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Tag: science fiction

  • Subtle Corrections

    Subtle Corrections

    The evening air was filled with the sound of thousands of people laughing, talking, and having a good time. Everyone’s faces were filled with mirth, and it seemed impossible that there could be a single sad soul among the crowd. Merchants rang bells and raised their voices to attract customers to their stalls. The scent…

  • Red Desert

    Red Desert

    They said that if you made it across the red desert, you would arrive in a land of blue rock. Vivin didn’t even know what blue looked like, but he figured he would know it when he saw it. His whole life had been the dry red earth stretching into the far taunting horizon of…

  • Eternal and Ephemeral

    Eternal and Ephemeral

    A gentle breeze blew through the flowers and grass in the garden. The movement of the bell arconen flowers created the lovely ringing sound they were named for as their lustrous pink blooms waved in the wind.

  • Finding the Light, Part 2 – The Forest Floor

    Finding the Light, Part 2 – The Forest Floor

    Ouzin had run as fast as his feet could carry him, but with the roots, large bushes, and branches, he couldn’t get as far as he felt was safe. Even with his enhanced vision, the darkness of the forest floor was imposing, so he created little lights and used them to guide him through the…

  • Finding the Light Part 1– The Desert

    Finding the Light Part 1– The Desert

    The sound of the wind wiping up sand sounded uncomfortably like a swarm of flies, and indeed the Kroshta desert felt alive. It was easy to believe that each grain of sand had some sentience and intended to batter him down, in the same way the sand storms have brutally battered all the land in…

  • To Escape Grief

    Back when the shuttle was still considered the pinnacle of space travel technology, Shuttle AE-912681 was dubbed the Imperza by its original crew and captain after his beloved ex-wife.

  • The Death of Awana

    The Death of Awana

    The air was filled with the scent of flowers, and expensive perfume doused liberally upon sweaty bodies that twirled and swirled as one mass of cloth, trembling limbs, and clinking jewelry.

  • Song of Discord

    Song of Discord

    Kana walked with Rolt through an ornate network of rocks twisting in impossible formations. The walls curved in fluid angles, monumental arches delicately balanced on willow structures, and the earth was a marble orange and white gem of fire beneath the desert sun.

  • The Return of Rick Lupaine

    The Return of Rick Lupaine

    Rick stood in front of the large windows, wanting to bang his head against the glass, but instead, he chose the more sane route of enjoying the view. From this height, he could see the entirety of Cajara’s capital city directly beneath him and all the way out to the flat open spaces and rolling…

  • The first episode of the comic has been released!

    The first episode of the comic has been released!

    I finally finished the first episode of the comic. Unfortunately it takes so long to make, and this is just the first part, but I’m glad I’ve made some progress. Here is the link: https://visionsofnol.neocities.org/ Here’s the cityscape of Cajara featured in this comic. I’ll also be posting the full short story that the comic…