Visitation: an end
Nami could only blink and wring her hands. She picked over her words carefully, not wanting to offend. “Does it...doesn’t it come from the gods themselves, the…
Lady Named Malice
11 stories written on Ficly, 2012–2013, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
Visitation: an answer
“Are you testing me?” Nami asked. “To see if I will act piously?” Ina smiled. She looked different than when she first arrived, Nami realised; her eyes were…
Visitation: a question
Nami found her heart beating harder as she watched her guest. It was something about the way she moved, or the strange flash of gold in her eyes which only…
Visitation: a guest
A woman with weathered skin and grey in her hair opened the door. Her name was Nami. She looked out and saw a dusty, worn woman, younger than herself. She…
Visitation: a knock
Ina had walked all day and into the night, and though by now she was dusty and worn, not a single door had opened to her. The darkened plains were endless, and…
Building Bridges
There was flat white cloud above the construction site, and fog drifting below it so that the far-off valley floor could not be seen. It was impossible to tell…
Valentine
My love has eyes I do adore They shine like stars so clear And those who see them catch the light Know that their night is near. I truly love her shining…
A Day Out
“I like it now that it isn’t foggy! I could see birds.” My sister’s tiny boots were still too much for her to manage by herself, and so at the end of the day…
Homecoming (2)
Liwliwa had already cast off the larger part of her sea-lion skin by the time Maricel pulled her noisy little boat up to the buoy. For years, she had had few…
Homecoming
Sometimes, on long afternoons like this, Maricel began to feel old. Her hair was still as dark as ever, but every so often she would feel an ache in her limbs…
Great Halls
Unto King Aelle, greetings; I must offer my sincerest apologies for my absence on this day. Leaving this country altogether would have been inexcusable; the…