Looking Backward Ch01 by glancesherlock, literature
Literature
Looking Backward Ch01
Chapter 01: This Place in This Time
The neighbors are having a preemptive pot legalization party again. I can’t stand the smell. Probably would have tried weed a long time ago if I could.
My keys are lost somewhere in the black hole that is my purse. I sigh. It’s been a long day of work at the lab. My feet hurt like hell. I take everything out: wallet, headphones, book… There they are. I force the lock. It’s always been a hassle to get this door open.
The smell of weed disappears as I enter my apartment and is replaced with a different scent. I couldn’t tell you what it is. I don’t even want to know. My
Kingdom of Trumpets, The First Movement by glancesherlock, literature
Literature
Kingdom of Trumpets, The First Movement
Three Princes
The Village of Littleroot was a small, quiet corner of Hoenn, several miles off the southern coast of the ocean. Being so far away from the capital of Ever Grande City, it was always the last town to receive the kingdom’s news. Visitors hardly passed through, and no place in the kingdom was duller for law enforcement, since crime was hardly an issue. It was the perfect place to hide three prospective nobles from the eyes of the king.
They were kept under the charge of Birch, a kindly old scholar. Littleroot had no castle for a Lord or Lady to rule from, so he acted as the leader of the village, as well as its doctor. It