Friday, September 5, 2014

A Teaser

Hello everyone! Just dropping by the blog to leave this little teaser here: It's the prelude to my novel Leylined. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to share. (HINT HINT KNUDGE KNUDGE KNOW WHAT I MEAN EH EH? SAY NO MORE SAY NO MORE)

PRELUDE

“Brothers! Sisters! The day of prophecy has arrived!” Zhi-Yao spread her arms over the sea of cheering people. Ten million strong, the crowd was one of many across the world. For the first time since the days of the Ancients, humanity was united. Wars had been fought, cultures eradicated, whole islands sunk beneath the waves, but it was done. This night, the Nine stars not fallen shone brightly, arranged in a perfect circle above them. The heavenly Ring's rotation was halted for over the for the first time in millenia, her silver sides reflecting the sun’s light to the shadowed mountain below. Samantha’s Child was not yet visible. Tonight would be her final orbit.
Zhi-Yao held a crystal tablet aloft, its glowing letters shining bright.
“As it was written in the Book of Truth, handed down from the Ancients to the First Children, held by the wisest and most pious through the Mad Age, so shall it occur. The Machinari keep the Ancient destinies alive, and as they have before, they shall today. Samantha’s child, whose name we have kept for so long, shall fall. Our saviour shall be born! We will witness the birth of a new world, a free world!”
The cheer was a volcanic eruption of noise.
She turned to the angel standing beside her. Sleek, with a body of silver metal and robes of shimmering gold, the Machinari was a reminder that once, the world had been clean. Once, the world had been pure, good. And that it would be again.
“Keeper of Samantha’s spirit,” she said, bowing. “When shall the Child fall?”
The angel’s translucent eyes, hovering lines of light, did not meet her gaze. Such would be below a servant of the gods, despite her divine position.
::Soon:: the angel said, in its electric voice. Its grip tightened on a long crystal staff, an object she knew could obliterate and create with the slightest motion. ::Very soon::
Zhi-Yao’s heart quivered, but she put it down to excitement. Millenia of war would end. Famine, poverty, hate and injustice would all come crashing down once the Star fell. All her crimes would be forgiven. All the blood washed off her hands.
She turned back to the crowd. “The Child falls soon! Let us pray to welcome her!”
Her words spread like a wave. When all had knelt, she began to speak, her words echoed in a great roar.
Ancient gods, from worlds near and far,
Holy Samantha, mother of us all
Forgive us our mortal sins
Pity your children, who have forgotten who we are
Let your Child fall
Let your daughter be the saviour of us all.
Fall, Fall, Samantha’s Child
Open for us the heavenly door
Give us, O Child, a whole new world”
A cry went up on, emanating from the west. Samantha's Child was rising. She travelled speedily across the sky, far faster than any of the Nine. How she fell was anyone’s guess. Would it be in flames? Would it be slow, like a leaf in the wind? Or would she rocket into the sea, casting up waves? The island they stood upon was not overlarge, and her every inch was covered in human beings, from the olive groves to the hot springs. It mattered not. It would be beautiful.
The Star moved overhead. A great cheer rose from the people. Zhi-Yao found herself weeping.
The Star passed, and continued on her way.
The cheer transformed to confused rumblings, murmurs and screams.
A sudden silence, spread at the speed of light, cut the crowd.
A red star rose on the horizon.
“Angel,” Zhi-Yao turned. “Did we do wrong?”
The angel’s gaze met hers, the shifting lights dimming to a somber blue.
::The decision was beyond me:: the angel said. ::I am sorry::
The space around the angel warped, pulling over its form as a tired man pulls a blanket. The air puckered as it disappeared.
The Red Star shone. There was a great heat, and then nothing at all.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Short Story Shuffle!

Here's my tale for the #ShortStoryShuffle, a little game I put together on the @nanopals blog. I guess it needs a title so we'll call it:

TEXTS FROM LAST DIMENSION

So I guess like chateau is just a word for fancy mansion

LOL, but isn’t it castle?

tht so but none of the ones we’ve been to are really castles
A fking catapault would take them down

LOL or a pipe bomb.

ikr, I should look up a recipe

omg dooooo ittttttt lol

that would be so bad. I really should now, just to piss off mom
we’re going to another one tonight
imma do it

she being a bitch?
no dont

yea made me take out my headphones so I have to listen to the stupid guide
can’t understand him at all, hes talking like latin
txting you in secret
and im not gonna do it, jail would suck even worse than her

ROFL were secret buddies
yeah it would

fk yeah
whatchu up to?

messing around online
Tell me about the chateau!

were just getting to it, this whole bus is really weird
like all weirdos

where is it? what’s it called?
that’s really weird, don’t let them touch you

dunno. france somewhere. been on this bus foreverrrrr
lots of creepy trees
called umberlich or something stupid like that
wish we could go to a f1 race instead but she said its stupid and dangerous

glad u still have signal!!

ikr

r u still seeing Amal?
he just texted me hey

i wasn’t seeing him, we had shop together

w/e u 2 are lovers I know it

f u

haha jk <3 span="" u="">

woah dude shit just got fked up

whaat? u okay?

yeah we just turned the corner and all of a sudden we werent in forest it’s like this huge valley and a lake

wtf where’s the chateau?

dunno theres like an island in the middle of the lake
think theres a building on it

sounds crazy scary.

yea I dunno

wtf kind of trip did your mom take u on?

all the others were okay but I dunno last one we were at some guy kept talking to her
dont see him here tho

good that would be creepy

hey were gonna get on a boat now I prolly cant txt you 4 sec

kk be safe

dude I think my mom maybe joined a cult
im kinda freakin out

dont get on the boat

too late
i think the guide is like a priest
hes trying to get us to do some chant

jump off
swim back

my mom will kill me
this water is really cold
k they stopped chanting
so glad

did ur mom chant?

a little, she tried to make me but I said no
this island is mad creepy
i dunno this place isnt like the other chateaus
all black and red
super creepy

dude I’m worried about you
its probably draculas house or something

omg lol prolly true

dont joke ur in trouble

its ok
im fine
actually this place is kind of cool
some crazy monsters carved onto the doors

like what?
are there unicorns??

they look like that thing on Craig’s shirts
no unicorns
kinda look like fish

that guy who’s always playing that game?

woah this place reeks
smells like a fkn sewer
there are all these paintings of old dudes and ladies in robes
wtf they’re all holding fish
this is like some long john silvers cult

LOL but dude that’s creepy

this must be some kinda art museum
maybe thats why its all so weird
europeans

racist LOL

what’s your mom doing?

she’s reading all the little plaques out loud
least these are pretty much the same
some weird named dude killed this old dude
for the glory of his stupid god
this is just like the vatican
except they have nicer hats

LOL ur hilarious but I still think that place is going to kill you
u should tell your mom you want to leave

i did! she’s not listening…. she says the bus doesn’t go back for another three hours
imma go find the bathroom
huh
think I found some dude’s office instead

don’t look around you’ll probably get cursed

w/e
can’t get more cursed than I already am

dude your gonna get in trouble
you should go back to your mom

oh are you my fucking dad now?
I been looking for a new one

sorry sorry
just worried about you

imma steal something

no!

creepy book
another creepy book
some weird star drawing
bunch of fuckers fucking in a pit
huh

what?

fucken my little pony pen case

OMGGGGG okay that place isn’t cursed if it has that

lol you’re ridiculous
kk imma steal this for you
nice its even got pens on the inside
fancy ones w pointy metal heads

omg I can use them with my calligraphy book!
mom bought me one for xmas

at least someone’s mom gets good gifts
i got a self help book titled “will your way out of depression”
and a fucking talking to
when can I become emancipated?

18
sucks girl
:(

ill just run away
w/e
imma draw something on this stupid desk
its covered with drawings
what should I add?

buncha dicks haha
or a dinosaur
eating all the dudes

haha imma do that

god I hope no one comes in
what if you get caught
they’ll like sacrifice you or something
ur mom is probably pissed as hell right now
mai?
u there?

fk
fking cut myself
well
now the dinosaur has colour

:(:(:(:(:(
u okay?

yah its okay just got got it all over the desk
w/e
fk these drawings
im outta here

dont die

holy shit

what???

fking earthquake
I dunno
omg
i think I just heard something roar

get outta there dude
ur a good swimmer
just gtfo

holy shit
its real
holy fucking shit
help me

dude I don’t know where you are
your fb location just says something about spacetime
did you do that?

lyons
send help

Ok but I don’t speak french
what do you mean it’s real?
Mai?

omg mom
it fucking ate mom
im so sorry

where are u?
mai??

it changed
it fucking changed
its not my little pony
how did I not see it b4?

wtf r u talking about?
ur scaring me
mai?
u there?









the pens are real
the drawings are real
the star
the pit
everythings real except me

mai? it’s been like three days! Where are u? r u okay?
u sound horrible
ive been so scared for you
mai??
mai???