'Sea of Dreams' - original fiction (gen)
Aug. 17th, 2016 12:06 pm'Sea of Dreams' by Alter S. Reiss, published on Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
Ierois has been a prisoner, left on an island with only occasional visits from a ship bringing food, since being deposed by his brother. He's learned the hard way that the sea surrounding the island is a source of lies, turning stones into precious gems only for the sailors to laugh at him when he tried to use them to buy his freedom. Now, after so many years alone, he has a fellow prisoner to share his isolation...
Ierois has been a prisoner, left on an island with only occasional visits from a ship bringing food, since being deposed by his brother. He's learned the hard way that the sea surrounding the island is a source of lies, turning stones into precious gems only for the sailors to laugh at him when he tried to use them to buy his freedom. Now, after so many years alone, he has a fellow prisoner to share his isolation...