TheBrightPearl

The scent of the oregano rose in a heady perfume as it baked in the late summer sun. I leaned down to breathe in the aroma that reminded...

I stood on the drop off to the lake looking at the dark blue water. It was said to be the deepest water in the land. If one entered the...

They came to me the broken, the shattered, the hurt and I repaired the vessel. I didn’t require ornate temples or bright vestments in...

Clocks scare me. They take away your life minute by minute. They impose a constraint upon the world by chopping day and night into...

There weren’t many clients in the office that morning which retrospectively was a very good thing. I started off like any other day, an...

I entered my room and immediately felt the loss. There was a gap in the flow of the room where something was missing. My eyes swept...

I poled my way quietly through the interconnected waterways of the old city. Around me was both opulence and decay. Elaborately decorated...

A notice of armistice was received one year before the alignment. The alignment was a big event for all races whose home planets lay...

I slipped through the street hugging the shadows trying to remain invisible to the Public Enforcers. Navigating the Under City in quick...

It was something I had dreamed of doing since I was a child to walk the Chartres Labyrinth. This desire was nurtured in my childhood...

In the long ago a tale was told of Tea Sage and the Spirit Fox who brought blessing to our little village. The Spirit Fox was mischievous...

It had been a bad weekend, the local boys lost the big game and Jeremiah had gotten angry as he had bet the rent on them winning. When...

The furnaces burned day and night to keep the room at a constant temperature of 100 degree Fahrenheit. The sand covered floor was so hot...

It was the third time in a week the Golem had arrived at the city’s gate; mouth open in a silent cry as it beat on the gate. I watched...

I escaped the party by sneaking into the bathroom, I quickly engaged the lock and dropped down onto the toilet. I would wait in here a...

I had the most beautiful baby and all the other mother’s were so envious of her. She had such beautiful blue eyes and golden ringlets...

The room was starting to get lighter, a grey drizzly dawn after a horrible, painful night. It would have been nice to have a pink, blue...

The room was starting to get lighter, a grey drizzly dawn after a horrible, painful night. It would have been nice to have a pink, blue...

The winter silence crept under her skin burrowing deep like a mole into the dark depths. In the silence she felt her voice, her name and...

Circe’s mind was in great turmoil, pictures in lurid colours swam up from the depths. As she struggled to find her balance, her mind like...