Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 431 Part: 4/ongoing The Cub It had been too cold to leave the window open last night, but I still didn’t shut it. The chill awakened me before my alarm and I lay quiet and still for a while, staring at the pale sky. I sighed and pushed my comforter back, stretching and combing my… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 3 The Cub
Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 905 Part: 7/9 Synopsis: Jasmine and the thunderbird find their common ground at last. The thunderbird dove into the clouds and was gone. I spun to face the emptiness of the bell grove around me. “He’s gone again. He flew away. Tormaigh, where are you?” Thunder rolled and the wind blew against the multitude… Continue reading Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 521 Part: 3/ongoing They Were Saying “Hey, Sarah!” I swear I had never even seen the girl before. I had no idea how she knew my name or recognized me from a distance. She called to me again as I waved hesitantly to her from where I stood preparing to jump on my bike and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying
Echoland Part 6: The Bell Trees
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,167 Part: 6/9 Synopsis: Jasmine discovers the place where the bells grow, and the thunderbird’s strange obsession. I was standing almost ankle deep in sandy water gazing up at a copse of soaring glass structures. I would equate them to both trees and the remnants of some enormous gothic building, but I don’t think they… Continue reading Echoland Part 6: The Bell Trees
Echoland Part 5: It Flies Away Again
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,099 Part: 5/9 Synopsis: Jasmine tries to talk to the shy confusing creature. “Hey,” I said. I took one step toward him. What do you say to a thunderbird? “Don’t fly away. It’s okay. It’s alright.” It remained perfectly still, eyes unblinking, ear-crests laid back level with the crown of the head. I came… Continue reading Echoland Part 5: It Flies Away Again
Echoland Part 4: The Thunderbird Lands
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,749 Part: 4/9 Synopsis: The thunderbird touches down and takes on a strange new form. If I called Tormaigh right now, would he show up in a couple of seconds? Maybe there was something about space around here I didn’t know. For that matter, the bird might be an… Continue reading Echoland Part 4: The Thunderbird Lands
Echoland Part 3: Of Birds and Bells
Link to part one: here Previous episode: here Wordcount: 1,195 Part: 3/9 Synopsis: The mysterious hooded person tells Jasmine his name and a bit about the thunderbird after it almost kills her. I wandered toward the horizon I could still see. Was that the pale rim of dawn there, or the end of the… Continue reading Echoland Part 3: Of Birds and Bells
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 583 Part: 2/ongoing Between Water and Sky I thought I saw it as I jumped off the pier into the lake. The air was already cooling as afternoon slid into evening. Summer doesn’t last long in Dreamscape. I tossed my towel off my shoulders and ran down the weathered dock,… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Echoland Part 2: The Glass Prairie
Link to Part One: here Wordcount: 1,357 Part: 2/9 Synopsis: Jasmine discovers a strange, lonely world and meets a frustratingly mysterious entity in a hooded cloak. Wherever I was, I was completely alone there. Overhead, the huge sky was stormy and still dark. The ground was cold under my bare feet, but not wet like… Continue reading Echoland Part 2: The Glass Prairie
Echoland: part one
Author’s note: I randomly decided I should serialize an old story I wrote in college. Fun fact, I actually recorded this as an audio book with a full soundtrack and two original songs for my senior project. Not-so-fun fact, I actually hate the sound of my own voice, and on top of that, I was… Continue reading Echoland: part one