A Decent Land — Appendix B

Observations of the Settlers

Lee David Tyrrell
4 min readOct 26, 2022

Eventually, our Scout Crew discovered A Decent Land.

They set to work exploring the most hospitable continent — Yowunas Maias.

A magnificent magenta moonrise floods the deserts of Yowunas in pinkish hues.

A lunar blue illuminates the parched, scant and blackened cacti.

— Scout Crew Captain, Year One

Central to the gigantic lake you walk towards, a deity arises; staring straight ahead and waiting for your words.

As you approach The Great Lake Deity — preparing to praise or damn them — a group of critters breaks the still and lukewarm waters; jittering.

They speak — or are they mimicking? — in high-pitched bubbles, directed at you.

‘Sea like land!’ screams one.

‘Choked by land!’ says another.

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Lee David Tyrrell

Fiction writer, mostly attracted to sci-fi and strange, experimental tangents. I’ve also worked as a music journalist for Clash, eGigs, eFestivals & C64 Audio.