First Boy on the Moon

In this little corner

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And when the rest of the world collapsed, when the ashes came sailing down, in his little corner of the world, the last outpost, the sun still shone on a city that had been left alone for too long.

Losing balance is a point of equilibrium

First Boy on the Moon chapter

Back to dust

He fell into the darkness. A cool wind kissed his skin and slowly wrapped its soft arms around him. The dark growing darker, the scene…

So much of life is happening you can touch it

The First Boy on the Moon chapter

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The boy leave the warm duvet, placing his bare feet on the cold floor and steps towards the window…

One grey morning

First Boy on the Moon chapter

A chapter from The First Boy on the Moon

Everywhere was grey, even the snow on the grounds. It mirrored the grey skies. Around circled bodies dressed in black. Any sound silenced by the heavy snow…

A crown of fire

First Boy on the Moon chapter

A chapter from The First Boy on the Moon

They had followed the canal into the city, under the stone bridges, through the silent harbour, the fish and second hand markets, out of the city, following…

Through the looking glass

A chapter from The First Boy on the Moon

On days like these, when the pressing clouds blocked out the sun and made otherwise beautiful shining auras take on a dull shade of grey, and the icy cold wind wept the smiles away from…

The fountain

First Boy on the Moon chapter

Forever

A First Boy on the Moon chapter

At some point he would think about what would undoubtedly happen. What it would feel like after. Not before. Not during.

Whiter shade of pale

A First Boy on the Moon chapter

Silently he walked out from the dinner hall, leaving the voices of laughs behind him, out to the hall where a big dark wooden staircase with ornaments at every turn climbed up several levels through the house. A…

He never knew how lost he could be

First Boy on the Moon chapter

Summer ending

A chapter from The First Boy on the Moon

The sparrows circled, swooped down over the water, took a turn and looped up again…