Kayla West

I’m scared. I’m sad. I’m sobbing in my sheets. I feel the warm wet tears soaking the pillow beneath my face. I cannot stop shaking. I...

“Can I fly?” Merigold looks at me from the window sill. Her legs are crossed over the knee and she’s got a blue flower in her braid. She...

Part 4 Dueling 988 AD “Kali, are you alright? Can you feel everything?” She nods at me in the semi darkness of the house. The children...

Arrival Nunavut, December 2014 “It’s just over this stretch of water. We should be there soon Finn.” I shout over the raging snow...

November 2017 It’s raining outside. I listen to the patter of the rain but I don’t look. I keep my eyes closed. The rhythm is soothing. I...

Encounters December 2014 “I hate snow.” Finnigan hisses from his cloth bag hanging from the broom. The sky around us was white with thick...

Part 3 - Shadows 988 AD I sit at a table laden with roasted meats and steamed vegetables with Rurik and his wife, Kali, and many other...

Part 2 - Time Jumping 988 AD “Mamaaa-” I hear a wailing child call out amidst the flames and turmoil of the village I currently stand in....

I awake in my room. On my bed, I can see the window, bright with the early morning light. I move my arms to sit up, forgetting they were...