Jakarta. 2010. Di Wilayah Pelabuhan yang penuh kesibukan truk yang berlalu lalang mengantar barang yang membangun ekonomi nasional, orang orang kecil yang tidak diperhatikan pemerintah hidup dengan caranya sendiri. Kurang dari 1 Km dari pelabuhan, terdapat sebuah perumahan kecil yang padat dan ramai, semua suku ada dalam perumahan yang malang itu, semua hidu...
Chapter 7 Holes in the World If the wizards of the guild could have seen the recent changes to the pattern of fires dancing across the surface of their world, they would have been dismayed. Something unheard of was happening. Not only unheard of, but believed to be impossible. Flickers of black were occasionally making themselves visible in the streams of...
Chapter 6 The Laws of Magic If there had been anyone with the spark on the surface of Destran during the fires, they would have seen a never before witnessed sight. Pulses of pure white aura streamed down from the sky, being absorbed by the plants. The visible red light from Fron was filled with the pure white aura of rare, free floating mana. Not even th...
Mana slipped off the ledge into the churning water of the cave, her tail firmly attached. She greeted her sister Quinara with a head bump and swam around her making a high keening noise that conveyed happiness to be back in the water. Quinara motioned towards the land man who was treading water, his limbs moving in panic. Quinara smiled in anticipation and...
Chapter 8 The Death of a Slave The pattern of fires on Destran's surface was being changed by the mysterious mana draining holes in the world. The normally random flames started appearing primarily near the holes themselves. What no one realized was that while the mana from Fron poured onto the planet evenly, the ability of the minerals, plants and animals...
The two men were standing on the beach, gazing out to sea. One threw pebbles and the other sketched the ocean and setting sun in charcoal. Mana watched them, hiding behind a large rock near a cave only a few dolphin lengths away. She had watched them arrive at the deserted beach, walking from the large square box her father had called a castle. It had high r...
Author's Note: This story is based on the unlikely pairing of two friends of different sexual persuasions. The names of the characters have been changed to protect their identities, and a liberal dose of literary possibility has been applied to fill in the gaps as to how their romance grew and blossomed. Enjoy the telling. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "Hey, girlfriend! Why a...
Chapter 5 Unpleasant Truths As the fires didn't ravage the surface of Destran, deep beneath the surface of the planet, changes were also happening. Life on Destran had evolved to not only survive the burning times, but to thrive because of them. While some animal species mimicked the sentient immigrants to the planet and moved into the extensive caves tha...
I'm sure you've heard that power corrupts, but for us it's more than a saying. Long ago there was a great war between my people and the demigod Giants of Antelos. We developed a method to increase the mana of our warriors through sensual contact, creating fighters strong enough to defeat the giants. The return of peace left the greatest heroes dissatisfied w...
Earth Ottawa, Ontario August 13, 2019 06:30 EDT My alarm blaring woke me up again. I was tempted to turn it off and get some more sleep, but I was too excited to learn how to shapeshift. I took a very quick shower, got dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast. "Good morning..." I said when I entered the kitchen. I had been about to call Alexandra and...