“The sunset is so beautiful.”
The young woman squeezed her boyfriend’s hand as they looked out at the horizon. Pink and orange light shone over the clouds overhead, framed by leaves falling in the gentle breeze. Behind them stood an old manor, its face softly glowing in the fading light.
As the last rays of day disappeared from view, she pulled him towards the road they had taken up the hill.
“Come on, let’s get back. I don’t want it to be pitch black by th

The cool night air washes over me. I don’t know why, but I haven’t been able to sleep lately. I also don’t know why that’s driven me to roam the streets in search of peace, but there is a certain magic about my small city at night. It’s quiet, uncluttered, even dark enough to see some stars.
I’ve always loved stars. We understand now that they’re ancient cosmic fires which dwarf the world we know, but their beauty reaches us from so incredibly far away

“Take me to him.”
“Confirm your deposit and we can begin.”
Visibly frustrated, the gruff man produced a paper from his pocket bearing a string of numbers. The level-headed interlocutor received it with a right hand clad in black leather, and produced a smartphone from his pocket with the ungloved left. Comparing the paper’s contents to the information on his phone, he nodded in approval.
“Everything appears to be in order,” the bespectacled younger ma