After being cast adrift on the Great Sea for months, carried where the Western Trade Winds traveled, Mitsuki’s sailboat beached within a mile of her destination. She stepped gingerly ashore, then pulled the craft up and anchored it to a broken beam half-buried in sand. Sunlight was shifting to moonlight as Mitsuki stepped into the…
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What do you see? #12 — Honeypie (ハニーパイ Hanīpai)
Honeypie had reigned as the star of anime soap operas for the last 50 years. Biographies on the animators who brought Honeypie to life always made sure to include the information that the Tamaguchi family sons were solely responsible for creating all Honeypie anime. It had started with the senior Tamaguchi in 1970, then passed…
What do you see? #11 — Jill and the Beanstalk
It took Princess Jill years on her quest to find a crone who had magic beans that could grow a stalk up to the predatory giant ogre’s, Hairy Vineswine’s, castle in the sky. She was going to go home to her kingdom for a farewell visit before planting the beans, but time was a-wasting. The…
What do you see? # 10 — The Time Clown
Copyright: ALEXEY AVDEEV This-es and thats for the year complete Gathered with care, for Time Clown’s feat Put on strings he makes them rise As soon they’ll say goodbye Old makes way for new With hope so true This New Year Comes with Cheer Sadje is the host of What Do You See? Sadje’s prompt…
What do you see? #9 Two Against the World
Image Credit: yo Jumba had lived in the forest alone ever since poachers had wiped out her entire herd. Jumba had been asleep on the moss near the stream when the ambush in the meadow occurred or she would have also been killed. Jumba was just old enough to have been weaned or she may…
What do you see? #8 — Cain & Abel revisited
Cain and Abel were brothers, named after the ones in The Bible, but they were not like the original brothers. They were identical twins and had a mind-meld connection with each other. No matter if they were together or apart, each kept an awareness of at least the general mood of the other. That’s why…
What do you see? #7 Vision of Hope
Maura felt a sharp pain in her forehead and struggled to open her eyes. She found herself strapped to a cold metal bed, naked, with the smell of formaldehyde stinging her nostrils. There were no distinguishing features about the room other than her, on the bed, under a bright light that seemed to emanate from…
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