One evening as the weaver birds sang to send the sun to sleep, Mueni’s susu (grandmother) called her and her sisters to the kitchen. “The firewood is almost done and the men are about to return the cows. Quick, go and fetch some firewood from the big rock before night falls. But remember; do not …
The piscator who’d cuffed me to the anchor swung his fist at his partner. None of them noticed me break off the piece of Styrofoam sticking out of the ice chest. I quickly fashioned a message; Morse code via aglet. It was a long shot. The message would lead whoever came out of the reefs …
His kitchen was a hush as all fell asleep, Stomachs stuffed with cured mead, bread, and meat. The feast flung songs up high to the heavens, Now a faint dripping sound was all that could be found. Drip, drop, drip, not all were asleep, Drip, drop, drip, not a sink did he keep, Yet drip, …
Freddy grabbed a berry from Harry’s plate and chewed it. It wasn’t hard to imagine the explosion of juice in his mouth was Peggy’s blood. Seeing Harry’s pigeon girlfriend now, Freddy could bear the guilt of burdening his friend. The blood tribes were clearly the losing side in this peace treaty. Fletcher Fox was right. While …
After a hundred years, he would be the first one to open it. The Tomb of Kings, Reliquary of Solomon son of David, King of Israel and the greatest mind to ever walk the earth. It was also the famed resting place of the greatest treasure on earth; The Solomon Scroll. He knew it was …