short-story
-
The Apothecary’s Tree
A burial greeted the rainy season. At the bottom of a valley, an apothecary stared down a grave. There lay his wife wrapped in linen with a plum pit in her hands. The attendants laid flowers before filling the hollow with soil. Shadows swallowed her, and the apothecary wiped his face as the Earth claimed Continue reading
-
The Teller’s Last Tale
There was a village trapped in a labyrinth of ice. The people did not know where they came from, nor could they leave. Their only guides were the broken beams of a wooden vessel and an enduring black fire. On the coldest night, the fire faltered. To save it, the villagers tore a plank from Continue reading
-
The Genesis of Dust
At the beginning of time, existed only the Colosseum. On copper shelves, glowed suns, each with a beaded necklace of planets. In silver halls, black holes twirled like tops powered by the most balanced of fingers. Comets trailed along the crystal walls with tails of icy fire. And the floors were constructed from obsidian’s night. Continue reading
PolyProse 