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JudgmentsMilgasia will never forget that day, or that person. That monster. It was one thousand and twelve years ago when the sky rained red with the blood of Milgasia’s people, all because of a single person. One remembers strange things from such monumental tragedies. Not poetic, universal, theatrical things, no.  More things like how one’s cotton shirt clung to one’s anxiously sweating skin and itched.  Or how the blood smelled potent, rusty.  What one had eaten for breakfast only hours earlier—tepid eggs over thick firebaked rye bread.  An oddly unappetizing breakfast, lingering too long and too heavy in the belly, ominous of the horro...

The Murder of the Hearts (pt. 1) Chiaki's eyes fluttered as she attempted to focus the blurring lines in front of her into proper words and sentences. The words thickened and swam into one another, much like the fireflies flickering softly outside her window. It was just past midnight, and she wanted to get as much of her assignment done as possible, even if it did mean giving up a few hours of sleep. Another yawn escaped her lips, and Chiaki set the thick book down onto the table. She could get a wink of sleep and wake up in a few minutes to work on her assignment...It was starting to seem like an especially tantalizing idea. Chiaki cross...

Slayers: AliveEpisode 133: Reminders! You're Everywhere To Me"You're looking healthy." Xellos greeted his target with a mocking grin. The people around them were oblivious to the tension in the air as they went about their business, staring at the pretty pointy eared girl or getting slapped by jealous dates."You're looking smug." Kirei glared at Xellos with a great fury in her golden eyes. "You have no idea how much trouble you caused for my clan by killing Jewel.""I thought you weren't fond of the brat," Xellos responded with mock innocence."She was... necessary," Kirei growled.xoxox xox xoxoxSeveral days ago, close to midnight in the out...

E.P.I.C. Stories & World Creation In Part 1 of Building E.P.I.C. Worlds, I outlined three types of genres of speculative fiction with regards to the kinds of worlds the world-builder could create – the science-fiction universe, the fantasy universe, and the alternate history universe.  In Part 2 of this tutorial series, we will look at the particular elements of those worlds, and how choosing the structure of your story will influence each of these elements.The structure of a story is the framework of how a story is told – that is, how it will begin, how it will progress, and how it should end.  I use an acronym to remember four elements...

               Iwaizumi is a man of tradition.                When he first started playing volleyball, he heard about all of the odd practices that would ensue before matches to calm down players; they would dive across a spectrum, ranging from being typical to downright weird . He remembers thinking they were redundant—passing them off as unnecessary. He wouldn’t outright say foolish, yet he wouldn’t deny it if it ever glossed across his mind.                But now he’s stuck in this position.                           The gymnasium is bursting with sounds—rippling with energy from shoes squeaking against polished floors and...