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Blood In the Soil
I wonder what they see as I tend to my garden. I can feel their stares, hear the mutters they exchange behind their hands. Do they wonder how I got these scars, or do they make up stories and listen to rumours? The slashes that mar my face happened long ago, in this very place.…
Sarah L King
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Of His Earth – Preview
Chapter 1 – The full moon bathes the valley in an ethereal glow, causing the dewdrops to sparkle and glitter, rivalling the stars adorning the night sky, but I have no time to admire it. Getting here was its own ordeal. I am generally shooed away in the village, which made finding passage… difficult. In…
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The Dark Road
The moonless night is dark—oppressively so—and the beam of light emitting from the front of my bike does little to dispel it. It’s okay. I know these roads, I’ve ridden them every day for a year, through sweltering heat, torrential rain, lethally slick ice, and impenetrable fog. During the day, the dusk, and the night.…
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The Trees are Alive
The shiver of leaves moves like a wave across the forest canopy. I’ve come to recognise the language of the ancient trees. The message they are relaying is one of danger. When I first arrived here, I knew I was finally home. I’d never fitted in anywhere, and here I am free of expectations. Over…
Sarah L King
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The Infinite Library
The Infinite Library is vast. An incredible repository of knowledge and stories. All the concrete facts and conflicting opinions. There are people who dedicate their lives to trying to find meaning in the world and here are the results, stacked neatly on the dark wood shelves waiting to be picked out and rediscovered. Then there…
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Awake
It’s been so long since I was last awake. Centuries I believe. Last time I spent so long asleep I awoke to find a world hadn’t moved on all that much. The fashions had changed—they always do—the buildings became more grand, the roads smoother, but beneath the veneer it was all the same. Horses for…
