Emmic wipes the sweat from his forehead with his cuff and glares at his companion. Jonath never seems to mind the heat. He is Old Blood, of course, born on Loess, and the Old Blood families have acclimated to the desert over the generations. So too will Emmic’s children, should he ever have any. Jonath leans against … Continue reading A Shifting Wind
Category: Jade Dragon
Negative Space
No desert is as sere as empty space. Why do you weep? This crossing is not free. It never was; not free, not without cost. You wander sere and barren galaxies; I weep and wonder, did they weep, the stars, when spacetime set them free to wander skies so sere? Too sere, my heart. Love, weep … Continue reading Negative Space
Augury
Lord of wind-scarred warrens walks the sunless tunnels, Serves the hand of heaven holding to his shoulder. Under seas of sand-swells still his eye turns skyward, Deaf to prayers - a prophet promising a kingdom. This drottkvaett - written for the yeah write April poetry slam - might be the hardest thing I've ever written. … Continue reading Augury
Reasons
The days of the week lined up like buckets, ready to catch whatever fell in. Just dribbles at first, rumors and best guesses, barely enough to dampen the soles of our boots. I dipped my cup in pail after pail. I filled my head with names and my mouth with the taste of ash, until … Continue reading Reasons
O Captain, my Captain
For all of you Jade Dragon junkies out there, Rowan G., my co-editor over at yeah write (and co-conspirator on accidental writing projects), has made a guest appearance on the Dragon. Want a little more Morrow? Go read Silent Aether and tell me she didn't nail it. Silent Aether
Christine Hanolsy 