Blazing Bins Novels & Stories

"It’s just... the other half of the light. I can hold it. I can make the sun blink." We moved to the highest point of the Black Crag—the Crowned Summit, a jagged peak that was protected by a series of ancient, lead-lined arches. The heat was still astronomical, the white light of Solis beating against the stones like a physical hammer. Nathaniel had constructed a "Blight-Diffuser" out of salvaged iron and quartz. Inside the glass chamber, a swirling mass of oily, black smoke—the captured Blight—was thrumming with a predatory hunger.

Opal nodded, "Let me help you." Casey smiled, "Thank you." *** "Caramel plums?" June said as he took the bag full of crystalized plums and smiled softly at Apollo, "You remembered." "I never forgot anything about you." Apollo said. June blushed and looked away. They were walking down the busy streets where the preparation for the annual carnival was taking place. "Do you remember you left around this time of the year?" June said as he looked up at the strings of red lanterns hung house to house.

They hit the ground. ​I watched in horror as the mercury began to seep into the tiny cracks of our sanctuary's stone. Everywhere it touched, the pristine, silver-flecked white granite of the Spire began to dissolve into a dull, grey, foul-smelling sludge. It was a Nano-Blight—a molecular weapon designed to consume the very foundation of our home from the inside out. The Architects weren't going to fight us; they were going to unmake the ground we stood on.

Yu Liang was silent for a while absorbing these fragments of information about the Dark BL system and some of the system's grand universe secrets. "Just reminding the Host, as it is a Dark BL world, the number of cards that can be used is limited. As it is a beginner world, the limit is 10 cards per day. In the other worlds, the number goes down until the last world that only a few cards can be used during the week" The Xiao Yao system warned in a very solicitous and very kind voice because she was afraid to irritate Yu Liang in the state he was in and was also a little sorry for the poor man.

"Don't be scared. I'll have someone take him away." I held his hand tightly as Colin's voice faded. Later, Lucien told me the story. It turned out Joyce racked up millions in debt abroad, and creditors came knocking. Colin cut ties with her, refusing to help. Bitter, Joyce set a fire while he slept. He was rescued but badly burned. Hearing about my wedding, he rushed to see me. He missed the treatment window, and his legs were ruined. I was shocked, thinking how hard this must be for Lauren.

They were miles long, their metallic pincers glowing with a clinical, sterile light. "They’re not here to talk," Jack the Noir Man yelled, pulling out a grayscale revolver. "They’re here to 'Clean the Bin'!" ### The Battle for the Bin The city erupted into chaos. The "Glitches" fought back with everything they had. The wireframe dragons took to the sky, breathing bursts of green static at the clamps. The fantasy knights charged the "Deletion Drones" that were pouring out of the breach—sleek, white machines that looked like floating scalpels.

My soul is being ripped to shreds, I feel like I am dying a most excruciating death. My vision blurs, my soul continues being stripped. There’s a sudden howl coming from somewhere, and then my world goes completely dark.

I raise my brow at him and he gives me a drop-down-turn-my-stomach gorgeous grin before draping his hands over my shoulders, pressing me to his side. "The day isn't over yet Blaze" he replies and urges us forward. My eyes catches a game in which the player has to shoot down bottles and win a prize. "What's that called?" I ask Zeke and he turns to the direction I'm pointing at. "Oh, the bottle stand?" "I think that's what it's called, can I play that?" "Let me play it, then I'd win the prize for you" Zeke offers and I glance at him. "Really?"

he uses his other hand to flimsily gesture in my direction, peeking from the gaps in between his fingers. Bell immediately shields her own eyes when spotting me, "I'm blind!" She shakes her head, refusing to look at me. "Max, what did you do to Benley?! Bring his nose back!" "Zie nose zis zasgusting!" Ramos yells and pulls a face too before suddenly fainting. I'm officially done for today.

The early light of dawn painted the landscape in periwinkle hues, and had I not been all consumed with the taste of ash on my tongue I would have marveled at what a beautiful morning it was. Thick, black billows of smoke engulfed the sky the closer we got to my cabin, the angry twisting flames scorching the trees on the horizon. They were steadfast approaching, and I ran a full perimeter around the untouched ground surrounding my forever home. If someone had attempted to clock my speed, they'd have broken the radar as I darted along the burnt treeline. My home remained untouched, but not for long. Volunteers were already out in droves, no doubt having been summoned by the warriors when the A