Author: floofiestnine

  • Snow and Ice

    Snow and Ice

    The ice was glass clear. Here and there thin trails of air bubbles had gotten caught as it froze, rising through in perfectly spaced lines. If you knew more about how ice formed, could you use the bubbles in it to tell how fast it had frozen? Were air bubbles in ice like rings on…

  • The Mirror Of Midnight

    The Mirror Of Midnight

    Midnight is when lives split. We were warned about it from a young age. People are only meant to live in small chunks, one day at a time. Stay up too late, cross that boundary between one day and the next with your eyes open and your mind alert, and who knew what would happen.…

  • The Sage’s Cairn

    The Sage’s Cairn

    The sage had tremendous magic. Many a man had compared him to a god. Hundreds had begged boons of him, pleading and screaming if he declined. He had stopped offering, then stopped showing his power altogether. An old man with good advice had power enough – especially when he had seen the same ten years…

  • Where The Sea Meets the Sky

    Where The Sea Meets the Sky

    The rhythm of the rain was different from that of the sea. The sea beat out a commanding monotone, a declaration of power and supremacy. Rain instead grew from a symphony of small sounds. Drops tapping glossy magnolia leaves before sliding off and splashing onto the boulevard they shaded. Metallic tinkles as bounced off the…