Writing
Xela is an author of several short stories working on her debut novel. Reprinted here is her award-winning short story and other sci-fi, anecdotal, and satirical writings.
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Science Fiction
Prose Awarded Short Story: The Core of a Midnight Star
To be a midnight star. That dark hole that pulls all things in space-time into its dense belly. Sometimes I envy those collapsed stars for they do not age the same as creatures do, even the incorporeal Phasers like myself. My little midnight star… ….read more…
Waffle Acquisition Program
Ti-80 pressed the numbers for breakfast. The white box whirred as the ingredients were put together. The door slid away and Ti-80 picked up the plate with three-fingered manipulators tipped in silicon. Temperature: Perfect. …read more…
Horror
The Ants Come Marching
“Remember. Destroy anything that moves, even if it’s just a beetle. We don’t want a city-wide genocide.”
Euridices My Sister
….The thing that was not our mother seemed to widen. Her face remained the same, her legs thickened. As she stood from her chair her stomach seemed to suck into her spine. …read more…
ARG Dragons
Facts about Finding Dragons.
April 1st is made to be dragons’ favorite. Basking day means the wind is changing.
The first thing I have to say about this momentous day is that tracking dragons is clearly the safest thing you can do today. …read more…
What to Know When Searching for Dragons
Hey folks, This is Xela, and today we are talking about what to say when you find a dragon. Dragons, just as all you beauties, are sentient. And it is April first again, so here are your Dragon Tracking tips for this glorious basking day of the year. …read more…
When to Track Down a Dragon
First, let’s clear the air. Dragons like to relax on Basking Day. April First is a breath of elemental change and dragons will be out and about. Approach at your own risk.
You are gonna be fifty-fifty in the air on whether a dragon is the type that wants to talk or the type that can’t be bothered. If you are bothered about the idea of being eaten, searching for dragons is not for you. …read more…
Anecdotal
The Deer
My feet plodded along, kicking aside long swaths of barley where they had fallen across the thin, dirt trail. The sun had nearly set and the evening breeze was cool. The undulating field of wild grain swayed in waves at the light touch of the wind. …read more…
Locked in the Library
….“(something something) I’ll come pick you up,” my dad called from the car as I walked down the steps and through the glass doors of the Provo City Library. As I opened them, the initial burst of cold air told me that the air conditioning was still going strong despite the freezing temperature outside. I was glad for the tightly stitched scratchy green wool sweater my mother had handed me that morning as I had gone out the door. …read more…
Supernatural Romance; 0k I get it now.
Supernatural romance was a genre that used to confuse me.
‘Why,” I thought, “Ruin a perfectly good monster book with abs?”