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Drabble: Lighthouse

Waves break upon the rocky cliff, their foamy splash sent shooting in all directions. The rock remains, and on that ground the lighthouse stands. At night, when the winds roar…

Drabble: Miasma

Dear Reader, I am feeling a little sick. Please enjoy a short, somewhat abrupt, offering. There's something in the atmosphere. I can smell it. I can feel it against my…

Drabble: Longing to Dream

They fill the earth with noise, not music, and there is no reprieve, no silent moment, no place for reflection and thought—there is no time to dream. But I have…

Drabble: Castle of the Mind

There is a castle in the minds of men which they do not approach. There is still an occupant there, waiting in the castle. He, up in his tower, high…

Drabble: Deadly Eye

The deadly glare of the idol I thought was a metaphor, some superstition meant to symbolize the power of the tribe's deity; I was wrong. I can feel that demon's…

Drabble: Waiting to be Heard

The silent tread of a ghost cannot be heard, only felt, and his wordless moans are only understood in a dream. Some spirits must roam for a thousand years before…

Drabble: Time Waits

The lovers never cried as the distance grew, nor were they saddened by the lapping waves rising and falling between them. Time would wait, they knew, and love was immortal.…

Drabble: Murder

The solid thud of his body hitting the sand, the little cloud rising around his still form, the echoing gunshot—it was all over. Smoke rose from the glistening barrel of…

Drabble: The Attic

The dirty stairs to the attic, long unused, creek underfoot. The shadows of evening creep in through the round windows as I ascend. Dust plays before my eyes, dancing in…

Drabble: Dragon’s Dream

The ancient dragon shifted in the darkness below the world, half waking for a moment, a bleary eye the size of the moon peering into the fathomless shadows surrounding it.…