Stories 41 - 50
41 Flowing
29/12/2020 08:49
At the beginning of our journey, we each set a tiny boat upon the River of Time, and the flowing water takes our frail craft upon its ample bosom and carries it, who knows where? The flow welcomes, caresses, supports each little coracle, through shallows and eddies, rapids and pools, and we...
42 Climbing
29/12/2020 08:47
“How in the name of all that’s holy did I end up here?” I ask out loud for perhaps the hundredth time. Every single muscle is screaming but I am too far along to give up now. Giving up really isn’t an option, anyway. If I let go I fall, and it’s a very long way down.
I glance up...
43 Fighting
29/12/2020 08:46
The two combatants fell apart, breathing hard. They glared at each other, neither wanting to show weakness by asking for a break, but both grateful when the Chief Marshall called out, “Five minutes, gentlemen!”
They backed away from each other, maintaining eye-contact until they reached their...
44 Stirring
29/12/2020 08:39
The other Apprentices hate stirring the pot, but I love it. It’s the perfect opportunity for a bit of people watching. And now that Amala’s had her baby and we’re one down, there are even more opportunities!
Of course, the baby was a great...
45 Waking
29/12/2020 08:38
Born-By-The-East-River yawned for at least the tenth time in a minute as she placed a fresh log on the fire from the dwindling stack. As the fire caught the new log, the light spread out a little and she was able to make out the shapes of the other members of the Clan, although she could not...
46 Sinking
29/12/2020 08:37
The Elders say it began in the days of our grandmothers’ grandmothers, that the signs were there even then. But the people of those days, and the people who lived in the days that followed, were proud and foolish, and they did not heed the signs. Some acknowledged that the signs were...
47 Smiling
29/12/2020 08:36
A/N - it's been a while since I wrote a story for DS Harding, so I thought we'd give him an outing!
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“There’s been another one, Sarge.”
Detective...
48 Changing
29/12/2020 08:35
What shall I be today?
I stand before the mirror, holding up one choice then another, but none of them satisfy me. I've worn all these things before and they all bore me. I want something new, something exciting, something wildly different to anything I've worn before.
Turning my back...
49 Sliding
29/12/2020 08:34
"Son! Son!”
I blinked up at my father, still more than half asleep. “Wha...”
“It snowed last night. Come and see!”
He pulled at my arm, pointing towards the window. I clambered out of bed, beginning to catch something of his enthusiasm. As I put my feet into my...
50 Dying
29/12/2020 08:33
We stood in the midst of the little bodies, some still twitching feebly, and stared at each other.
“What is happening here?” asked Wharton, a frown creasing her normally smooth forehead.
Drone’s light blinked a couple of times. “They are dying,” it said, its electronic voice sounding somehow...