by Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) illustrated by beili (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/350270.html) The birds erupt from the wheat fields with the suddenness of a falling blade. One moment Sebastiano is staring up at the vivid blue of the summer sky, and the next all he can see is a maelstrom of black feathers, circling the convoy like a […]
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Feb
Heir
by H.P. Lovecock (力。下。愛ちんちん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/349962.html) In my village, the elders tell a story of what was and what is to come. Long ago, the people of the Warlord Lands emerged from the depths of hell and invaded the Kingdom of the Sacred Mountains. They wore armour imbued with the spirits of evil demons and […]
22
Feb
Little Vipers Sing
by Yuriko Toru (百合子 亨) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/349630.html) There is no black and white to beauty The green sneaks in as often as you look Blue is in the ocean, gold is in my eyes Locked in a gaze. Did you notice you were on my hook? — Sa’adat was five years old when he met […]
22
Feb
Unification
by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) illustrated by engine (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351057.html) Year 346 AL Bretagh closed the door behind him, shut his eyes, took in a breath of four counts, and let it out just the same. He rubbed his thumbs to his temples; he’d had a headache building for hours, but now that he was somewhere […]
22
Feb
Lay Down Your Arms
by Kimyō Tabibito (奇妙 旅人) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351484.html) “I will serve the people and the land and uphold my bonds to the kingdom in the names of our gods.” Alain’s voice echoed through the temple, loud and clear. There was no tremor in his voice, no quiver, nor uncertainty. His face was calm, broad features composed […]
22
Feb
Sicilian Winter
by lamtuna (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351934.html) Anyone being introduced to the king had to kneel. The new stranger was no exception, and ducked so fast on one knee that the first thing the king focused on was his left shoe, pointing out of this looser kind of trousers the men of his faith favoured. A good shoe, […]
22
Feb
Error Borealis
(mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/352063.html) Married life had been kind to Sir Iame, but as he ascended the seventh side-tower staircase of the day he found himself grateful that he’d bothered to keep up his training routine. It wasn’t that he was worried about whether he could still use the sword on his belt—of course he still could, […]
22
Feb
The new kitchen boy
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/352383.html) “Those close to the court get honour; those close to the kitchen get food.” –Chinese proverb It wasn’t as though the new kitchen boy, or stablehand, or tailor’s apprentice ever actually fooled anyone. “We are expected to treat him as we would each other,” the First Cook said, […]
3
Nov
Mystery in the Adirondacks
by Okamoto Shin illustrated by beili (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/341415.html) It started with my sister, Clementina Demetria Winslow, the poor thing, although we all called her Dot. As the youngest, Dot had always felt it incumbent on herself to be the biggest flirt out of the five of us. Although our older brother Randolph set quite the […]
3
Nov
Tam Lin
by Grassy Mud (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/341670.html) The trees were budding with the beginnings of spring, the snow just melting on the ground. In the trees, the birds sang merry tunes, and the squirrels chittered through the boughs. Marcus trod through the woods, his boots leaving wet prints in the muddied ground. The young man wore a […]
3
Nov
Mad Dog
by Akirako (明楽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/344017.html) Simon left for his week long trip and it took Tiber at least three days before it dawned on him. Something felt wrong. Simon’s scent was fading from the town, and it maddened him. He tried to go into Simon’s store – bad idea. Gabe’s smell was everywhere over Simon’s, […]
3
Nov
We Disappoint, We Disappear
by shukyou (主教) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342735.html) He had just fallen asleep when he heard the voice. He opened his eyes in the all-but-dark room, lit murky beige from the streetlight outside the curtained window. There was a figure standing in the corner, strange and familiar at once, and unmistakably human. It didn’t move in any direction, […]
3
Nov
Logging in Old Algonquin
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342896.html) Duncan loved Algonquin Park at this time of year. The summer campers and the mosquitos had cleared out, and it was quiet during the week; the nights were cool and the days were golden. He’d scored a campsite at the secluded end of the radio-free zone looking out […]
2
Nov
The Height at Five Nights
by TK Hoshikuzu (TK 星屑) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342093.html) Staring at the beautiful autumn sky helped Oscar space out and forget the tension in the car. He had given up trying to figure out Damien’s state of mind. Before they opened the doors of the Corolla ’02, his shaggy-haired lover voiced his enthusiasm for their first trip […]
2
Nov
Rites of the Witch Boy
by H.P. Lovecock (力。下。愛ちんちん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/343090.html) “I can’t quite describe what I saw that night on All Hallow’s Eve, it was something so marvelous and terrible and unspeakable. The more I focus on it the more something in my mind seems to push back against it, like some force outside of my mind doesn’t want […]
