A Letter to Planet Earth

On May 8, 2020May 7, 2020 By Danielle O'ShayIn Flash Fiction, Original FictionLeave a comment

This is written as a response to my last post, “A Letter to Mankind.” It is inspired by the #ExtinctionEndsHere and #EndTheTrade petition, a worldwide movement to call on the world’s governments to permanently end the commercial trade and sale in markets of wild terrestrial animals for consumption. You can sign here at this link. Wildlife conservation and the preservation of our world is something very near and dear to my heart, and I would do all I can to call attention to the issues that surround our planet today.

Dear Earth,

We have done much to deserve retaliation. We have felled your rainforests, we have spilled oil into your seas, we have slain your creatures for riches, oddities, even enjoyment. And we do not look over our shoulders at what we leave behind—no. We tend to only look ahead, to the future, to the next age of glory. To what lays beyond our shores.

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A Letter to Mankind

On April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 By Danielle O'ShayIn Flash Fiction, Original FictionLeave a comment

Something I’ve wanted to write for many years, and this felt like the right time. Inspired by Sea Legacy and Paul Nicklen’s video Extinction Ends Here.

Dear Mankind,

We have come to a great era of history, my friends, and you are to be congratulated on your perseverance. Since the creation of the world—since time itself began—you have stood firm through every catastrophe. You have stood your ground against every adversary, whether it be flood, or famine, or war, or the darkest despair that fate could cast upon you. You have made this harsh world a home in spite of everything. Castles and kingdoms you have raised from dust, empires you have built from sweat and blood, and through the strifes that have followed your triumphs you have continued to flourish. Seven and a half billion people—and I have watched you grow since the very beginning of it all.

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There is a Forest

On October 25, 2019October 22, 2019 By Danielle O'ShayIn Flash Fiction, Original Fiction2 Comments

There is a forest, lying hidden in the shadows of the world in a place where time does not exist. It does not have a name, though it is rumored to have once been called the ‘Mist Wood’, after legends of faerie mist-gates and border regions, places where the Fair Folk could tread back and forth from one realm to another. Some stories even say this was the meeting-place of the Courts, where all the faerie-kind gathered in the starlit clearings, and when they left, they left behind a piece of the forest much transformed from what it once had been. Continue reading “There is a Forest” →