Chapter 1: Rising from the Rubble

That was the last of them. Vost wiped the dust and sand off his hands onto his dark maroon robes and took a step back, sweeping his gaze across the ruins as he looked around for Swen. The entire temple looked like the maw of the earth had split open and swallowed different sections of […]


Strangers in Time

He stood staring out into the gentle open waters, his hands pressed on the railings while his body leaned forward. The cool breeze blew into his face, tickling behind his ears like a playful lover. The soft lapping of the waters against the side of the reservoir was a calm rhythm that hypnotised him. It […]


Would you talk to me like we used to

Would you talk to me like we used to? In riddles and rhymes, Melody and song, Magical tunes that we’d both hum along. Perhaps we’d spar like we used to? With pens as swords, Words as arrows, Knights on horses with princesses in tow. Maybe we could race like we used to? Down magical lanes, […]


A Story of a Dreamer

O what fool he is, he who dreams upon a makeshift pedestal, Patched blankets wrapped around a dishevelled self. And dreams he of love, puffy clouds and castles in the air. Naive fantasies! O poor fool who knows not love. Romantic whisperings, epic soliloquys! To whom you may ask? His shadow, of course! Construed as […]