“Her parents are going to be upset.” Y’aris’ voice brought Iros back to the world again, and he gathered more time had passed. Sophelia had gone, doubtless in tears at her fate, or at least he couldn’t hear her. And while he still lay on the hard wooden floor, someone had started tending to h...
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone." ~George Elliot: “Ohh Shit!” The words, hissed as quietly as they had been, were never the less forcibly rippe...
The waiting room was typical of such places. Soft carpets, light coloured walls, leather couches and soothing music playing softly in the background. It was full of patients too when Lucifer walked in – but they quickly left. They took one look at him, paled a little and ran, and soon it beca...
It was Friday the following week when David finally managed to leave his cottage. At that he didn’t really want to. It was just that he was out of essential supplies like food, drink and toilet paper. Things had been getting tight until then, and they’d dined on toast for two days as they con...
He had grown sick of the court. Sick of all the problems the people kept bringing before him. All the complaints. And especially sick of the way the various members of the court whispered among themselves when they thought he wasn't looking. But he was looking. And he did see. He saw far more tha...
Polemos smashed Rufus a good one, the round house connecting nicely with his jaw and sending him flying across the sand to land in a heap. It wasn’t the first time. But he wasn’t bothered by that as much as the fact that it didn’t really hurt. Not much more than an ordinary bump anyway. That ...
The Nephilim Greg Curtis. Copyright May 2014 Digital Edition Cover Source of the original photo used in the cover creation: Flickr: 9 of 365 ~ Frustration. Date 8 July 2010, 14:01:14 Author of the photo: Tanya Little http://commons...
Sunlight was the first thing that brought Yorik back to the world, as it burned a delightfully warm yellow even through his closed eyes. And then there was the rocking motion as he seemed to be bumped gently from side to side. In time he became aware of the sounds of w...
Not just the keep which had become a mountain of rubble. But the city behind it, which was little better. Fire had raged through the entire city, and after it was finished, little had been left. Certainly nothing was intact. But while the keep had been destroyed by the e...