Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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The Silence Beneath Winter's Trees.
One day in December, I walked beneath the wintering trees and listened to their silent voices. Their bare branches rustled in the moaning winds...the sounds were heavenly - like the whispering of angel's wings into an earthly microphone, inviting us to listen. The yearly ritual of cold and chill had begun, it seemed to murmur happily to the filled and unfilled spaces...
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Humans
A Petrichor of Winter's Ghosts
Winter's pleasant petrichor has descended, as the earthy scent of first frost dances with autumn's last sigh. Fall now exhales its final breath and winter’s rush begins to settle. First frost brings not the earthy perfume of rain, but a sharper, crystalline scent - soil preparing for the freeze.
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Humans
The Jilted Bride!. Runner-Up in The Forgotten Room Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
🕊️ The Courtship of Morylda Morylda met him - Chalen - in the greenhouse of her aunt’s estate, where she’d gone to escape the suffocating expectations of her lineage. He was not a gardener, though he wore the green apron like one. He was a composer, moonlighting among orchids to pay for studio time. His hands smelled of soil and sandalwood, and when he spoke, his voice had the cadence of an unsung lullaby.
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Fiction
The Second Book of Genesis.
The Gospel of the Forsaken, by human standard - may be viewed as blasphemy. There is a Book of which no one speaks. The Bad Book twin to The Good Book. It remains secreted away...Locked in an enchanted, guilefully guarded prison-like room from the beginning of time.
By Novel Allen3 months ago in Fiction
