Dominic is a scholar in the 2nd era of the desert cities, charged with investigating the surrounding lowlands for evidence of the nomads. Now that Deneb was in an age where it could prosper, there was nothing stopping the king’s continued accumulation of knowledge. Truly a heart of golden sand waited for those who wentContinue reading “Deneb Mythos #5: Den of the Nogyave 1 – Heart of Sand”
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Mt Baldy from Brook’s Bridge
California Cloud
Ellensberg, West, from the Water Tower
Millennial Backpackers
Bedouin
Textured red leather Notebook In the palm Of my hand Sitting In the sand Leather shoes off To feel the grains A matching brown-red Belt loosened To enjoy the sun In this glorious desert
Raptors
A wander A desert A lightless sky A blackened kind Of night a crime For void to shine Glittery grey grains In wind to wind Up dunes so fine Sandstorms to blot The suns and blind Million million summers Verdant vermillion Visions familiar A spiriter smother Intyranny covered Mysterious phaser A dithering withering Force ofContinue reading “Raptors”
Deneb Mythos #3: The Exodus
When the old king Breeg went missing, his right-hand man took control. Breeg’s son and true heir to the throne, Elzri, was much too young to rule a thriving kingdom in the desert. Why, commanding such a place would surely be impossible for anyone to do after Breeg disappeared. And it was. This is whatContinue reading “Deneb Mythos #3: The Exodus”
Interstate 15 Out of Victorville
Interstate 15 Out Of Victorville A mirage in the mountains Some distant horizon A group of clouds Made another mountain, tall, Leaving a hole, the sky, As a sundown colored lake At its base
Deneb Mythos #2: Satellites of the Old Lords
In the 1st era, the countries of Esther, Quincy, and Dominicus all set out to stake a claim to the land found down the Aaugyst River. The three colonies that formed all came from those countries who feuded often in the north. This is the story of Jack Hykrel and a group of fighters who defended LittleContinue reading “Deneb Mythos #2: Satellites of the Old Lords”
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