Branden Navedo

This is a synopsis/pitch/or something of the story idea I came up with. It could turn into a short story.

A black, white spotted koi fish appeared in a pond at night to greet the white, black spotted koi fish who appeared by day. As nature’s law dictates, the shadows of mortal beings must fade - the white of your eyes should turn to gray, lest the pond be polluted. But when no creature with sharp whites or lashing fins appeared, an Arbiter, an inhabitant of the pond, swam out of the water to...

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Orpanda, The Last Gift of Hephaestus

After Pandora releases all evils into the world, Hephaestus creates the Orpanda, an artificial lifeform and counterpart to his first creation. A tiny creature unable to fight off a single blade of grass, his new pet seemed harmless enough to the gods of Olympus. However, Hephaestus had great plans for this new animal. He wanted his...

Born again from the pianoman, I escaped from below his enveloping shroud with the help of my half sibling. Stella embraced me.

I spent years in a dark haze gathering the EverPass. Belfree wouldn’t tell me what he wanted it for or why he chose me.

I just knew that, as a changeling, I was bound to his word.

And every movement I made was in accordance with his will. He wanted me to squeeze harder. To take the breath out of her.

I didn’t have the strength to.

‘I’m nothing but bone, remember?’

It’s...

I remember now.

Isabel wore a white dress with a blue corset; her voice like the friction of turning pages to the next beautiful word.

“Do you think Sol'Mano and the rest only fear loss?” asked Isabel. Corwyn threw herself over her partner’s arm.

Corwyn enjoyed showing skin: a black ruffled blouse trimmed to reveal her navel. The sound from her lips was as if the ears learned the experience of taste; impossible and begging the listener’s attention: the smoothness of sweetest vanilla.

“It’s as if...