Anna Tan's Blog, page 24
April 20, 2020
Q is for Quandary #AtoZChallenge
You say you want to build a community
Yet you only want a community
of people
Just
Like
You.
How then will you grow?
Yet you only want a community
of people
Just
Like
You.
How then will you grow?
April 16, 2020
O is for Opiate #AtoZChallenge
Are you done yet, he asks. His face is full of kindness, shadowed with sorrow.
What with? She doesn't look at him. Cannot look at him.
You use bitterness as an opiate. Do you feel any better?
No. Nothing feels better. It just feels as if she is falling apart.
Come. He reaches out his hands.
She takes them, studies the scars. She lets go.
Come, he repeats.
What else would you suggest?
He kneels before her, taking her hands. That you open your eyes.
My eyes are open.
Harsh truths. A gentle...
What with? She doesn't look at him. Cannot look at him.
You use bitterness as an opiate. Do you feel any better?
No. Nothing feels better. It just feels as if she is falling apart.
Come. He reaches out his hands.
She takes them, studies the scars. She lets go.
Come, he repeats.
What else would you suggest?
He kneels before her, taking her hands. That you open your eyes.
My eyes are open.
Harsh truths. A gentle...
N is for New Way to be Human #AtoZChallenge
Because it came up on today's CG video.
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Everyday it's the same thing,
Another trend has begun.
Hey, kids, this might be the one.
It's a race to be noticed,
And it's leaving us numb.
Hey, kids, we can't be the ones.
With all of our fashion
We're still incomplete.
The God of redemption
Could break our routine.
There's a new way to be human.
It's nothing we've ever been.
There's a new way to be human.
New way to be human.
And where is our inspiration
When all the heroes are gone?
Hey, kids, could we be the...
April 15, 2020
M is for MercyMe #AtoZChallenge
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Whoops. It looks like I skipped L yesterday.
Also, I don't know if I'm going to see this through to the end. It feels like all my brain juices are being sucked up working on the WIP, and I stare at the A to Z posts and can't write a thing.
We'll see. Maybe I'll shift from flash fiction to something else.
April 12, 2020
K is for Kitten #AtoZChallenge
"Stop that!" Katie said in exasperation.The kitten just looked up at her, uncomprehending.
"You can't walk all over my keyboard, Kits." Katie booped the pinkish nose offered to her. She lifted the tiny thing and settled her on the pillow beside her.
The kitten mewled her disgruntlement.
"Stay." Katie continued staring at her laptop, willing the numbers in the excel sheet to start making sense again. She was tired, so tired. Maybe it was time to take a break. She leaned back and stretched, only...
April 11, 2020
J is for Judas #AtoZChallenge
There are guards at my door. Guards who follow me wherever I go, who listen to all my conversations. I tell them to go, but they do not listen to me. They answer only to the Regent. Relka is the only one who has yet to be subverted from my service, as far as I know. He does not leave my room except to do the laundry. Food is delivered to my room. In defiance, I ignored the food sent up and go down to the dining hall for dinner. There is a troupe playing, though I do not recognise any of them....
April 9, 2020
I is for Innocent Blood #AtoZChallenge #GoodFriday
The world stuttered to a stop for a split second. It was dark, where light should be. Weakness where strength should be.
What is happening? This is wrong.
A cry. Loud, haunting. Terror. Pain. Determination. Alone, so very alone.
Into Your hands. For them.
Exhale. Quiet, at peace. Life laid down. Done, so very done.
This should not be.
The dry earth opened its maw and drank, accepting innocent blood in place of the guilty. The ancient laws of redemption fulfilled in life and blood.
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Mark...
What is happening? This is wrong.
A cry. Loud, haunting. Terror. Pain. Determination. Alone, so very alone.
Into Your hands. For them.
Exhale. Quiet, at peace. Life laid down. Done, so very done.
This should not be.
The dry earth opened its maw and drank, accepting innocent blood in place of the guilty. The ancient laws of redemption fulfilled in life and blood.
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Mark...
April 8, 2020
H is for Hands #AtoZChallenge
"They're your children. You can't just wash your hands of them," a voice spoke from the darkness.Iman froze. She spun around, searching the dimly lit room.
Rahsia rose from the couch, rubbing at her eyes as she yawned.
"What are you still doing here?" Iman clutched at the door frame for support.
"Making sure your two young children are fine. I couldn't leave them alone, could I? When I don't even know when you're going to get home?" Rahsia turned up the lamps, revealing dark circles around her...
G is for Ghaut #AtoZChallenge
Wait for me at the ghaut.She followed the ghaut down to its natural end, soon leaving hard-packed dirt for coarse sand. The soft breeze stirred her hair, warm and balmy, but still a slight relief for the sweat that dripped down her neck. She reached up and caught her hair up, twisting it into a bun. Holding it with her left hand, she dug into her pockets for something to tie it with. All she found was a blunt pencil. She fiddled with it a little, then stuck it into the bun. It held.
A few more...
