Grandmother's Amulet_The Dream Catcher and His Wife_A Final Mountain Holiday_Escapee on Mars
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Grandmother's Amulet
Rufus sat at the long table - already decorated for the holy day with dim candles and a few pewter statues of possums laboring - and stared down at his plate of roast vegetables and nuts. He knew that this was the moment he had been waiting for: the moment he could finally share his dream with his family.He took in a breath and tapped his glass goblet."I know you all think I'm crazy," he said, his voice trembling slightly. "But I want to be an adventurer.” There were murmurs and sighs, but Rufus continued. “I want to see the world and have adventures and help people. I want to be a hero."There...
The Dream Catcher and His Wife
Late at night, loud laughter emanates from the club where people cheer and talk loudly while the barman pours drink after drink. The door swings open and a man steps in. He is dressed all in black with a ski mask hiding his face and a revolver at his belt. He stands just inside the doorway, head held high while the disco lights blare and deafening music plays. Without warning, he pulls out his revolver and the whole room falls silent. He aims the gun at the barman’s heart and fires. The barman is dead before his head hits the floor, one hand still clenching the bottle of wine he’d been pouring...
A Final Mountain Holiday
A child of the mountains… I grew up going on camping holidays in the mountains where we would fish, hunt, wander and play in streams making dams and little boats of wood. Perhaps that’s why I always run to them to seek solace or clear my head whenever I must make a big decision or am questioning myself. The mountains hold a deep, cold, unwavering wisdom. When you’re standing at the crest of a peak looking at the rolling landscape the taut rubber band that holds the daily mundane human experience snaps, and your narrowed pewww.onedoor.ccrspective gets buffeted away by the wind. It’s not that these things dis...
Escapee on Mars
TW: Swearing.Detective Arthas Jacques’ swipes moved images from the network to his visual explanation of Marvel’s character, Vision. “He was created by Tony Stark, who is Iron Man,” said the grown man with the tangible excitement of a toddler who’s heard the ice cream truck. “Why are they hand drawn when you showed me video?” asked Agent Belle Nguyen of the Mars Security Agency. “They’re from the comics, the video you saw was from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He typed in the air. Words appeared amongst the holographic mess of his eclectic explanation. A video popped up, showing the red one w...