Morgana Miller
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Stories (90/0)
- Runner-Up in New Worlds Challenge
- Top Story - August 2022
Letters From a Past Which Lies AheadTop Story - August 2022
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Janet, I have never beheld an aphorism more bleak. I wish that you could shout my name from the inky reach of Sedna and its tantalizing vibrations would launch from your lips like a flock of migrant birds, purposeful and swift, to appease the winter of my longing.
By Morgana Miller2 years ago in Fiction
- First Place in The Runaway Train Challenge
The Lost RailFirst Place in The Runaway Train Challenge
No one was ever glad to greet Elaine Barrett at their doorstep. This was merely a fact of life, as unassailable as trigonometry or the elliptical orbit of Pluto. And although she spent most of her days visiting strangers' homes, Elaine was unperturbed by this reality. Exchanging pleasantries wasn't even one of the 'nice to have' skills on an insurance claims adjuster's job description, and warm greetings certainly weren't one of the perks.
By Morgana Miller2 years ago in Fiction
The Aether's Fourth Daughter
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Never forget, Weskimerans, that their arrival heralded an imbalance that has spread like an infection through the Aether. Now, ifrit multiply across the Salina Desert. Flamehounds spark destruction throughout the Phalean Range. A phoenix, unnatural abomination, was recently sighted in the Northern provinces. Historians have done all they can to restore the Aether's trigonal balance, but it is to no avail. A Fire Age is dawning. We must anticipate a return of the Inferned before the century's end. After reviewing the Historians’ most recent Aether Report, the Chamber has unanimously voted to weave Weskimera's first Dousing Institution. We will call upon the knowledge of the ancients, so when the fire mark begins to show on the skin of our people, we will be ready. I don't share this information with you to spread undue fear. I only wish to be transparent about the future we face. As much as it sorrows me, I do believe it is inevitable.
By Morgana Miller2 years ago in Fiction
- Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge
Of Sea and Stone and SovereigntyRunner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge
SARPEDON, NOW They will say she made me a monster out of vengeance. But there were four witnesses: one of them me, and the other three divine. Divinity does not deign to relay their triumphs or misdeeds. Their stories are distorted from the start, fantasied from the slanted perceptions of historians, poets, and bards.
By Morgana Miller2 years ago in Fiction