Fiction
Shadows in Velvet - Part 4
The underground chamber beneath the House of Ambrith smelled of rose ash and old metal. Torchlight flickered off columns carved into laughing faces, hundreds of them, smiling, grimacing, leering down as if mocking every step the trio took.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 164
Fascbinder kicked a dog. He walked in the alleyways dotted with potholes filled with water. A mist hung in the air. The Collectivist walked into a coffee shop. He looked at the menu and decided to get a large cup of ice. He didn’t want to pay some huge corporation without government controlling it all. He received the huge cup and stuffed his hand in the cup. His cut up and bruised hand from striking against a brick wall looked raw and red in the clear plastic cup.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Chapters
Bitten Again
You have always tried to bite me; that's why you are in that cage. I gave you chance after chance, but when I let you out, you tried to bite me. I still carry scratches and bruises from when I pushed you back in that cage, and you are not coming out again while I'm here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Chapters
Shadows in Velvet - Part 3
Rain traced the curved windows of the Skyglass Hall in thin silver lines, casting wavering shadows over the ballroom’s polished floor. Outside, Verashtel’s highest spire moaned faintly in the wind, but inside, the laughter was too loud, the music too sharp, and the masks far too fixed. Danger lingered beneath the perfume and poise.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 163
Loreen Breen looked at her diamond encrusted smartwatch. She figured enough time remained in the day for her to better understand the roles the Individualists played. Atkinson could be trusted with his spitfire way of delivering a message. Lisa’s slow, methodical way of executing an idea still amazed her. After her speech, she soaked her face in ice water. She could hear both of her partners address the crowd in a Q&A portion she opted not to participate in that day.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 162
“When you lose your job, and some of us will, see if you can create jobs. See if you can turn that negative not just positive, but as a sign that you can take care of yourself. That’s often never stated. If a vagrant standing by the roadside holds up a cardboard placard broadcasting, ‘Anything helps. God bless,’ most times you’re going to get people to say, ‘get a job.’ To hell with that. Let that individual know that they can in fact find work, but also see if you can’t encourage them to be entrepreneurial.”
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Chapters
Shadows in Velvet - Part 2
The House of Falling Stars looked like something stitched from the dreams of an opium-drunk tailor. Its three towers leaned in opposing directions like dancers caught mid-spin. The walls were made of pale pink stone imported from some ruined temple in the east, veined with gold and soft to the touch. Water spilled in silent sheets down the front façade, catching the light of the sunrise in a thousand fractured colors. And on the threshold, etched above a set of polished blackwood doors, were the words: What you reveal, we record. What you hide, we sell.
By Richard Baileyabout a year ago in Chapters
