http://www.wordwelders.com Welding the words that tell the tales! Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:25:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Breathing hard he tore through the woods, in and out he cycled cool moist night air. Light from the silver glow of the full moon belched out upon the woodlands. Free. He felt free, felt as if he had not been alive in years. Strength and ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2008/02/27/hiding-from-the-moon-1/ Please note: As with earlier stories, while the characters in this story are original, they exist within and were created for the City of Heroes/City of Villains MMORPG copyright NCSoft and Cryptic Studios. It's their world, they just let me play there. Enjoy! Chapter the 1st: The Time Before “DAD!” ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/10/14/lives-lost-in-time-chapter-1/ Desire drifts delicately o'er my cheek Your breath like the rarest of wines Night winds whisper across my eyes The petals of your lips o'er mine The stars reflected in your eyes Your scent, your touch, the dream of you Your skin, your voice, this dream of you The ache never heals, never leaves me Orchid tears trace ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/10/10/dreams-lost-in-dawn/ In the darkness Wolf dreams his wolfish dreams In the silence Sadness pools behind dimming eyes In the cold Races run long ago fill his heart In the emptiness He sings his songs to the silent moon In the end Wolf dreams of darkness dreaming Wolf Copyright © 2007; all rights reserved http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/28/darkness-dreaming-wolf/ {The Setting: a high-tech underground facility. Lots of people in lab coats with hard-edged features set off in the blue glare of lighting inset into the walls. POV is focused on two men, both conspicuously dressed in conservative suits of the latest fashion., walking down the hall toward ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/17/teaser-not-precisely/ Any man would have called her beautiful. In her castle of rose-tinted marble the timid fingers of dawn caressed her satin cheeks and gently stroked the crystal sphere between her long, slender fingers until a gentle echo of the rising sun’s warmth stirred the crystal's sluggish interior. Auburn hair cascaded ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/08/crystal-snow/ Having rested, the siblings readied for the walk home. They moved along, continuing to gather as they traveled. The early summer season was a great time for collecting desirable items. The elders would laugh at the number of dandelions they would present. The ones from before The ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/02/scattered-seed-part-2/ [ The caveats: First, this story is based upon characters created for the MMORPG from NCSoft City of Heroes and the City of Villains addition. The names of locations and non-player characters from CoH form the backdrop for this story. Carla and Sergio are characters a friend and ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/01/the-boss-daughter/ Prologue: The Princess Mariss du'Aldra looked coldly at her former advisor cowering on the floor of the dank dungeon that had been his home for the past three weeks. “Did you really think you could get away with this, you pathetic worm?” she hissed. “Did you?” she suddenly ... http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/07/01/tentative-title-echoes-of-empire/ I am a leaf on the wind Floating blythely on the breeze It is the sky which I own I go where I am taken Till wind comes to blow again To new places I call home Copyright © 2007, All Rights Reserved http://www.wordwelders.com/2007/06/28/i-am-a-leaf/