January 2012
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Date of Death snippet
Before she could comprehend what was happening, the lid from a manhole in the center of the road was lifted to reveal the dirt-smudged face of a young man. His eyes were wild, his dark hair untamed and thick and clearly in need of a wash. His shirtsleeves were smudged and torn, revealing several brilliant red marks along his right bicep. He looked around the street like a madman and then jerked...
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Maeroksigne excerpt
A minute passed between the two with a comfortable silence, passing by unnoticed as Liam closed his book and set it aside with careful motions, as Daniel reached ever so slowly, almost hesitantly, across the tabletop to bring one of Liam’s hands into both of his. He cupped the hand gently, caressing the top of it with the calloused pads of his fingers. Liam breathed in sharply at the touch, and...
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maeroksigne snippet; silence
Silence was their greatest enemy. Though thoughts and words could occasionally hurt them, the silence caused more damage. The world of the Maeroksigne, the world they knew, was built around the unspoken word. Life was created and kept going because of the words that filled the minds of every being on Earth, whether they were Maeroksigne, human, or animal. Their thoughts allowed life to thrive....
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Maeroksigne excerpt; Lomnivo
Following his family’s cue, Liam unbuckled and slid from his seat, maneuvering from the car with a speed reminiscent of a sloth, his eyes glued to the house with every movement. It had been quite a while since he had been here, seen this house, walked on this ground, breathed this air.
He paused after closing the car door, leaning against the vehicle as he took a deep breath and allowed his eyes...
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Maeroksigne excerpt; Chapter 10: Foreign Emotions
“Aw, come on, don’t stop now,” Liam protested, glancing up from his spot on a dusty, old chair that had lost most of its vigor and fluff, situated near one of the corners of Daniel’s garage. He sent a pointed glare over the ridge of his glasses at the boy who sat behind his drum set, sticks still in hand, hovering only centimeters over the heads. The boy cocked one brow in response, as his lips...
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Maeroksigne excerpt
He enjoyed this, getting to learn about Daniel bit by bit with each conversation. Rather than reading him like an open book, he was granted the opportunity to fill in the blanks. It was as though taking a pen to a blank journal for the first time when he had met Daniel, and he’d been gathering all of the new information to add every time he was around the boy, taking down the words, the sentences,...
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Maeroksigne excerpt
He was fascinating, Daniel was. Liam was now used to the silence that met his mind whenever he set his attention upon the dread-headed eighteen-year-old, but he hadn’t quite adjusted to the feeling it left with him. It was a nostalgia of a sort, a feeling that reminded him of his earlier life, back before he even knew he was Maeroksigne, back before he had heard the first voice, back before his...
December 2011
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Maeroksigne excerpt
Banking on the idea that the kid probably wouldn’t be working on a weekend, at least not at a time that Liam could spare around his double shifts at The Nook, Liam waited until the following Monday to bother venturing into the uptown region once again.
It was slightly past a quarter after three and Liam was searching his surroundings with wide eyes, not unlike a predator lurking around a forest,...
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Maeroksigne excerpt
“What’s got you so worked up tonight, Li-Li?”
Liam raised his gaze from his carton of Chinese takeout, which he had only been poking absentmindedly with his chopsticks for the past several minutes, and glanced across the living room at his sister, Jezebel. Her head was quirked to the side, her short brown hair framing her face and showcasing her one raised brow that begged for some sort of...
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Wayward, Ch. 9 excerpt
There lay a touch of hope within his eyes. It was a glimmer of a sort really, a little sliver that required much reinforcement if ever to become a reality. Bill’s chest tightened, but there was a barrier withholding him from providing the reassurance that Tom needed. He could say all he liked, speak to no end and to his heart’s every content about how everything would be okay, but the words would...
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Maeroksigne excerpt
Liam continued along his stroll, smiling as a rush of unheard words that weren’t his own collided within his mind. A mother’s innate worries as she found herself stuck in traffic, a son’s unvoiced, juvenile hatred at not being allowed to hang out with his friends after school, a young girl’s pining thoughts as she tore the petals from a flower, one by one while seated on a bench beside the small...