Out of the Box Short Stories
Out of the Box Short Stories
I was born on Dwarkaa and was an Apolake Warrior and part of a ship crew that visited the many land masses that make up our world. I helped instill the fear of Casimer to the many clans on the various farrins, the land masses. A year and a half…
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Three hours passed by, just as Tilly had predicted, before I saw Xiomara and her entourage approach. My mind still couldn’t fathom why a woman was chosen to lead the Akoni Clan. Were there not strong men capable of doing the job better? I’d seen many such men…
Xiomara gave me two days to choose between death and life. The intense darkness of my mountainous, rock-enclosed prison cell caused time to blend into one long horrible episode and I had no idea when the two days was complete. One meager meal a day was brought to me…
When the effects of the laced dart began to wear off, I woke up slowly, my surroundings unfamiliar and the sound of chains occasionally grinding in my ears. Time ticked by as though it was a day at peace, like the effects of grog or elixir binging wearing off, the…
When we reached the beach, I instructed five of my warriors to cover the right flank, five to go around the left side toward the valley and the rest to continue straight up the middle. I chose to join the warriors in the center, the place of greatest danger. As…
The vision before me was unbelievable, the last thing I’d expected on our approach to Akoni Farrin. I’d anticipated meting out punishment, domination, cowing the clan into terror and submission, but I stood at the rail of my ship in dumbstruck awe, staring at the bizarre apparition. I…
My day began well before daylight. My breakfast waited as I scoured the ship in search of Tilly. I found her curled up in the ships ropes, which were tucked into a corner of the deck, a partial roof for a covering and a rough burlap bag as her blanket…
The next morning as I awoke, I immediately noticed that the sea had grown much calmer, at least it seemed that way in comparison to the violent waters we’d been navigating thus far. My room didn’t buck and sway as much as it had the days before. The…
Tilly kept her word and warmed my bed that night. The experience was as pleasurable as I had imagined although our lovemaking didn’t help to soften her feelings toward me. I remained hopeful that she would eventually come around and begin to care for me. Her presence at night…
