"There is no end. There is no hell. There is nothing inside you but chemicals and biologicals. We wake in a cloud and we fall until the day closes, and we make like it means something. It means nothing to me." Aerial Orchid wandered in a daze and a million thoughts - mostly disjointed - passed through her head. How would she find help, how ( Read more... )

Black Envy stood in disbelief as to what he had just seen. He felt different in some way, but still had no idea how his new power would be used to benefit him. If he wanted to hold Stardust for the rest of eternity, he would need a power that is useful in defending it. The bird on his shoulder spoke bluntly to him. 'It's time to go ( Read more... )

Aerial Orchid held onto the wheel of the car as Pete slept across the passenger seat. They got to a fork in the road with no signs. She wondered whether to go left or right. The left road slanted significantly down hill, while the right rose high into the mountains. She decided on the right road. The view got to be dark and shrouding, and fog ( Read more... )

'Lights out, buddy boy.' The druid said as he smiled and Black Envy felt a strange sensation come over his body. He was shaking faster and faster until his body became a single blur. He looked at his hands and they began to evaporate like dust in the wind. 'Don't worry' he head the druid's voice in his head. 'You are in no real danger. Hang ( Read more... )

'Have you seen this boy?' Bob Spacer shows the picture to his partner. 'Thats him huh?, I thought he'd be older.' 'Lets get this picture out there.' Bob replied and stepped on the accelerator pedal. The police car hit the highway ( Read more... )

Black Envy being the muscular, intelligent and somewhat impatient minotaur that he was, found the journey to the druids a confusing and long affair. He couldn't hide his enthusiasm when he realised he'd reached the center of Stardust and the thick forest the lay home to the druids was upon him. With the talking bird on his shoulder he called out ( Read more... )

Aerial Orchid sat back and closed her eyes as her husband Pete drove through the vast cornfields and farm lands on the road to Artisan. She remembered back when they first met. She thought he was crazy, and in many ways he was. She remembered when they were only teenagers, and she was swimming in a hotel pool. She pretended she was drowning, ( Read more... )

In police headquarters, far into the deep valley of Wilco, Bob is behind his desk tapping furiously at the keyboard. 'It's six o'clock.' His partner mentioned as he moved towards the front doors. 'Give it up already. Get some sleep. You look terrible.' Bob Spacer ignored him and continued typing. He had to get this field report complete from ( Read more... )

'Over those hills!' The bird spoke to Black Envy. He approached the hill face, it was steep and made of cold stone. 'How are we going to get over these hills?' He asked the bird. It seemed utterly impassable. 'Got an apple?' the bird replied. Black Envy rummaged through his backpack. 'No I don't have an apple.' He said impatiently. 'Well, ( Read more... )

'Welcome, I am the spirit of dreaming... I come to you with an important message.' Arial Orchid saw only darkness and heard this voice echoing in her head. 'There is a time and a place, deep in the woods. Here I challenge a small man to a game of basketball. The man is elderly and his voice is raspy and stagnant. We play and we both know a lot ( Read more... )