Tag: Tales
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Aphorodíta
Aphorodíta, Cast in marble Watches through the years Yearning, Waiting, For Phoenicia, Her land to reappear One Phoenician, Her Phoenician, Adonis, she waits for too But cast in marble She waits forever For that’s All she can do. Behind the marble The story’s different, They live on forever more Even in the Underworld, even if…
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The Way
I’ve been running for what seems like forty days and nights. I was sure the treadmill would get easier the more I used it, but not this one. It’s getting harder. Each run is like climbing a steeper hill. I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t look any different. In fact, I’m sure I look podgier.…
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Star-Crossed Lovers?
Romeo and Gretel got off to a bad start. Hansel and Juliet never got to meet. It’s strange how some things are just meant to happen. Romeo, Grand Duke of the Alamenth Cluster, and Grand Captain of the Floating Cryllaminth luxury liner, was given one task to carry out. He had to deliver, on the…
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Shiver Me Timbers
“Ahoy me hearties!” bellowed the actor on the deck of the Sulphur Sark. Holding a steel blade aloft he started to swing it around in a figure of eight fashion. He was alone, and knew he wouldn’t cause any damage if he came on board to rehearse. “Shiver me timbers!” he continued, although now he…
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Hell, Help or Hello.
The moment I moved in I could tell there was something different about the house. I’d hear doors open or close from the other end of the house when there was only me there, or floorboards would creak in the rooms above. That was particularly unsettling when I was up in the loft. Water could…
The Mansionic Perspective 