Warrior Anthology

Image: Background of abstract hills against a night sky in greens and purples, foreground two white silhouette people, one in a spacesuit with a laser pistol, one in a short dress with a war axe. Title reads: Warrior, a collection of short stories, Authors listed: Claudie Arseneault, Kayla Bashe, Natalie Cannon, Tyler Gates, Kelly Matsuura, Tash McAdam, Kirstie Olley, Lewis Rees, Helle Reiersen, Abigail Rosenhart, B R Sanders, and E H Timms (ME!)




I have a story in this anthology! Great cover, looking forward to seeing inside too!

Day 22 - Earth day

The earth is the ballbearing
In space's organ pipe.
Even the music of the stars
Needs a bass line.

Day 20 - kenning

Cloud

sun hider
wind racer
puddle former
hail spitter
weather forecaster
sayings fulfiller

Day 19 - instructions

Listen to me.
Only listen
and you will know:
The silver fish
that flicker within raindrops.
The moonlight, tucked,
beneath blanketing shadows.
The breath of dreams,
stuck, to the soles of your shoes.

Day 18 - home

The sound of home
is peaceful silence,
without the look of exasperation,
flinches beneath glares,
or the void where speech dies.
I move through it
on padding feet,
like a fish desires water.

Day 17 - dictionary words

It is the lore, bound deep within,
page upon page, to build a world.
People and places, life after breath,
money and wages, and gods sunk in death.

Day 16 - almanac

Weathering it

Sunshine and showers.
Two lives, lived
side by side.
Out of sight.
Not out of mind.

For they talk and talk
about two good friends.
Sure that there's more.
Unsure of intent.
But dismissing a friendship
for want of a name,
brings unsettled weather -
More of the same.