The Candle of the Last Hour

Endings illuminate truth.

By GoldenSpeechPublished 5 months ago • 1 min read

It burned quietly as time wept.

Book of the Day

About the Creator

GoldenSpeech

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Sign in to comment

Keep reading

More stories from GoldenSpeech and writers in BookClub and other communities.

The Siren’s Orchard: The Secret After Ariel’s Wedding
The wedding feast lasted three days. The bride smiled, the prince adored her — but when the sea breeze touched her veil, she trembled.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier has always been one of my favourite authors. I can remember being wowed by "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "The Virgin Blue". She is a great storyteller.
By Rachel Deemingabout 20 hours ago in BookClub
The Storyteller
I did not grow up with The New Yorker. In my family, it was Ebony, National Geographic (an early favourite), various copies of Chatelaine and Maclean's Magazine (look those last two up, you non-Canadians). It simply did not register just how great a magazine it was to anyone who knew me and my family. My first exposure to it was in a television commercial selling subscriptions, with the bold assertion that it was:
By Kendall Defoe 4 days ago in BookClub
What Comes Back
I held it in my hands Tightly squeezing my grip so it would not get out I could feel it struggle as the light that fed it disappeared
By G. A. Botero7 days ago in Poets