“Are you prepared for tea with the Faerie Queen?” Tilly assesses Nora. “You’re not!”Nora blushes.Tilly’s eyes flare. “Tea will be served in a lacquered walnut. This is important,” Tilly’s foot stomps. “Nora, listen!”“Yeap, walnuts,” Nora says with an eyeroll. “No problem.”“There is a problem, Nora! What do you do with the leaf?”“Leaf?”Tilly sighs. “The walnut… Continue reading Ritual Involved Tea
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Balloons on a bumper
I have to stop their fatal mistake. “Check your colours,” I yell as I run, waving my arms frantically. They’re trying to use only cloud white balloons. “STOP.” I holler. “You need more colours.” I blow out the breath I was holding and turn toward the balloon stand, grabbing two blue and two yellow to… Continue reading Balloons on a bumper
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Oxygenated Appetite
The feeling of discomfort grows. A strong desire turns to a craving, an insufferable appetite. Humans, a vampire’s cattle, walk before me unaware of their looming slaughter. Imaging the movement of the body fluid that fills their circulator systems overwhelms me. What shade of red runs through their veins? No matter, when the hemoglobin in… Continue reading Oxygenated Appetite
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Elixir
“Is it so different?” Tallie asks. “Your world, this planet called Earth, floats. It floats in the sea of a vast universe.” Simon’s eyes flare. “Float! Earth most certainly does not float. In fact, Earth is fall…” “Are you bonkers?” Tallie gives a fast assessment of herself and Simon. “No wind rushing past, feet on… Continue reading Elixir
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 