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The Story of the Orb | Episode 7 | Southern Vésper — ‘A little sigh of nostalgia’

26 Aug 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor $0.22

Sara and her father Mentesúfis, with the help of the four men, brought the large wooden table to the beach, and laid it with the festive and well-washed down meal that had been prepared in the meantime throughout the morning, with the help of Gui. Vé...

A Nuance For Emily

18 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments DoctorPlatypus $0.08

An author colleague today was musing about the use of 'basic' to mean "I don't really like it, but I don't really want to think about it." and she compared it to the older 'decent'. This led me to think of the way we now use 'fine' and how difficult...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 6 | Southern Vésper — ‘The colours of the aurora’

16 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor $0.26

It was already dark when he reached home, the lights of the shipyard were turned off — which he found strange; at that hour they were usually still working. He saw from the window of the house Guilherme and Gui, who dined in the company of the four m...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 5 | Southern Vésper — ‘An ancient aria’

5 Aug 2020 4 minute read 1 comment M. Jesus Victor $0.04

Vésper, whenever he could, would go to the home of Mentesúfis in the village and prowl around his library, devouring book after book, like a bee collecting pollen for its precious honey. Gui, the son of the old man, had begun courting Sara, daughter...

The Fall

28 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat $0.02

  Haughty and full of gross disregard, Man ascended; Deconstructing his world with blind rationality; Coercing and bending others to achieve his ends; Interring himself in a tomb of living death.     A Passionless blaze fell from towers on high While...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 4 | Southern Vésper — ‘Room to be reborn’

16 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor $0.14

The fishing village on the island of Nana had grown in a disorderly, piggybacked manner alongside the canal, as though standing on tiptoe to take a peek at the sea. At a certain point, the canal proceeds by itself with its two mighty piers like a pai...

The Shadow and His Mirror

14 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat $0.06

Bleak Dawn: Mankind appears as a machine; His words, gestures, actions, formulaic; Their spontaneous manifestations, The sole light that draws my ennui forward.   His pathological tendencies, wrought With's greedy delusions, blinding him by The trap...

City of Man

7 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat $0.06

Motionless ocean, devoid of Life, No eye will ever see your limits; No shores or beaches will contain you; Your waters are darker than the void, For the depths of your being can’t be seen.   The city wall that constrains us all, Protecting us from th...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 3 | The Water Garden — ‘Bewildered in spirit’

6 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor $0.01

The three men (the old priest was still asleep) arose as a gesture of respect. Aira went to meet them, smiled at Dérop and kissed the face of Diáfana. The latter responded with a delicate caress on the face of Aira and said in a low voice: ‘Vésper is...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 2 | The Water Garden — ‘A stern Father’

1 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor $0.01

… Dérop felt her presence and turned around. She perceived that they were already waiting for her at home, he took a step in her direction, she calmed him and said: ‘You had best wait for Diáfana here in the garden.’ She went towards him, kissed him...