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Salt Borders

On September 4, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, WritingLeave a comment

The lopsided asymmetry of the shanty-house slouches oceanwards...

Day 31: Siren Tide

On March 24, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, To Those Who Seek Sirens, WritingLeave a comment

Lonan braced his hands on both sides of the nearest hollow, staring into it with all his determination. Porous rock stabbed his palms. The blackness ahead shimmered with sound. Garbled nothing-lyrics vibrated below his ear and jaw. All around him, Lonan was surrounded by the rushing Ream.

The Fairy Door

On March 20, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Microprompts, WritingLeave a comment

Every day before breakfast, Mariela crept out to see the fairy’s maze. She took her mother’s old mirror from the top of its mahogany dresser, blowing off the scraps of crumbling wallpaper, and swiped a scone from the cook’s first batch of the day.

Day 22: Pearl White

On January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, Writer's Report, WritingLeave a comment

After the first pirate attack there were the humiliating murmurs, the way Neils would gently separate them after that. He’s meant for Cypress, people tried to explain to Lonan. Then Xan got the seashell tattoo, pearl-white on his chest.

Day 18: Swordswoman’s Son

On January 16, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, WritingLeave a comment

In the pale wash of the cracked window, his clipped hair shone almost white. He’d changed since he and Lonan had been bathed together and scolded together—he was built like a swordswoman’s son now. His mother’s spitting image.

Day 9: Running Fire

On November 12, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, WritingLeave a comment

The runners bolted at the signal. Their feet pounded the rock, all Serafina’s teenagers galloping through the crevasses. Jeanie with the leg she’d broken summers ago lagged, but her torch was the first to find kindling. The long fronds of a fescue patch ignited.

Day 8: Eva’s Temple

On November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fantasy, Lost and Found, WritingLeave a comment

Cyprus touched the remnants of the decal. He could make out very faint impressions of white trees, their leafless branches enclosing blue-green globes. Silver-dabbed snakes cradled them, eyes set from trimmed malachite.

Luke 24: 18

On October 28, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, Writing2 Comments

Shackles in filigree cage man’s wings to his chest.

The Fire Eats

On October 24, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn poetry, Writing2 Comments

The fire bursts awake in the trees. It begins by eating the green from each leaf.

Tiramisu

On September 18, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, WritingLeave a comment

The letters get away from me, making tiramisu.

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“Cloonacauneen Castle” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0 

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