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2019-12-08 05:16:20 +0000 UTC View Post
The three of us settled down on hastily de-papered chairs in Instruktanto Miratova’s office. Kylie and I had seen this before, but Max looked a little unnerved at the scriptural chao...
2019-12-07 05:29:59 +0000 UTC View Post
“Huh,” Max commented.
I snatched for the ring, which just resulted in me slamming my fingertips against Max’s forcefield. I yelped.
“Give it to me,” I said.
There were more pieces of cauldron still embedded in the staff than I thought, and with a roar, they went everywhere, tearing gashes in Max’s neatly pinned notes and impaling themsel...
2019-11-23 05:29:59 +0000 UTC View Post
“They sent a nice man in a suit with a lot of paperwork, to explain it to us. He said there was a school, where people like me could learn to control their curses. They could provide...
2019-11-16 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Talbot had not, of course, been in the gym at the precise moment I wanted to talk to him. That would have been convenient, and the universe just hates being convenient for me. Instead,...
2019-11-09 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
“They’re going to send me home, aren’t they?” Home to a dying Matt, the media, the trial hanging over my head.
“That’s very unlikely.”
“What? I can’t exac...
2019-11-02 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
With a grunt of effort, Magistus pushed the bar up for the twenty fifth time. I caught the weight and settled it onto its rack.
“Woo! Told you I could do it.” He sat up and m...
2019-10-26 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
“I know some magical theory,” Clara said cautiously. “Not much about curses in particular. What do you want to know?”
“I don’t know,” I admitted. “I’m… mostly...
2019-10-19 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A few days later, I settled down in the library and started to write.
Dear Mum and Dad,
I can’t wait for all this stuff to be over. The sooner we...
2019-10-12 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The portal took us to the dormitory corridors, pretty close to our own room. We were well into what most of the student body thought of as ‘night’ based on class schedules, so mana...
2019-10-05 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The room at the centre of the building was some kind of hall, although it was like no hall I’d ever seen before. It was about the size of a house, and completely circular. Stone benc...
2019-09-28 05:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The sandstorm approached both faster and slower than I expected. As we ran, trying not to stumble on the shifting sand, I thought, it can’t be like the movies, right? They make s...
2019-09-22 05:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post
It was night on the island. A sliver of moon just barely outlined the distant waves in one direction and trees in the other; closer objects were illuminated by the fierce orange of a l...
2019-09-22 05:49:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Ten minutes later, we were sitting by the waterfall, watching water rush and bubble down the stream.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“Yeah. You okay?”
“Mmm.”
... 2019-07-06 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Our next guest,” Instruktanto Miratova announced, “is Lord Castlemaine of the Central Circle, who has taken valuable time out of his schedule to come here today.” She shot the...
2019-06-29 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
When Instruktanto Miratova walked into class, it was hard not to notice the bright blue of Malas’ magic coating her entire hand, like she was wearing a disposable glove. I glanced at...
2019-06-22 04:10:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I woke up and stared at the unfamiliar wall for a few seconds.
Well, given the uniform design of Refujeyo dorms, the wall itself was quite familiar, as was the little desk and dr...
2019-06-22 04:08:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Paper crackled under my feet as I paced up and down the room. Kylie sat cross-legged on her bed, hugging her tablet to her chest, watching.
“It has to be a coincidence, ...
2019-06-07 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“So mum was a Brandt, right? Well, I suppose that’s pretty obvious, given my startling good looks. This ain’t no Cottingly chin. I know, I know – a Brandt marrying a Cottingly,...
2019-06-01 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There was some level of awkwardness as we got ready for Magista’s party. Max glanced between Kylie and I, who were avoiding eye contact, but didn’t say anything.
“Now, reme...
2019-05-25 00:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We looked at Max. We looked at the butcher paper.
“How?” Kylie asked.
“I’ll overcome the transposable tag confusion by mapping on a Julian phase!”
“Which ...
2019-05-25 00:27:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Through supreme effort of will, I managed not to jump and yelp like an idiot. Instead, I turned calmly to meet the person.
Who turned out to be two people. The one who had spoken...
2019-05-10 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The timing of the sunrise placed Skolala Refujeyo pretty close to the Greenwich meridian, but to be more specific was going to involve some complicated maths. Not for the first time, I...
2019-05-03 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I found Max outside, in the valley we’d arrived in. He was watching the waterfall, standing just far enough back to avoid being splashed.
“So the mismatched corridor thing,...
2019-04-26 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As much as I wanted to figure out what was going on with my dorm, I had a maths class. I posted my letter, rushed in and grabbed a seat next to the only person in the classroom I recog...
2019-04-19 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Mum and Dad,
Okay, it’s been over a week and I’m still alive. Do not Storm the Gates.
This place is fine actually. Weird,...
2019-04-12 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first lesson at Skolala Refujeyo was Basic Magical Theory. I walked into the classroom two minutes before class to find that most people were already there and seated. Max was next...
2019-04-08 23:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It was actually going pretty well until the thing grabbed me.
I’d been pulling myself through the water with long, easy strokes, and then, suddenly, something was wrapped aroun...
2019-02-02 10:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post