Tag: 100 Words
-
In Half-Light
Shadows stretch forward as the the Sun disappears behind the derelict abbey, attempting to reach the trees that mark the perimeter of this now disused estate. The trees are clouded in complete darkness, but the space in-between, the space occupied by the elongating shadows, is bathed in a cooling twilight. An eerie half-light, neither day…
-
Saturnlight
Basking in Saturnlight, the comet finally reaches the closest point to the ringed planet that it ever will do so. The ice crystals and rocky formations glisten in the reflected sunlight, from a sun almost one-and-a-half billion kilometres away. Saturn itself seems to hang low in the flimsy atmosphere the comet has created for itself…
-
The Gateway
I look out into the vastness of the skies before me. I catch glimpses of the wormhole within the swirling galaxy. I watch many vessels leave and head off in that direction, venturing towards the Whole New Realm. I long to be the next chosen to join them. There are only so many days left…
-
Orangery
I walked into the Orangery at the back of the Mansion this morning, and saw this: I’d never seen it before. The Orangery, that is, not the parrot. Mind you, the parrot was new as well – I think – although he seemed very familiar. Parrots tend to look alike, though, so I may be…
The Mansionic Perspective 