Ruby
By
Dreyri Aldranaris
The way you feel, trapped in a destiny you didn't choose, makes you yearn for any kind of escape, even death. He has feathers blacker than the night sky. And he makes you feel something more, something better than alive. He makes you feel free.
The seventeen-year old is Queen. She should be happy about that, right? She's not only married but she's married to the king. She has to be loyal. To her man. ... Unless... unless her loyalty truly belongs with someone else.
I have never known slavery. My mother ensured that. The war for freedom has lasted almost my entire life. And I am honoured to be able to fight with my comrades and people. But in the midst of war, hope is hard to cling to.
You live in a world that used to spark with life and hope and magic. Now there still might be magic but ... it's different.
So this is not a work of fiction. It's the true life story of a person I met and the experience I had with her. I'm sharing this so that you can keep this lady in your prayers, as she is struggling. She’s a beautiful soul. But she’s struggling
The Forest that was the only thing the nobles feared. For its powers did not belong to them. But the young woman with the dark hair and eyes, as much as the prince wanted her, she belonged to the Forest. And she would use the powers it gave her.
An orphan girl. Forced to live and work with people who see her as less than human. Forced to sell her human dignity to get by. Our protagonist is losing hope. Then she meets a woman with blood smeared all over her mouth and run down her chin.
Synths are designed to be the perfect companions for their owners. They are genetically engineered to be sweet, kind, loyal, agreeable, and submissive. Arden's synth Luca seems to be the perfect playmate and servant. He seems perfectly content with his lot in life. But as the communist rebellion brews in the shadows, there may be more to everything than there appears to be.
Letter to the Canadian Government about Mandatory Human Rights and Environment Due Diligence Laws
A young mother knows that the people who control her land will take her baby from her. She knows that her baby will grow up not knowing the stories and songs and anger and laughter of the people. But she can give the child something important.
Robbie Hode is thirteen years old. He is a prodigy at the bow. He is a rebel at the heart. And he will show them all, even if it costs him his life.
This is a letter I wrote to the Canadian Government for Have a Heart Day 2024. I am asking the government to stop discriminating against First Nations children.
Humanity has unlocked the elixir of eternal life. The brain can be cleaned and washed back into youthfulness. The body cannot. But by transporting the brain to a younger body, one that can host it, it can continue living.
She told me to be confident. Be brutal. And I'm not brave. I'm broken. But when Miri kisses me hope runs down like molten gold over the broken, jagged edges of my heart.
We are children and teenagers who have nothing but the streets and the fear and the apathy of the well-fed and sheltered. But despite all that we have each other. We always make sure to have each other.
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