by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
A month. No, not even that. That’s all the time that has passed since I came to this dark city, since I came down, into a place called Iwaku. Someone told me once that Iwaku means “to tell a story”; whether or not that’s true, I intend to tell mine. My name is Ozryel,...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
This had gone on far too long. My bike skidded to a halt, the purr of her engine reaching a roaring crescendo and then dimming to a steady thrum as I kicked the brake. I left her running as I slid from the seat; my mind- and eyes- were more concerned with watching the...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
Iwaku was trembling, crumbling, plunging forward so fast and yet turning so still. I could taste the mortality in the air; it hung like a miasma over the city, fogging the panes of shattered windows and obscuring the looming shapes in the sky above me. Fragments of...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
The news station shakes. Kaze pauses, mid-sentence, mouth gaping as his eyes finally leave me to turn heavenwards. His fear is acute, and I cannot blame him. He has to know the chaos that lies outside; he has to realize what this means for him, for Iwaku. I utter a...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
As I was wandering in the dark I came across a little spark I am sure, when I accelerate and swerve out into the lane behind Asmodeus’s car, that my appearance comes as a dawning realization. I can see myself in his side mirror as I dart out of the chaos on the...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
Asmodeus stands silent above me, grip slackening around the hilt of his sword. “Embrace it,” I whisper around the blood trickling down the back of my throat, as his moment of epiphany unfolds. I push myself to my feet, reaching out to lay my hand against...
