From Bone to Blood to Flesh and Back Again
From Bone to Blood to Flesh and Back Again
The world swam back into focus. There was a creature in front of me. It stood unsteadily, limbs made of entwined fibers. When it moved, it jerked, like time-lapse footage of a plant growing. Various fibers grew and retracted, pulling the “muscles”. It wasn’t pretty and it needed a lot of help, pushes and shoves […]
Water lapped around my ankles. In the distance, I could hear the soft sound of waves, yet the room I stood in was a black box: four walls and a ceiling with no apparent light source. Shadows moved around the edges of the room. They whispered to each other, but I couldn’t make out what
“Chiara.” I opened my eyes. The sky was painted in watercolour blues and grays like an artist’s rendition of a sky within a dream. Or maybe it was a dream’s rendition of art. Kellen walked past and gave me a languid smile. “Come on. It’s nearly ready.” My heart sank. “Do we have to do
Snowflakes twirled down to Earth while every living thing fell into the sky. Humans screamed. Cats and dogs writhed around, snapping at nothing, trying to escape the invisible grasp. Even the trees were being uprooted. Everything was swept up into growing masses in the sky. These living spheres roiled with conflict as they slowly migrated
Cutting ties with Maria was the right call. Her subjects, grafted into furniture, would be more hindrances than useful assets. I suspected they weren’t very loyal as far as Wolves went anyway. Maria twisted their forms, using them as conduits for her vindictive behaviour. In this room alone, four different pieces of furniture had been
You had a good run, Nick. But now it’s time to give the people something different. I watched in awe, hand on the gun of one of my followers, making sure to drink in every last detail. Bullet entry and exit wound observed, severe blood loss. My Shape made sure I knew exactly what was
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I awoke to the smiling face of my father. “Wake up, sunflower. Come see the dye I made.” His face swam out of sight and the bedding slipped away from me. The scents of home brought warm feelings with them: baking bread, the hot metal of the blacksmith, the smell of goats and sheep. My
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A gust of wind whipped across the field, making the wheat ripple in golden waves. I pulled my sweater over my exposed shoulders. Kellen’s long hair dipped down as they looked at me. Their face was angelic, framed by the blue sky above, their long lashes drooped over their blue eyes like they were half-asleep.
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I felt light. Lighter than I’d ever felt before. Up up up you go! Swing as high as you want. But don’t blame me if you start to fly. As if a huge burden had been lifted off my shoulders. My feet still touched the ground, but if I wanted to, I’d simply let go
I had to do this right. I would only get one chance. The gunmen had their weapons at the ready. Their masks modeled after roadkill stared back at me with glassy eyes. I needed Chase to be confident. That way he wouldn’t think he needed the guns. I knew him. Wherever possible, if he could,