Lifty felt the cool breeze gently stroke his face, a soothing sensation. He felt the uneven rocks beneath his feet. He was exhausted.

With prompt haste, he took off his flowing wizard’s robe and shoved it into his bag. He sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Some well earned rest, he thought.

Lifty admired the view, setting his staff on the floor beside him. A quarry, but no ordinary one. It wa...

Dravina woke with a start. Her entire body ached. She felt the cloth tied over her mouth, the shackles that pinned her down onto the bumpy and uncomfortable wall, and especially the sense of dread that spread across her body like a virus, making her tremble. As her vision refocused, she analysed her surroundings.

The cave was a freezing wasteland of endless rocky formations, reaching jagged tenta...

Clouds cover the skies, rain pulls at my eyes,

But nothing hurts more than little words turned lies,

My breath heaved, I felt my happiness leave,

But nothing caused more pain than how I was deceived,

I had been fully robbed of glee, but I think we can all agree,

That the worst of it all was the lies that were told to me,

I felt the rain patter, tiny freezing splatters,

But the falsehood that I suf...

I brought the lighter closer to my face and felt the fire’s heat softly toast my face, the warmth landing on my cheeks. Carefully, I lit the cigarette that poked precariously out of my mouth, watching it burn at the end with a subtle red glow. I inhaled. And exhaled. I watched the smoke erupt from my mouth in a satisfying grey puff, just like I had before so, so many times.

The smoking had always...

“You look like you have a shaky dentist” Samuel bellowed, after being angered by another boy: Grubert, who was a general obnoxious idiot. He had an ugly piggy little face with buck teeth that stuck out of his face like he was constantly trying to bite someone. After the statement, Grubert stared in disbelief at Samuel.

“Say that AGAIN!?” Grubert demanded.

“No, I’ll carry on.” Samuel said calmly. “...

Buttons flashed and shone inside the huge metal spaceship. An endless array of planets and the remains of spaceships floated through the infinite galaxies of space, all outside the window of the grand metal explorer.

Bleebo, the great Alien general sat down in his throne and relaxed. “Bloopo! Here now!” Bloopo, the alien scientist, plodded over, wearing a white lab coat that covered most of his s...

My neck was craned, as I stared up into the clouds only the tower of the greats dared to touch. My eyes scanned this gargantuan tower until I could no longer see it, the beautiful monument towering into the heavens themselves. The tower of the greats was a marvellous palace, constructed in the time when only the gods walked the earth, by only the most masterful of godly craftsmanship. With stretch...

Twinkle twinkle, shining bright

Glowing smoothly through the night

Twinkle twinkle, the lights do glimmer

Each lovely dot a beacon that shimmers

Twinkle twinkle, a bright white glow

Each light working together steady and slow

The lights would roll past as you would walk by

Incredibly outlined by the dark night sky

Each light would shine in a shape so round

Which the night behind, a beautiful backg...

My vision was blurred. I looked down and brought my hands closer to my face. They were a representation of the life I’ve lived. The harsh light from this sandy wasteland beamed onto them, allowing me to examine every part: the scars, the wrinkles, the random markings. Each one of these small details, or imperfections told a different story: the time that I cut my finger while cutting food, the unn...

Wind battered my face as I trekked through the dense, bushy undergrowth. Thorns coated the ground as if they were put there to stop me, like traps. Towering birch trees shot into the grey sky as if they were trying to grasp the ominous clouds that threatened a heavy downpour. Unsurprisingly, rain began to hammer down onto the top of the trees and the orange leaves on the floor next to them. The jo...