Fantasy
Shadows Over Soravin - Part 1
The ruins of Soravin had not breathed in decades. Wind curled through the stone bones of its shattered towers, singing through rusted arc-gates and fire-scorched walls. Beneath the silence, deep below where light could not reach, something stirred.
By Richard Bailey10 months ago in Chapters
The Perpetual Echo
Elara adjusted the shimmer-weave fabric of her coat, the chill of 23rd-century Reykjavik biting through the advanced material. The city hummed with autonomous vehicles and bioluminescent architecture, a stark contrast to the dust-choked streets of her last landing. She’d promised herself this time would be different. No lingering, no allowing herself to feel the familiar pull. She’d observe, record, and then jump.
By Morgana Steele10 months ago in Chapters
Shadows in Velvet - Part 5
The night of the final masquerade came dressed in crimson silk and dying stars. Verashtel glittered under moonlight, its towers painted in the colors of influence, peacock greens, mourning purples, blood-velvet reds. Gondolas drifted over the black-glass canals, their oarsmen silent, their passengers masked and magnificent. From balconies, laughter spilled like perfume, thick with tension, too bright to be sincere.
By Richard Bailey10 months ago in Chapters
