoid robots.”
Read More“There in that bed, with its olive tree leg, he screamed and screamed, and he did not look one bit like an immortal god.”
Read More“It wasn’t even the fact that he was this bright sunshine of a person while I was an isolated, moody one. It was also the fact that as we grew up, I could see how mother favored him more… Whenever he wrote a poem or shot a bow, she would praise his every move. I felt inadequate in comparison.”
Read More“In another lifetime, she knew the secrets of those cold, blue eyes. In this one, she is just a dream, dissolving into nothing behind the red.”
Read More“Art should be happy, they said. It should be beautiful. There is nothing wrong with joy, I told them. But there is much beauty in sorrow.”
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