Category: Stories

I won't be able to properly express why I found myself there. Before that strange journey, the declaration of mountains, wind, and trees lay about me, and I found it enough. I could sit under the warm embrace of the sun and remember. Once, the blue ocean-sky or the occasional gift of diamond drops from … Continue reading Accidia: Part I

Slowly thoughts began to roll around in his mind as he regained consciousness. He found that even as he opened his eyes, he could not see. A course, black fabric was tied tightly around his head blocking any vision. He wondered if it was day or night, and began to reach for the fabric to … Continue reading “De Ironia”

The man rushed forward, eyes wildly searching, panting as the soot and ash coated his sweaty face and bear arms, blackening him and his clothes. The heat was oppressive, washing over him in unrelenting waves, staking it's claim on yet another victim. His filth covered skin felt as if it were about to melt. The … Continue reading “Raptus ab igne manu.”

In the prime of his youth he decided it. The tantalizing prospect of life without the fear of death... His heart raced thinking of it. "One day," he thought to himself, "One day they will have it all figured out. And I'll put myself away until they do!" Of course, by "putting himself away" he meant doing … Continue reading “Damnum vitae.”