41. Father Never Forgets | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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41. Father Never Forgets 

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Near the end of the 1000-year war that the Titaness, Fari Hasira and her guardian, Diohlatas, had with Sevaasi's hideous imitation, Yenaati, my Titaness' characteristic fury had waned. 

And when she wasn't angry, she was afraid. Very, very afraid. 

No matter what she did, how bright and hot her radiance, how hard she struck, the beast would not relent. In fact, it was empowered further, having been born from feeding on her essence; its roars growing louder and louder, straining against the wall of silence that the Umtlik had erected. The arbiter, whose power lay in empowering the righteous, only served to worsen the situation. 

40. Brain Food | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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40. Brain Food

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

From the moon of a gas giant to a gas giant itself. As I have told you, Qlanik, a being of great wisdom, had chosen a purple one named Ipómatus (Infinity), so named for the path it took when orbiting its two suns. Were it made from Earth and Rock, then there would always be a time when Odic had no presence. However, no light can reach beneath its atmosphere, so much of the life within has either incredibly large eyes or no eyes at all. 

39. Mermaids | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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39. Mermaids

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

You humans, to your credit, planted yourselves on your moon and are still taking steps to take Mars. There's nothing there for you, so maybe... don't, or do. I do not judge, but I will laugh and ask the Father's forgiveness. 

But there's somewhere else in this solar system of yours that you are very obsessed with. A moon belonging to the planet you call Jupiter, the fifth and largest, named after a so-called "King" of so-called "gods"... Hmm...

38. Elves and Vampires | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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Tales From The Cosmos

38. Elves and Vampires

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Lato Prit (Golden Mind) was a beautiful being, appearing to have golden skin and white wings. She had chosen a most interesting of small terrestrial worlds, dense in its forestry and just close enough to its large white sun to prevent any freezing and a core so hot it created "pools" and "rivers" of golden plasma. So, it was named Lato.