Fictional stories written by yours truly.
Sometimes I have help.
Battle Hymn
Swords of fire in the morning sun glintSharpened tirelessly on virgin flint Axes poised, at the readyMuscular arms, all held steady
Across the plains a gruff voice yellsFor our homeland, wife’s and long lost palsFor the tavern down the roadThe p...
Promise of Treasure (Part One)
Part One
Ever since I took to the seas, I have heard whispers of an island that lay undiscovered. Unknown, yet bountiful with treasure. Like ghosts on the wind, it would seem this island had thwarted any one who attempted its discovery.
I first...
Promise of Treasure (Part Two)
The story begins in Part One
Part Two
With the ship moored in a quiet bay, we made way on to the fabled island. Standing on golden shores, we saw lush vegetation before us, forming an impenetrable wall of green. For a moment, all of us silently ...
Up Vs Down
No one remembers how the ground became uninhabitable and scorched. Just like no one remembers why or what they were fighting for. The reasons were lost, just like most of the world's history. What is known is that the fighting had be going on for as...
The Bard's Tale
When the sun turns to rest over the hills and the fire is
casting dancing shadows on the walls of the surrounding tents, the village
gathers to hear the stories of the Bard. With tankards filled and bellies
satisfied from the spoils of the days’ hunt, t...
The Bard's Tale: Part II
In stunned silence, the village waits. The world holds it’s breath. Eyes wide, transfixed by the Bard, who’s very stature has seemed to lengthen and grow with his telling of the story. A deviation of a story they all thought they knew since youth.
...
Meat Truck
On the cornerOf your workThe Meat Truck parks You may have heard
Juicy Steak rollsAnd mince pies A bloody forkIn your eyes
Tender rumpsLamb loin chopAll the meatAt the meat truck shop
But the truckAnd its crewHave a secretJust for you
In...
New Eden Is Burning
For those of you who used to play EvE Online, you may remember this moment. CCP - the game designers had just introduced full body avatars, and along with it, a real money store.
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None knows how or where it started, only that it did. no one took it seriously at first. Everyone called it fake news.
And with that, society built the means of its own collapse.