I look in the mirror. Everyday it is the thing I most dread, what if there is another wrinkle or grey hair to hide? Makeup has become my drug as I layer it and smooth it to make a mask that society will accept. I can feel people at work and in the street scrutinizing my appearance, I can hear their whispers of 'She's aged'. The lotions, potions, creams and serums don't work for me now and I cannot...

It's a lonely life being a hero.

However many people you save there are still more who die. However many people who appreciate what you do there are still more who hate you for what you are, for the things you have they will never get. After a while you start to forget why you still do the job, start to think 'Why would I help those who would kick me to the curb without a second thought?' Friendsh...

My school project was due, another stupid assignment about the old world. The white haired librarian had suggested I try the back archives.

I trudged up the metal stairs of the library, my boots clanging on every step. At the top was a small room with some historic wooden bookcases, very different to the iron ones that housed the main book selection. A rug covered the floor in the middle of the r...

Ahead of me was the air temple so close yet so far. Finally after all my toils, all the paths tread and kingdoms crossed I had made it.

The final obstacle was a bridge barely held together with rope. I tried it tentatively and felt the wood buckle but hold. It didn’t seem promising but I had no other option and so I continued walking. Grabbing the cords I used them to support the majority of my ...

Her hand shook as she reached up the grasp the doorknob. Slowly she turned the handle and pushed feeling resistance from the wooden door she had had no problem opening this morning. Her heartbeats increased as she moved inside, the light fading as she crossed the threshold. She brushed through a cobweb that was blocking the hallway tripped over a pile of dust, how had it gotten so bad so fast?

Sh...

Finally after two moons I saved enough money to go to lavender springs. You might think, ‘goodness you worked for two moons straight’ and I would say ‘yes, but I wanted to’ and it definitely paid off.

I stepped onto the platform of the space port and caught the ship to Astarera. I had been on over planet flights but never off world before and the thought was very exciting. I couldn’t believe my d...

Ripples emanated from where the divers were pulling out the black bag. I stared at in incredulously, it was obviously a body bag and a full one at that. As head detective inspector at the local police station the whole village would be looking to me to figure out what had happened. I looked away from the sight and stared out over the lake at the far away trees. I watched as some kids jumped off a ...

I laid out the dishes ready to be taken into the dining hall. Neatly lined with a table number placed next to them. I double checked these as there was a hit tonight, table 18 was the target. I had picked the poison to last a few months so we could not be linked to the deaths. I only booked about 5 targets a year which both made it very hard to trace the deaths back to us. Or at least specifically...

I walked up through the medieval streets ignoring the stares of the villagers who lived and worked there, only intent on reaching my goal. Ahead the thick stone walls of the castle grew taller and taller as I neared looking impenetrable. I finally stepped onto the stone bridge high above a raging ravine that acted as a moat, and crossed it to the portcullis which was broken. It’s jagged metal cros...

The war was raging around me as I held my sword in both hands, I had been placed at the back of the garrison so I might have to wait a bit until I can get into the fight.

Up at the front of the army I could see my brother Hector shouting commands to the rest of the Trojans. I couldn’t really hear him from back here, but other heralds regaled his orders so I didn’t need to.

Suddenly the men in fr...