#3 Beginning
24 Jul 2011 2 Comments
Okey-dokey, week 3:
#3 Beginning
At the foot of a green mountain ash he stood, silent as the stones. This was the place: indelibly burned into his memory like a firebrand, the young Earthfolk man could never forget, even if he wanted to. It was over a year ago now, that Death came to his entire tribe in the form of the human miners. He didn’t come to dwell on the event, such was not the way of the ‘Folk; he came to assure himself that the land recovered. Tersun need not have worried: new growth was, even now, springing up where the winter before the mens’ fires had scoured the forest black. Hopeful, fragile shoots began anew, wherever he cast his eyes. Perhaps it was time he let that green change mirror within himself. For every ending was merely a new beginning in disguise…
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One of my favorite beginnings: a picture from our wedding.
Jul 25, 2011 @ 09:09:07
I remember that day (your wedding). It was so exciting, even from a couple of thousand miles away.
I also remember the story that this description refers to. It’s called “Kinship” and forms part of the anthology “Birth of a Unicorn and Other Stories” (lovingly edited by me
). The book can be found both in print and as a Kindle ebook at Amazon.com
Jul 25, 2011 @ 19:02:37
Actually, I plucked this out of my 3rd novel, which is the same characters as Kinship. Takes place a year later
I love my Tersun, lol.