The Light Reborn
Fire and Shadow danced in the shadow. Two men locked in a deadly duel, one young, glowing, black night and power. The other grim and worn, his light…
Light of Hope
How small the light of hope in the darkness. One sliver peeking out from under a door. Open it wide and suddenly the world is good again. But in the darkness…
Explosives, Darkness, and an Uneasy Sleep
The glow sticks were fading to nothing. Embers smoldered but gave off little in terms of light or heat. Overhead a roll of clouds robbed the night of its gay…
Eclipsing the Light
The great mystery becomes clear in the end. What began in warmth and light is swallowed by deep darkness. The enigmatic monsters came, injured, and destroyed…
Hateful Birds
These eyeless creatures stare me down. They probably think they’re so intimidating with their vast wing span and razor-edge beaks. But what I realize is that I…
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to be held by light speechless better than jesus. yeah. (fuck that) to be held by light li _ke stags like animals like brilliance of a growing, a forest’s…
Shapes
By the light of the stone, he could see shapes at the edge of his vision. Shadows within shadows, hunched, meagre, and yet powerful in presence. Startled, he…
Review and Recollection in Dim Light
The study was, as studies should be, utterly quiet. Dim light filtered in through a dusty window, competing weakly with the array of candles and oil lamps. As…
Static
Her spider fingers plucked and strummed away to create the silvery shavings of pitch that floated up like a feather caught on one single gust of wind. _Keep…
light
there is a crack in everything the broken shards can cut your fingers you see the crack and think there is only darkness but the cracks are how light gets in
Dreaming of Dawn
Darkness creeps ever closer completely consuming every flickering star that dares to shine within the endless sky We cannot reach those ancient children of…
11. In Obscurity, There is Protection
_“*Darkness* has always been on my side. What use have I ever had for the light, aside for its defining the borders of my zone of protection? Blackness keeps…
Always and Ever Present.
Darkness. Always and ever present. We are born in the dark. We return and surrender to the dark at the end of every day. We adventure into the darkness. We…
Tacit Conversation
Fireflies put on a furtive show at the far end of the pond. For Devon they remained as muted and unseen as the stars above. The sky of his youth, a great humid…
Darkness within
Darkness within a monster beneath my own skin the Mr. Hyde that awakens at night the ugly fury there’s no escape for me the monster’s inside of me it ‘s…
Old Sins
“Yeah,” Beth said as she sidled up behind him, using him as protection from the elements, “Seeking the light in the darkness is great for comfort but lousy for…
The Battles Always Choose
Tendrils of light were what made up his wings; tongues of flame that snaked outwards, a brilliant display. Their brightness increased as his baritone voice…
NO CODE
Thoughts were racing a million miles a minute as the voice in my head became soft and calming “here’s the point you decide to stay or go.” The light became so…
Sky
So the blackest night is broken, shattered by the sweeping dawn. Purple clouds, a remnant token of the darkness almost gone, touch the sky like mountains…
Chiaroscuro's Song
There, behold the hero bright, In his eyes, the failing light Lost amidst the darkness falling Small within prevailing night Who will aid him in his plight…