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BROWSE POSTS
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Lies. Death. Deceit.
Every day I watched as that horrible red substance seeped through their shirts. My hands were rough as they rubbed against the underside of my gun. Shockwaves ran through my body as I pulled back the trigger with my peeling fingertips. I was strong but felt weaker and weaker every day, deprived of nourishment other…
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Throne
Struggles for the one and only, tribes fighting for the high kingship, kindred killing kindred to be the ruler; Revenge from the closest, the powerful, the enemy. Wars, massacres, poisonings; treacherous arrows in the hunting fields gleam, knives in the back, in the dark, in the bed of “love”. Venomous whispers, despairing schemes. Puppeteers, games…
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Enigma
I stared at my own reflection and wondered if I was right. There’s one major problem with all psychological knowledge–nobody can apply it to themselves. We humans can be remarkably perceptive about the shortcomings in our friends, spouses, and children, yet when it comes to our own inner workings, we’re often in the dark. The…
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The Necromancer-Witch
The air blazes white-hot with searing energy, a spell crafted from the petals of corpse lily rafflesia, eyes of newt, drops of liquid sky, laments from lonely nights, and naive determination. It burns out in the same instant it was born, the result of clumsy, amateur work. It explodes with a soft crash, toppling…
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Sonder
Sonder. Coined by John Koenig in his book ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’, sonder is a noun used to describe the profound realisation that every random passerby is living a life as complex and vivid as your own. In this vast spectrum of life, we often forget that we are just minor characters…
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Wolf Tooth
Four hundred pounds per square inch down on my right wrist. It tore through my skin and flesh breaking my bones. Ripped tissues and muscles lay on shredded ice. Dread sprayed in red graffiti– splattering beyond the snow, flying amidst the skift. Instead of saving myself, I laid down carefully explaining to the…
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And They Were Shipmates…
Il était une fois‘, Waves had power. They rose high into the sky grasping the gods above. They held the strength to guide and reshape the course of humanity. It was a time when men and women alike set off into the unknown. Born from these times, and far from the mainland…
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Wolves
Wolves, Wolves, Fierce fangs with teeth, Fierce fangs with teeth, Fierce fangs with teeth to rip you apart, Rip you apart to shreds, Shreds of three times, Three times of fear sometimes, Shaking in fear, Shaking in fear of failure, Failure, Failure, Failure is what lets the wolves embrace…