I finally felt a bit of a creative spark today. Lately I've been feeling unmotivated and lethargic, though I can't imagine why. Our regular supervisor, F, is finally back from leave and things are slowly getting back to normal. But it seems as though my anxiety has only worsened. Going into my online classroom to …
Author: Ann Bedford
I am a former soldier, future author, and current crazy cat lady.
Transitions and No Days Off
Oscar the Therapy Spider is ready for another day of work. It's been a rough month. Our beloved supervisor F went on leave, as did three of our guys, leaving us shorthanded and with a replacement supervisor who hasn't the slightest hope of filling F's shoes. As the first week crawled by, one of our …
Tyos
Tyos stood on the hills, his grey eyes sweeping the lush, grassy knolls that stretched from his homestead toward the town of Adclif. He leaned heavily on his staff and frowned in puzzlement. “Where are they?” he muttered to himself. He took a deep breath and sucked in his lower lip to loose another piercing …
Emergence
"This demon will kill us,” she told them with a voice that trembled uncontrollably with fear and anger. Her throat was raw and she coughed once as she struggled to breathe in her panicked state. “We cannot unleash this into the world. Come on, let us go before it is too late!” Eri and Haral …
Portraits and Rambling at Panther Ramp
I am having my portrait professionally done today. The gentleman sits in his chair while I stand in front of him, patiently waiting for his masterpiece to be complete. He glances up at me every few seconds, ensuring he has the angles right, comparing my face to the one he is sketching on his white …
Oscar the Therapy Spider
I'll start this off by saying this: I'm arachnophobic. Always have been, always will be, end of discussion. Creepy crawlies are my nightmares; in fact, last night I started thinking about camel spiders for some ungodly reason and I instantly got up to search my room for anything lurking in the shadows. Anything with more …
The Immaterium
"It was dark. So completely dark that light could not survive here; so dark that it was an entity unto itself, almost sentient by the force of its presence. "But then had always been so here. The immeasurable universe of darkness was broken only by the intricate Tapestry of life. An infinite number of symphonies …
