Fantasy
Gone to Ground
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. So, when she left our quarters every few days claiming to volunteer in the greenbays, I knew she was lying. I had behaved in much the same way once.
By Lark Hanshan4 years ago in Fiction
Worlds that End
Part 1 – The window to the end of the world The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. Today, it was stormy, it had been for the past few days. The wind was breaking dead trees and the rain was whipping at the window with impotent fury. No matter how bad it looked outside, one would only know it if they looked through the window. From anywhere else in the house, you could be blissfully ignorant of the chaos outside. Most nights, only the crackling of the fire and the mice could be heard. The girl liked the mice, she would often talk to them about the things they have seen. Interesting stories to be sure, but the girl considered them to be just that, stories. Only through the window could one see outside, and only through the door could one go outside. But the door never opened, not ever. The mice were great liars.
By Floyd Doolittle4 years ago in Fiction
Daphne's Quest
You’re not comin’ with me!” Daphne growled over her shoulder, “Just go home already, Liam!” Her agile brown fingers gripped the straps of her backpack tighter as her eyes focused on the path ahead, resolute and determined. She stopped walking and puffed out her cheeks, turning her green eyes skyward at the creak and clank of Liam’s crutches crunching through the underbrush behind her. The noises stopped when she stopped, replaced by the soft puffing of the heavyset boy the crutches belonged to. Daphne let out her breath slowly and counted to ten in her head before turning to face Liam. His pale face was bright pink from effort and the chill December wind stinging his cheeks. She thought he looked a bit like an overstuffed sausage in the wool parka his mother knitted for him, which he had outgrown already. He stared back at her expectantly, waiting most likely for her to keep walking so that he could keep following her.
By Natalie Gray4 years ago in Fiction
Greek
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. It was one of many rooms in House Olympus: Zeus’ mansion. It was situated atop the highest peak in the land, surpassing even Poseidon's lighthouse. While she assumed most housed his servants and offspring, this room was utterly bizarre.
By Daysean Higgs4 years ago in Fiction
The View
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse through the window in his room. She had never really known what the outside world was like. The war had been over for twelve years now. She was only six months old when the first nuclear weapon was fired at a city in the far eastern part of Europe. After that, it seems every nation, tribe, religious or political group used it as an excuse to settle old scores or debts they felt were owed to them.
By Bruce Curle `4 years ago in Fiction
The end of the world
Through the window, the final battle, a classic struggle between might and right, myth and legend, flesh and light, past and presence turns my direction. It is time for me to choose and yet, I see both sides. I have absorbed conflicting arguments, attempted to sort fact from fiction. A system that relies on honesty is easily corrupted. Where lies the truth?
By Barbara Steinhauser 4 years ago in Fiction
The Cat's Lady
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. The window was large and streaked with grime on the exterior; the glass looked very thick. Beyond the window was lush and green—like a jungle—although Katie could not see much beyond the thick vegetation. She had seen stealthy movement in those green recesses before, shadows moving within shadows, though whatever lurked there unseen, chose to remain so. Aside from the tangle outside of his window, she had only seen the jungles of Earth in books. Also its mountains, deserts, oceans, cities…and the creatures that had inhabited those places, including humans. Her kind had dominated the earth—before The Demise. He had told her that humankind was the cause of its own downfall. They had chosen greed and gluttony over a harmonious existence with the natural world. Eventually nature had retaliated.
By Michael Wheat4 years ago in Fiction
