In the town of Aerie, perched precariously on the edge of the world’s end, the cliffs rose sheer, like the walls of a giant’s castle. The local folks had wings, not like those of birds, but delicate like a dragonfly’s, shimmering in a spectrum of colors whenever sunlight managed to steal through the perpetually moody … Read more
In the heart of an ancient forest, where the trees stood so tall they seemed like pillars holding up the sky, there lay the Glowing Grove. A marvel, unsought and unseen by the curious eyes of civilization. Each leaf, each blade of grass, even the dirt beneath shimmered with a soft, ethereal luminescence, like fragments … Read more
The lone adventurer—who for the sake of our story we shall call Finch—found the desert temple not so much by fate as by a unique intertwining of destiny and an oversight, having misplaced her compass three dunes back. It lay sprawling before her, emerging from the wind-swept sand like an old bedsheet tossed aside by … Read more