Fiction
Blackbird Fly Part Nine
If you haven't read the previous parts to this ongoing story, here are the following links: Part One: https://samsonite-luggage-offer.top/chapters/blackbird-fly-xrl46g04bk%3C/p%3E%3C/a%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="16e5cai">.css-16e5cai{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:1rem;-webkit-box-pack:justify;-webkit-justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;}
A Firefighter
One story tells the tragic tale of a firefighter and his unwavering love from his fiancée. Despite losing his eyesight in the line of duty, his fiancée stands by his side and chooses to marry him. However, the firefighter succumbs to emotional distress due to his blindness. His wife continuously encourages him and eventually gives birth to a daughter. This heroic firefighter finds renewed purpose in caring for his daughter.
By Chatwin Johnson2 years ago in Chapters
Elysium
Seeming nothingness. An empty void filled with anticipation as to what would soon be. One being roamed around the waterless dark ocean. Ever-changing in form, the creature took a four legged shape. Black and Red markings covered the body as it landed smoothly on a large rock, mouth extending outwards into a proboscis, similar to that of a butterfly, had that Butterfly been born in the furthest reaches of the void encasing the universe. The light within the rock faded as the creature gulped down the last of the stardust within it. Having devoured its meal, four legs turned into none and a blend of black and red laid flat on the rock, slumbering.
By NyxxianHearts2 years ago in Chapters
FATED: Part 3
Councilor Ambross leaned back in his chair and gazed out at the warm, flickering night lights of Haven. Decades ago they had once imposed a mandatory curfew when crime ravaged so severely it felt as if they were in a war-zone. But then order was restored and the curfew was removed. People were free to live their lives in peace and without fear. There were still criminals, he supposed. It was inevitable. No matter how advance the civilization, there would always be those who enjoyed wreaking havoc. But then again, he realized, there would also be those labeled criminals due to circumstances. A knock sounded from the door though he continued to stare out into the City.
By Taylor Rigsby2 years ago in Chapters
Songs of the Silver Wizard . Top Story - December 2023.
COMPENDIUM “It is a wizard’s duty to be the armor of those who cannot wear it.” The thought struck Thaddeus as his staff of fine white birch whirled around his head. A wall of fire raced down the walls of the stone tower and incinerated the approaching siege tower full of Gothinians. Bodies tumbled twenty feet as the tower became a bonfire. The wizard found it comical that this was the moment the words of his late master bubbled to the forefront of his notedly extraordinary mind. Coddgery old kook.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Chapters
FATED: Part 2
We spent the whole day at the bedroom window, just waiting for the sun to set. I think we both knew that it was the last time we would ever see our beloved home. I hate to think what must've been going through Dex's mind: did he truly understand that we were leaving forever? Or did he still hold out some hope that one day we could return? Would he ever see his father again? Was he afraid that he could one day forget his father, or stop loving his him? One day, when he's old enough, I'll be sure to ask him. And to tell him the stories of our home so that he doesn't forget them.
By Taylor Rigsby2 years ago in Chapters
A Techno Carol (with Apologies to Charles Dickens) - A Story in Five Parts
Part II: It was a wonderful rest. Jimmy could not remember the last time he slept that well… “Beep, beep…” That must have been his Android…or tablet? He never used the alarm on his smartwatch or desktop, so he must have…
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Chapters
I, Wilhelm
The first three days dragged by like a cinderblock on Nadia’s brain. She wasn’t sure why she found it so hard compared to previous observations, but she did. She suspected that the strange mix of regimen and no regimen at all added to the numbness of it. But Joan’s complete lack of interaction was the icing on the cake. She didn’t like small talk, out loud observations and any questions about her life were met with a blank stare. There were only so many wedding plans Nadia could make in silence before she found herself starting at the walls and imagining what it might feel like to climb them.
By Klaire de Lys2 years ago in Chapters
A Merry Little Christmas to Us
My cruiser partner and long-time buddy, Tucker, had invited me to his place so I didn't have to face spending Christmas Eve alone after our brutal call earlier in the night. We had been dispatched to look for a missing senior citizen, who ended up wandering away from a home and freezing to death. We were both pretty shaken up by her death and didn't need to be alone and thinking about what we could have done better to prevent it.
By Tina D'Angelo2 years ago in Chapters
FATED: Part 1
Fun Fact: I first wrote this story waaay back in 2017 after a conversation with a friend of mine: we were playing the old 'ring game' to find out how many kids we were supposed to have... I came out with only one girl, and, for some reason, felt very insulted by it. After I wrote the story, I was so proud of it I included it in a small, personal book of early short stories to keep on my shelf. I still have that book, by the way, and was so proud of this one that I posted it's (very) rough draft to the Fiction Press account I kept years ago. Extra brownie-points if you can find it there, haha!
By Taylor Rigsby2 years ago in Chapters
