Father Hawk nearly jumped when he noticed the twelfth shadowsnake. It was a speedy creature that tore through the water, practically galloping. It drove itself down and below the lake, arching its back before diving in. Then, it would almost immediately thrust itself back up the water, moving through the air in an arc, beforeContinue reading “MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 39 (Early Draft)”
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MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 38 (Early Draft)
Father Hawk finally had a place to eat and rest. A place he could sleep in every night without having to change it as he was constantly on the move. It would have been more relaxing, except for the fact that Father Hawk went to sleep in his cot completely exhausted. Sleep was his onlyContinue reading “MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 38 (Early Draft)”
MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 37 (Early Draft)
This is the corrected version of Chapter 37. The previous version actually contained the contents of Chapter 36. The Eagle below Father Hawk caught him and moved in a uniform march down the circular platform to the right. Injured and weak, Father Hawk was unable to resist. He only saw the crowds of tree branchesContinue reading “MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 37 (Early Draft)”
MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 36 (Early Draft)
For hours and hours he walked and hour by hour the light of the outside vanquished. A cool humidity settled over Father Hawk in the woodlands the farther on he walked. The farther on from the water he walked, the lesser the power of the gusts became. It was a long walk that soon turnedContinue reading “MONDAY CONTENT: 2200 Blues Chapter 36 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 35 (Early Draft)
It was the first real fight of his life and Father Hawk wasn’t ready for it. He flailed around, kicking with his claws and stabbing with his wings, both of which had strengthened in his rebirth. However, his newfound strength was no match for his inexperience. And his inexperience was barely a match for theContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 35 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 34 (Early Draft)
“State your business with me!” exclaimed Father Hawk, breaking the nightly calm. The wolf at the center of the advancing line squinted his yellow eyes and turned to look at the wolves on the left and the right, who slightly tilted and nodded their heads. The center wolf turned his head back to look atContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 34 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 33 (Early Draft)
“You’ve worked hard,” said the huntsman. Father Hawk could see his large blue body looming high in the black expanse and hear him as well. However, Father Hawk couldn’t see himself and he certainly couldn’t hear any sound he would normally create whether that be his feathers shifting against each other or his own breathing. Continue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 33 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 32 (Early Draft)
By G.R. Nanda Father Hawk gathered himself again and eventually walked off the stinging pain. His right leg had been sprained near the claw in his fall. He didn’t know how he was going to do what he had to do. He had flown high up above and had seen that the ravines and riversContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 32 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 31 (Early Draft)
By G.R. Nanda 2200 A.D. Atlantic Tribe, Desolate Plains of the Atlantic As the windstorm died down, the old man cleared his throat and slurped on something. There was scattered shuffling of limbs and mutters outside of the egg shell in the crowd. Nickel had resorted to slumping at the bottom of the egg, keepingContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 31 (Early Draft)”
2200 Blues Chapter 30 (Early Draft)
By G.R. Nanda When he awoke, the sun was well on its way up the sky. The ball of yellow warmth loomed over him in a sky of light blue. The stolid white sheet of a sky seemed to have disappeared overnight. Only a few puffs of white clouds peppered the sky. A gentle breezeContinue reading “2200 Blues Chapter 30 (Early Draft)”
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