Paradise Regained

The sleigh, empty of its precious gifts, glides quickly towards the future.

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Forward with heads bowed
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast,
The southward aye we fled.

1,350 words

Beneath the ice the answers lie—for them, for her, for you.

1,042 words

Come on, keep up—don't lag behind.

1,420 words

Dear betrayer, have you claimed the gold you were promised?

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Let's just be grateful that there are no traffic police in Antarctica.

1,799 words

No, not a coronal mass ejection—just an unexpected firework.

1,442 words

We hope someone found joy in the ride, even if just for a moment.

1,471 words

The introspective wields the blade of defiance, while the defiant veils herself in introspection.

1,567 words

Instinct, faith, and a turn of fate—that's all it takes to succeed.

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It's always darkest before the dawn.

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All is prepared. We are but a single step from a successful experiment.

2,119 words

Down, down, descend the stair,
Step down, I say, to the devil's lair.

2,455 words

They shared it all—warmth in cold, cool in heat. But now, there is something she holds alone.

1,504 words

The mad often speak the truth.

1,546 words

I strain my eyes into the abyss, but darkness is all I see.

2,659 words

All she wants, is to stand in the light forever

1,739 words

Goodbye, Máhtu.

1,760 words

Poor soul, so eager for salvation—where will you go now?

1,966 words

Go and seek the Golden Fleece. In the land of endless peace.

1,589 words

Blood and tears become one, as she weeps in the dark.

2,241 words

When, with blood, the disordered threads are soothed, fate shall reclaim what was once eschewed.

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The flood of time will take us all, but pray, let me find my own stream.

2,880 words

Go to the other ferry, back to the mouth of the River Tiber.

1,356 words

On the never-ending relentless march through time, the future will come again.

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