N.J. EMBER, MARSALIS, NAOMI PANTHERA & PEPPER PARIS – CROWNED: A Diverse Fiction Podcast
Season 1, Episode 2 of GUILD: A Diverse Fiction Podcast features interviews with N.J. Ember, Marsalis, Naomi Panthera & Pepper Paris, who also read from the series Heavy Metal Magic, an assortment of poetry, The Wild Hunt & Rook Unleashed, respectively, hosted by Zelda Knight.
Ayitha lays her palm on the swollen bud. After months of dormancy, the Koshastki shudders. Muscular tendrils caress the panes of the Florescence Tower, glass spires twinkling copper-gold in the late sunset. The castle’s revelries thrum at the edge of her hearing. It’s time.
Her breath rains infinitesimal droplets of nectar onto the bud. Lambent fault-lines awaken all along its length until, crimping and curling, the Koshastki erupts outwards into a trumpet of gleaming red petals. Her tiny lover stirs, dusted in fine pollen. Ayitha glows. How she missed her.
“Happy Spring, Beloved. Your people are waiting.”
