Chapter 43 As they gaped into the new morn. Momentarily the party were fooled into assuming it was the moon goddess. Yet, as the firmament of their eyes readjusted, they plainly perceived the figure of Grozette looking back at them from the bow of the ship. Her image subsided like a theophany that […]
Chapter 34 The crisp morning had broken, the first strands of light had begun to diffuse the horizon, as the two sisters sat comfortably, perched Up high in the bough of a once-mighty sendel tree. The aged tree Stood princely in the desolate corner of the now quiet municipal campus and watched down upon the […]
Chapter 18 Tumjai cast his thoughts back to Those days… the dormant memories lied scattered so far away like shadows. He recalled the small rooms in the embassy that were dimly lit, they were cramped like small interrogation rooms and only scarcely decorated. Amongst the fixtures and fittings were pictures of majestic misty volcanoes that […]
Chapter 10 The sound of steel clanking and panic hung in the air, as people ran frantically for their lives towards the only exit, they were running from their seats toward the entrance, trampling the ones that moved slowly but they were cut down easily anyway. Some lied askew on the mosaic floor as their […]
Chapter 9 Brownie felt apprehensive as she waited outside the small room that Bieber called ” her office”. Outside the portal of redwood and brass marquetry. It was no different to the other doors just an essential looking screen to shut out unpleasantness. Beiber had asked Brownie to meet her here after lunch and empathized […]
Chapter 8 Eulin felt slightly peccant as he flew away. He had missed the feeling of flying, the wind beneath his wings, spreading his primaries to the air, feeling them ruffle back and forth in the turbulence of the wind. This was indeed his first long flight since his accident. It felt good; it was […]
Chapter 6 It had been 33 days and 33 nights …companionship with Kay & Eulin, had grown gradually as time went on, they seemed to trust her, she had learned a lot about the pair of them and the unique Martian customs and its culture, its little quirks and eccentricities. Eulin enjoyed singing early in […]
Chapter 5 After the laughter had died down, the three of them began to slowly scramble to their feet, shrugging off their aches and pains they reoriented themselves “let’s get this door closed!” Kay said as he pushed the door too and slid the bolts home. Brownie felt positively bedraggled, dusty and damp she cast […]
Chapter 4 It was the 520th day; this year had been irksome the winter months had been too cold, and the snow had fallen relentlessly, pearling onto people’s roof terraces and by the sides of the promenade, the last piles of snow turning from pink to dark grey blobs. The spring had been far too […]