Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 7th, 2009 No Comments »
The Intro
Ty watched the air hiss out into space, knew he had no life support back-up and realized he didn’t care. He fingered the detonator and watched Anna maneuver. She was almost in the right spot.
There! She flew into his trap and let off a burst of fire just as he detonated the very [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 6th, 2009 No Comments »
The Intro
Anna was smiling as her ship spun and twisted dizzyingly. She found the sweet spot and got herself righted and in some form of control.
“Y’know Ty, the one difference between us?” With one hand Anna kept her ship steady and with the other set up one beauty of a shot. “I’m good at [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 5th, 2009 No Comments »
The Intro
Ty couldn’t see where he was or where he was going. He felt the ragged edge of panic start clawing at the back of his head, but he stayed calm and tried to figure out what Anna had just done to him. Her voice came into the cockpit and felt oddly comforting as he [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 4th, 2009 No Comments »
The Intro
Anna had figured out the dust cloud. She knew where she was now and thus knew where to find Ty. She crept through the cloud until she came to where he was hiding. As she popped out from behind an asteroid she yelled “Found you!” and let loose with a burst of deadly fire. [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jun 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
driving through Ohio
I realize
this is what the world looks like
in my head
rolling hills
trees all around
all of them green
and I remember
being the only one
to use the word
‘deciduous’
in conversation
my first group of friends
the most painful moments
I’ll never forget
when my whole world
was a part of my life
I’d never wish back
and I look at my life
and the dreams that [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 3rd, 2009 4 Comments »
The Intro
Ty hated a stand up fight. He knew that the only way he’d ever win this fight was by sneakiness and deceit, two things he’d practiced and excelled at. So the dust cloud Anna had make with that last blast was no problem to him. Ty just slowly angled toward the closest chunk of [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
The Intro
The ships moved gracefully and lightly, like birds in the air that had achieved heights higher than the sky. Ty had slipped from view, but Anna was sure she’d find him eventually. He’d never learned any patience and wasn’t that hard to wait out. But this hide-and-seek tactic of his was kinda fun.
“Marco,” Anna [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 1st, 2009 No Comments »
The Intro
Two ships hung motionless before a dying sun. It’s rays shimmered and glinted off of the field of asteroids that stood ready to envelope the ships. To the casual glance the asteroids appeared stationary, but a second look revealed their slow and deadly dance. The ships hung just on the edge of the field, [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on May 31st, 2009 1 Comment »
My brother Seth is at the tale end of designing a role playing game called Showdown. It’s a game for two players. You each make a character in any genre the two of you can agree on and then they fight. But in between the duel scenes are flashback scenes. We get to see how [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on May 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
this world’s a frightening place
with its leafy trees
and skies of blue
happy people bustling
through round edged lives
that never quite fit me
and the lemonade and cookies
glare with unrepentant normality
I’ll never get the hang of
sometimes I don’t even care
but I can’t quite grasp
the blazing fire I’m almost
the rebel with a cause
I can’t quite be
and I sit and smoulder
while [...]