Musings from a slightly sagacious sideline bloomer with a love of words and whimsy…
They were hunched over the fire: cutthroats, thieves, rapists... all indulging in the heady brew of strong ale and their winter plunder. The thrall set his eyes on one of them, a hulking brute that tore into the juicy rump of its kill. The warrior's tusks was glistening from the fat that dripped from the … Continue reading Freeze
She stared at the wreckage of the once proud ship, now impaled by the protuding rocks of the sheer cliffside. It rose like a wall of pikes, awaiting the unfortunate charge of tidal destriers that triumphed over these waters. And here, one of them had made its grave; its life snuffed out in one tragic … Continue reading Bait
Pain. Agony. His torment was sealed in the torn musculature pulled by the cement-like mud through which he waded. The rains had been plentiful. The wetland was a merciless force of torture... dragging his dreary movements two steps back for every one he planted forward. He was swallowed again and again by the sloshy footholds … Continue reading Mindless
He stumbled amid the shifting obscurity of twisted shadowy boles. His breath was ragged with exhuastion; deep, violent intakes of air bathed his lungs in the suffocating fear of the feverish night. He felt his heart clawing to be released; the rising palpitations unleashing a pounding beast that could no longer be confined by the … Continue reading Ring
Ways of the Wallflower 