Final Draft - THE CLOCKS INSIDE

[K. J. Harrowick]

Final Draft - THE CLOCKS INSIDE Gears clicked overhead as Emmaline entered the vaulted room below the dragon tower and swallowed back the pain in her heart. She knew Henry hadn't cheated on her, but that didn't erase the memory of Constance pressing her lips against his. Blinking back the moisture in her eyes, she breathed in the dusty age of her favorite room. Bookshelves lined every wall, filled with hand-crafted snow globes and their companion books, thick leather tomes written in unknown languages. She couldn't read any of the texts, but she loved the bizarre symbols--histories for each globe's interior world. The small tower atop the house chimed. Its mechanical steel dragon curled its tail around a central glass globe in an almost possessive manner as if it mirrored her grandfather's devotion to his own globes. Read the rest of the story > Inspirations: Pinterest | Final Frontier by Thomas Bergerson

[Grim Dreamer]

Interesting!

[songmaiden]

Kat, I loved this story! The changes give it a full-circle feeling, like a short story, and I thought the small details were lovely.