Shona

Aspiring writer exploring dystopian and fantasy fiction while learning the craft. Interested in how ordinary people survive extraordinary systems.

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Shona

Aspiring writer exploring dystopian and fantasy fiction while learning the craft. Interested in how ordinary people survive extraordinary systems.

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The Queue

Shona

4 min read

They say the asteroid will hit Earth in 24 hours.

Not this world. Not us here on Mars. Not Luna, Europa, or the orbiting cities. Just Earth. Blue and distant and doomed. The only place that ever really felt like home.

By the time the feed confirms it, it’s already too late. The asteroid is massive. Unstoppable. There are no heroic launch sequences. No press conferences. Just a headline, and then ...

Drama

Science fiction

The Moon Thief’s Apprentice

Winner - 2nd

Shona

2 min read

Old Maeg kept a jar of moonlight on her shelf.

"Don’t touch it," she warned. "Full moon’s truth will skin you clean."

Old Maeg kept a jar of moonlight on her shelf.

"Don’t touch it," she warned. "Full moon’s truth will skin you clean."

I touched it anyway.

She caught me, of course. Said if I was so curious, I might as well learn to steal it properly.

We began on a Waxing Crescent. Hopeful an...

Fantasy

YA fiction