Tag: Fae
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The Rite – Post-Apocalyptic Short Story 1/2
In a world darkened by the Faepocalypse, a young woman has to betray her kin for one final act of love. What others deemed madness, Sara deemed a necessity. She had spent the last three days struggling with the idea, rationality and honed survival instinct gnawing at the need she felt. What would the point…
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Patina – Chapter 147
The euphoria from the Generator kicking back into life did not last long. Cries of hope and joy ran through the defenders, but steam clouds did not follow. The heat did not come back, and the Eerie were still trying to overcome any resistance, rising each time like the mounting tide of black hunger they…
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Patina – Chapter 140
Sadja would never feel full with a bit of bread and a few strips of salted meat, but eating a little at least allowed her to restore some of her senses. The other people at the table gave her curious glances if they focused for a moment on her ears or tail, but for the…
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Patina – Chapter 29
A little secret the Hunter had not shared with anyone for the last ten years was that he quite liked snow and the winter time. Cool weather kept him awake and alert, even though it was often hard to withstand, while everything turned white and soothing. Even noises dulled. A watchful peace descended every year…
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Patina – Chapter 28
Cloria’s fingers uncapped the final vial of Verna’s holy water. She crouched before the last man and began to trace holy symbols over his naked torso, muttering spells of protection and rebuke. “May this blessed water shield you from the treachery that lurks in the wood,” she concluded. The man nodded, as did the other…
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Patina – Chapter 23
The glider approached the ground, falling in a lazy circle. Unlike the last time, it did not fly over a celebrating crowd. There were still screams, though. “What’s this pathetic mess?” Verna shook her head, looking down through the chamber’s window at the surrounded soldiers, a few dozen people massed together behind a curtain a…
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Patina – Chapter 21
Elissa smiled, giving back to Bernard his water-filled cup. The man bowed until his hair brushed against the edge of the pool. “Thank you so much, o Augur.” “It’s just my duty,” she graciously replied. He picked up the recipient, still fuming with scalding water. “If I can speak my mind,” he said as he…
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Patina – Chapter 19
Cloria’s mind wandered. She sat atop their tank, trying to get as much comfort as she could from the cool iron, the echoes of hard work etched in every bolt result of mankind’s crusade against the dark. Some of the chassis, the engine and the boiling pistons keeping the burning beats’s heart alive still bore…
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Patina – Chapter 16
The Hunter lowered his body in the freezing current. It was a sorrowful day a curtain of needle-thin rain scratching against his skin, turning the world into a drab corridor of mists and far-off dark shapes. The river was not any kinder. He let out a displeased hiss as he walked forward, submerging everything up…
A. Montresor 