Calliope Stone is dead. Well, not entirely; she's stuck in the in-between, a barren landscape with silver skies where strange birds cry in the dark of night. Something stirs in the shadows. A millennia-old feud is ready to erupt. Calliope doesn't know any of this; all she cares about is her own survival. But what if...
"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul." William Ernest Henly © 2014 heavenlyrunes
This is for a contest, at death's door contest.~~~~~~~What would you do if you were given a second chance at life, when you were dead while living? Would you take it? What if pain was all you felt when living, would you want to do it all over again? Or would you make it worth the while? Would you take someone's soul a...
My eyes shot open adjusting into the darkened space, the only source of light coming from my old blue lamp as it cast a soft glow, illuminating the shadows of my possessions, the coat handing on the back of my door producing a large figure on the side of my white wall. “That’s me.” I fell off the bed. ...
Alethea has always been awkward - eccentric, even. On a typical day she spends her time cloistered inside a tiny apartment hiding from the world she doesn't really understand. When her therapist encourages her to push herself outside her comfort zone, Thea makes an ill-fated trip into the city. Even though her therapi...
