As Ethan was about to ask another question, Darren suddenly looked panicked and said, “Too much, sorry Ethan,” and he collapsed. The lady looked curiously down at the body of Darren slumping almost parallel to the table, while Mara grabbed the arm of Ethan, pulling him towards her and said viciously in a low voice,…
Author: sherifguirguis
Lying with straight faces
“Good evening Boyar,” The guard said. “These kids came knocking on the gates, asking permission to pass through to the other side of the village.” The Boyar looked skeptically to the three kids, then he asked Darren, “Boy, what color are you?” Darren said without a moment of hesitation, “I am an orange Sire.” And…
New Year in Nafoura
“My feet are freezing,” Malik complained. “Do we have to stay till the last minute?” “Yes,” shouted Sarah with glee. “This is when the magic lights go off.” “I can’t feel my nose,” Ethan told Sarah, then he added after rubbing his whole face, “I think it will fall off.” “You are both annoying,” Sarah…
The ‘Deal’
“He is a green, I am quite certain of that,” Darren talked softly to Black. “I think he is doing something with the girl, she uses strange words which might be really out of this world.” “Or she could be a red.” Black rubbed his short beard. “Your kind can musk their aura, right?” “I…
Mara
“Mara, leave those books and come to the kitchen,”The voice of Mara’s mother came loud from the other end of the big house. Mara obediently left the books, ran out of her room, down two flights of stairs, across the thousand square feet living area and into the kitchen before her mother could repeat the…
Suicide Mission 2
The night lights shone on the floor of the clearing, and a breeze wafted softly carrying the scents of the woods to the running man. As he approached, he rustled the leaves of the underbrush softly, then he stepped slowly to the center of the clearing, lowered his burden and kneeled down to breathe. He…
Holiday in Nafoura 2
“What do you mean by ‘otherworldy’?” Sarah pouted while she held her arms tight across her chest. “I mean ethereal, spiritual, transcendent,” Malik waved his hand at the sky as he spoke, “but you are as always, grounded to this world and would never understand such an experience, let alone feel and live it.” Sarah…
Holidays in Nafoura
Ethan jumped out of his bed, he couldn’t bear to waste a minute of this special day, even if it was so cold, that each of his breaths fogged in front of his face. He ran with all the other kids of the Bear building to the bath area, he freshened up with the hot…
The Fall of Greens
Ethan laid back on the mattress, trying to block all the strange thoughts of loss that assailed him, ones that he couldn’t begin to describe or explain even to himself, especially explaining the reason for having them in the first place. Ethan regulated his breath, and soon he was falling to the soft clutches of…
Philip
Philip jumped the ditch, then continued running, he had to reach the front line as fast as he could. This part of the wood was almost dead, the order of purification passed this way a week ago, and the signs of their army’s passage were clear. The soil looked a sickly gray, not the usual…