On a world hidden within the far-flung reaches of space stood a Clock. The Clock was brightly lit from within, pulsing with life. It sounded eleven mournful tolls, each one reverberating through the ground. With one final toll, it stopped. The light flared once, mimicking a star in its brilliance. The light went out. No more sound came from the Clock. Time stretched out infinitely during the period between everything and nothing. In a single moment, the planet crushed in on itself, crumbling and condensing to a single particle in the vastness of space. The stars shone on the empty canvas a world had once filled.
*This book was written specifically for the Open Novella Contest 2021.*
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Infinity in Pieces- Open Novella Contest 2021
FantasyA world vanishes into nothingness. The phenomenon hasn't happened in hundreds of years, so the Guardians, an organization charged with keeping each world intact, sends a reconnaissance mission to uncover what really happened. Rosie, a Guardian-in-tr...
