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Month: July 2024

From The Mouth Of An Injured Head – a reflection on recovering from abuse

From The Mouth Of An Injured Head – a reflection on recovering from abuse

Some wounds, like mine, run much, much deeper than sometimes one might expect. My injured head does not bleed, but it struggles now to rebuild its world after unwittingly watching it burn for so long. Nobody knows quite when the fire started, but now that it’s finished in a searing blaze of glory, regrowing the scorched trees seems nigh impossible. Such is the nature of waking up from the remnants of an abusive relationship. The aching dawn opens my eyes…

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Feudal Wings – Chapter 2

Feudal Wings – Chapter 2

CONTENT WARNING: Depictions of emotional/physical/verbal abuse, intrusive thoughts, murder mentions Marmoset kept their eye on the ball, moving fluidly to the rhythm of their heartbeat as they practiced their latest juggling trick. They’d been working on perfecting it for weeks now, taking fruits of various sizes from the kitchen and juggling as many as possible at once. Day by day, they amped up the pace until they could confidently juggle the fruits in a way that blurred the colors together…

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Feudal Wings – Chapter 1

Feudal Wings – Chapter 1

Pink talons flicked over and over against the jingling bells on Marmoset’s hat. To their left hunched the ruddy brown form of Redwood, all scented like cedar candles and fresh morning dew. On their right side was Lightningbug, slender claws tinkering with an old dragonets’ toy and a screwdriver. Just about everyone in the room was palpably nervous, some fidgeting like the wings of little flies while others sat frozen in still, uncomfortable silence like pillars of ice. The tense…

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Feudal Wings – Prologue

Feudal Wings – Prologue

Frigid air smacked itself against Angel Trumpet’s face, chilling through his scales to his very heart. Tears of stress froze in place along his cheeks, salty water stopped in time. If only it could slow his heart down, too. Though his mouth was less of a cave and more of a desert, he still forced out the words. “Vesi, I have bad news.” The IceWing raised her head from the pillow she’d been resting it on a moment ago and…

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Constellations Over Us – Book 1 – Chapter 4

Constellations Over Us – Book 1 – Chapter 4

Aisling thought her brother was an idiot. An idiot she cared for very much, but an idiot nonetheless. Perhaps that was why she was so concerned when he started spending excessive amounts of time in the woods. He’d never been so obsessed with finishing meals quickly and dashing outside before, not even when they were both trying out weapons for the first time under the watchful eyes of their family. That fool was going to get eaten in the woods,…

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