Art by a City student. Learn more about having your art featured at thecityvoice.org/contribute. Today’s gonna be long, I thought as I checked the cupboards. I’m going to have to get more food. With a sigh, I went to the closet and grabbed the brown game bag, swinging it over my shoulder. Then I got my knives’ belt and strapped it around my waist, putting … Continue reading The Trials: A Day In Austin’s Life
Moonlight streamed through a window of the martial arts school as I slowly moved through the Defense Forms. My body flowed smoothly, muscle memory aiding me. When I went through the last move, I sighed. I would be better with a sparring partner, I thought wistfully. “Good form,” a light voice said behind me. I whirled, fists raised. A boy, only a few years older … Continue reading The Trials: A Day in Milo’s Life
Illustration by a City student. Earn CAS hours for your art at thecityvoice.org/contribute. Typically, I wake up before my father. I dress in my brown leather clothes, eat breakfast, and head to the martial arts building for teaching — since I’ve learned and mastered everything before age 11. After teaching for the day, I go home and have supper with Father. Then we make a … Continue reading The Trials: A Day in Kenna’s Life
Characters Kenna-Long blond-haired 6’5” 13 year old female. Tan skin. Green eyes. ~ Weapon- Martial Arts, staff Weakness- empathy ~Strength- Battle Austin-Brown-haired 5’9” 13.25 year old male. Olive skin. Blue eyes. ~ Weapon- Throwing Objects ~ Weakness- Injuries ~ Strength- Aim Milo-Black-haired 6’1” 13.5 year old male. Dark skin. Brown eyes. ~Weapon- surprise, short-distance combat, crossbow ~ Weakness- Anger ~ Strength- Stealth Zach-Blondie 5’7” 15 … Continue reading The Trials: Characters
From Apprentice They came when dark had fallen. Stealthy as shadows; they were upon us before we knew it. It was two against three, and we could’ve easily won if the girl wasn’t a magnificent fighter. And if the archer hadn’t cut us down. We were all shot in a leg or arm, knocked unconscious and wakened in an abandoned building. The girl we had … Continue reading The Trials: Prologue
The Trials have been a part of New Australia’s life since the 26 towns ~ named alphabetically ~ were made. Each half year -six months- two randomly chosen towns offer 3 children to go through these mysterious, unknown “tests.” Why are they so unpopular? No kid has come out alive. The number of the letter is critical, if they are evens, they go to Khann … Continue reading Introducing The Trials; An Original Novel
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel – or have done and thought and felt; or might do and think and feel – is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. Ursula K. Le Guin This week The City Voice is excited to announce a … Continue reading Write Fiction With The City Voice
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