Category: Writing
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(Drabbles) – Bloodied and Bruised – 267 words
I bloody my skin. It is a desperate act. I open bloody wounds that stain my clothes and my hands as a way to let myself breathe. But I feel no better when I see the crimson stains. Is my blood not enough? Am I not enough? Am I even worthy of being enough? I…
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(Drabbles) – Our Bed – 673 words
({A/N}: Drabbles are basically the writer’s catch-all word for shorter pieces of writing. My definition is pieces of my writing that are very very unpolished and don’t quite fit the short story category. I’ve written more than a few over the years, but the last few months have actually let me turn out some that…
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Mercury Poisoning – 2,494 words
Safa Kouri was the first one into the site, as always. The rest of the team held the rope that was secured firmly into her harness and slowly lowered her through the dusty, narrow pit in the rock. The brilliance of the sun on the desert became a distant memory in the darkness of the…
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Bloodletter – 6,277 words
({A/N}: This is a rough draft that captures a part of a larger world that I had intended to write a multi-chapter story about, but it didn’t quite pan out. This story gives an introduction to a couple characters while featuring the magic of Bloodletting most prominently. If I end up writing three or four…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 6 – Sunset – 6,693 words
When Semt opened his eyes the next morning, back aching from the tight, cheap cot, he barely had time to shake off the grogginess before Dae kissed him. Morning breath or not, her kisses were like coming home and he relaxed into it. She laid back down beside him, head on his chest. “I love…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 5 – Vessels – 5,296 words
It was the Well in his chest that woke him up. Semt’s eyes opened to the darkness of one of the Graveyard’s barracks. Dae was curled around him, her legs intertwined with his own, her head on his chest. Beneath the threadbare blankets, the warm press of her body was welcome. Asleep, the previous day’s…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 4 – The Graveyard – 3,496 words
You could smell and hear the base camp before you could see it. Campfire smoke and food drifted on the wind with the sounds of people and work. They climbed the final hill before the camp, seeing the smoke rise in the horizon. A melody of distant music reached them as they crested the hill.…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 3 – Mortals – 4,716 words
Semt came awake with a gasp to complete darkness. He gulped for air, like he had been completely empty moments before. Icy cold pain enveloped him and he shivered violently under its force. He had never been this cold before, this starved for air. His body felt overwhelmed, every movement sending painful aches through his…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 2 – Convalescence – 3,677 words
The demons hadn’t made it past them, but it wasn’t really correct to call the battle a victory. Their lines were ravaged, more dead on the ground than those standing. They would get back up, but it could take days to heal from some of their injuries. It left them vulnerable, and those who experienced…
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(The Returned Dead) Chapter 1 – Breach – 5,150 words
Semt slipped back into his uniform, redoing buttons and fastening clasps. He breathed in the forest air, lifting his face with closed eyes to feel the few rays of sunlight that made it through the leaves. It was important to stop for things like this, he had learned. Sometimes you just had to slow down.…
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