A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 7: An Invisible Maze
Word count: 1.3K The palace was huge. The entire thing was made of what I’d been informed was called ice. Lumi was walking out of the palace when we arrived.…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 6: The Myth of Yule Forest
Word count: 1K“Hey, Tae? What’s in the center of Yule Forest?”“Why are you asking?” he grinned at me.“Because it was one of the landmarks on the map. I went out…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 5: The Map of Mysteries
Word count: 1.1 KIndra insisted on dragging me to meet the boy she’d bought the plums from. I still had no clue what plums were. To my surprise, she took…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 4: Blending In
Word count: 0.9 K I looked at him in surprise. “Is it that obvious?” Jungkook looked me up and down. “No one from here wears clothes like that.” “What would…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 3: Familiar Names
Word count: 0.9 K Tae, Tae, Tae. That name sounded so very familiar. But why? Had he been mentioned by someone in the village? I couldn’t put my finger on…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 2: The White Inn
Word count: 1.1 KI had expected to feel different after I crossed it, but to my surprise, everything felt exactly the same. I looked down at the animal again. It…
A Land Beyond the Palm Trees – Chapter 1: The Myth of Chanda and Alba
Word count: 1.4 KGrowing up, my father always told me about the mysterious Alba. We lived in Chanda. More specifically, Aine, Chanda. Aine was an island that was nearly entirely…