Category Archives: 2200 Blues

By G.R. Nanda Nickel stood on the rocky orange terrain of his dream amongst a gentle breeze of orange air caressing his hair. He wasn’t wearing his body-suit. Instead, he was adorning the night clothes he slept in on the Eagle: thin woolen pajamas. The sleeves of his shirt and his pants fluttered in theContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 5 (Early Draft)”

By G.R. Nanda Nickel sauntered past the flagpole and into Steve and Farrul’s campsite. He flexed his back straight, and shrugged his right shoulder to better carry the weight of the traveling pack he held by his right arm. He had taken it off of his shoulders and was now lugging it by a handleContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 4 (Early Draft)”

By G.R. Nanda Nickel covered his face with his hands. Steve was yelling. Nickel could feel Farrul pounding at his body. The impacts were soft and each one kept becoming softer and slower. Nickel bent his legs and then twisted them sideways, before slamming them against Farrul’s body.  Farrul gasped and slumped onto the ground.Continue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 3 (Early Draft)”

By G.R. Nanda He was rooted to the spot. Nickel pressed his feet into the ground in an effort to make himself feel as if he was doing something other than hiding still. His feet suddenly slipped across the ground. Nickel yelped as he fell over. He grunted as he fell on his stomach andContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 2 (Early Draft)”

By G.R. Nanda A blanket of orange emerged from the atmosphere. The purple sky, its red clouds, and setting evening sun began to disappear from Nickel’s view. Orange gas flowed over the window through which he was looking out, in floating particles and coalescing clumps. Where the sun was, a ball of red could beContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 1 (Early Draft)”