The swallow was a happy bird, but also somewhat superior. Nothing brought her joy the way flying did. Slicing through the clouds and flicking the air with the perfect points of her tail. She believed that birds were the supreme creatures of the world. Because they could fly. Some insects could fly as well, of course. But birds could fly higher, faster, and farther than any insect. Continue reading
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Jacquery Tattery Maker of Sails
StandardJaquery Tattery was born at sea, and he grew up in a town far from the sea, and all he wanted to do was return to the sea. Continue reading
The Station Companions
StandardAndrew saw it first. About a month into our six-month rotation maintaining the company’s Arctic monitoring station. He was doing weekly maintenance on all the pumps on the north side when he thought he saw some motion. At first, he thought he’d just imagined something. Continue reading