The words still echoed in my head. “We will follow your passion.” They battled in my head with the body I was passionate about as that body rushed through brown leaves that had fallen from a million trees. We waded through an abundance of leaves. The sky should have been clear through the trees …
Flood: Passion
Jeb – my “Fathers”–was behind me. It was comfortable to feel him grow near the small of my back, leaving a million kisses along my shoulders as his hand clasped mine at my waist. I leaned my head back. “Do you know… what will happen?” His lips continued kissing. They felt like a smile had …
Flood: Light
There was a knock at the door, Mama turned to open it and in walked two people in robes. One was a course brown, and the other was a blue-grey linen. They covered their faces, all I saw were two figures moving, nearly floating across the room. But that wouldn’t even be a surprise as …
Flood: Wrong Side
I turned to Mama. This time, she let me, as the scry rippled and clarified to pure, clear water. The stick was clean of my blood, and as I looked at my palm, I could see a drying line across it. It intersected my life line; there would be a scar. I looked to Mama, …
Flood: Blood
“She’s alive?” I said quietly, looking at Mama and Fathers. “It’s confusing. It could mean anything, really.” The old man – Fathers – looked at the book, his eyes going hooded. “Let me…. let me get Jeb in here.” He closed his eyes, breathing in an odd, slow pattern that wasn’t quite panting and wasn’t …
Flood: Impatient
“We brought magic to the shores of this new world, hidden magic. Until your mother stole you away, we had lived for thousands of years unscathed. Those who killed the Mother of the Glenn and her family rose up and started killing Sisters left and right. They had been told that another of great power …
Flood: Storytime
Mama handed me a book with my name etched on the front cover. The cover was willow bark, not unlike the hat she had placed back on her head. “It’s all here, your life until now.” I took the book heavy in my hands from the wood cover, no doubt. I opened it randomly to …
Flood: Mud
“It may be that you changed homes, changed lifestyles…” Mama Glenn drifted off, but her voice encouraged me to fill in what she didn’t know. I nodded. “We did move to the wealthier side of town. It’s where I met Eth…” I let his name dribble out of my mouth, not finishing the entirety of …
Flood: Mama Glenn
The deep chuckle was near my ear, “yes… but you couldn’t get here otherwise.” His lips grazed the edge of my ear, and I could feel my skin and body react in a way I hadn’t had in a long time. Rolling over so I could stare into those eyes, I saw the grin …
Flood: The Storm
Rain rattles against the high windows, and in the distance heavy thunder rolls. But I pay it no mind. Tonight I’m sworn to vengeance. This night, I have paper. Graphs and diagrams are all laid out before me. I have their work schedules, pictures of their cars and smiling faces, and I wonder if they …