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Transamagei About the Author
Jessika Sims is an Australian author of fantasy horror. Her nightmarish monsters are the stars of her writing; created by her real-life fears of spiders, heights, and anything resembling horror. Jessika lives in the suburbs of Port Stephens and uses her experience of the changing landscapes she grew up in to create her own world and characters through her own style of writing. Transamagei is her first novel.
Transamagei Prologue
The birth of a baby is meant to be a joyous occasion surrounded with smiles and tears of happiness, but that was not so for my birth. When I came into this world, I was surrounded by strangers who immediately recoiled at my presence. A woman with makeup dripping down her face and blonde hair plastered to her head was screaming. Her only friend; a short woman with dark hair tied into a knot, was cowering behind the woman. The pair of chicken sheers she gripped were shaking as she inched towards me.The short woman hacked through my umbilical cord frantically, while I cried out for the protection of my mother, who was panicking and trying to drag herself away from me on the musty couch we were on. Once I was free, my mother kicked out at me, pushing me across to the edge of the couch.I could hear her hysterical sobbing and moaning echoing through my ears as a heavy hand gripped my arm and dragged my naked body around to face both women once more.“What is it?” the short woman
Transamagei Chapter 1
ZeaI was destined to die right before I had even lived.The old towel that tangled me in my mother’s hands as she squeezed me between them was the only thing that blinded me from seeing my true fate. I was not going to be suffocated to death moments after coming into this world. Instead, I was going to be driven to a river where I would be drowned in its icy depths by my own mother.I was thrown into the back of a car, still tangled within the old towel covered in the blood staining my body. No matter how much I cried or squirmed, I was ignored. I might as well not have even tried.The towel wrapped around my face and body was the only warmth I had felt in my three hours of existence. The small holes in the fabric hooked my small fingers and toes, making me squirm uselessly as the car was dragged to a halt and I was lifted from the hard seats.The cold tore straight through the towel while the breeze froze any parts of my body that were exposed through the holes. The pers
Transamagei Chapter 2
Playing with fireThe creature who called himself Tin raised me and nurtured me like the parent I never had. He grew incredibly defensive of me and always kept me hidden from the unseen dangers lurking outside. As I grew older and more aware, he taught me how to walk, then how to run. Running was my key to survival up here. Night Claw, the species Tin was, were all equipped with poisonous blood and an arm they could turn into a spear. They were bred specifically to haul heavy loads other creatures couldn’t. Because of this, they were often rounded up and forced into labour with another species called Shade.The Shade were like gigantic spiders with extremely thick skin and had claws protruding from a joint in all eight of their legs that surrounded the top of every hoof. They had huge, spiked mandibles that were forever clicking away, and eyes that were tiny slits.Compared to them both, I was useless. I was only five; my tiny teeth and weak claws could not defend myself aga
Transamagei Chapter 3
First MissionDeath was forgiving.Why was I so afraid of something that took the weight of the world from me and blanketed me in comfort?I could finally rest in peace. I could sleep forever without being overburdened with worries.Death was warm.It heated me from the inside and tickled at my heart. It made me feel protected and safe in this darkness.I was all alone though. No-one else was here to wrap their arms around me and take away the overwhelming sadness that shook through my body.Tears streamed down my face, burning my fur as they snaked through it. Instead of falling into the nothingness surrounding me, they branched off to smother the rest of my face, piercing through my cheeks and forehead.My fingers began to bubble and blister as the tears fell onto them. The muscles in my arms and legs constricted until they burst through my flesh and bound me, trying to strangle what resistance I had against them from me.The tears that coated my body felt like sizzl
Transamagei Chapter 4
Face to face with deathInstead of being met with nightmares, the void shielded my brain with a fog that made my head swim. Somehow, I was still here; probably being sizzled on the hot tar of the road I had passed out on.My hearing was the first to come back, unfortunately.A sobbing, distorted at first, got clearer as I struggled to piece together what had happened.I had been in a car crash, I knew that; but what occurred afterwards was a mystery.The last thing I remembered was lying on the hard road with glass skewering me. Was I still there? Was I still free?“He’s breathing” someone noted, but I was too disorientated to tell if it was a male or female “he’s not reacting to touch though.”Touch. Well, it wasn’t Cosmo.“Keep pulling the glass out until he comes around, then we’ll fill him in” another interrupted.Fill me in? What had happened? Where was everyone? How come the crying wouldn’t stop?The black void started to lighten and reveal distorted shapes, but
Transamagei Chapter 5
The monsters withinHot breath floated in the darkness beside me; bittersweet from the lumpy, pink fruit being shoved into the bleeding mouth hungrily.A fresh scratch ran over a flushed cheekbone, the exposed wound being smothered with the juices of the fruit that dripped along the path underneath our feet.Sparkling eyes locked onto mine; so full of life and the ugliness of the world they had witnessed.How on earth did they belong to someone dead?“Pay attention, Moon” Royce gasped between mouthfuls of fruit, shining the torch he held over the area before us “this is no time to be dawdling.”I focused on the light to try and distract myself from the rising panic bubbling within my stomach and the prickling of my fur on the back of my neck.Royce had wasted no time in tearing me from the warmth of the bed to join him in stalking the cold, deserted levels of the Base as soon as he had returned. The torch he held was the only thing we had to defend ourselves against the
Transamagei Chapter 6
Fresh meatEagle was on my mind after that discussion with Torch; quite literally.When his voice invaded my mind, I thought I was imagining it; growing frightened that I was going insane.Apparently, that's what most people assumed when Eagle had first invaded their mind; as he told me.It was helpful having the extra voice beside me through the night and into the next morning, but I could tell it was making the other Soul Stealers avoid me when I began muttering back to Eagle and arguing with him around the Base.To them, I was probably at sanity’s edge.He kept his distance, so people wouldn't too suspicious of our plans, but placed himself right beside me at training where he wanted to meet two days later.He said nothing until other Soul Stealers started leaving and we were mostly alone. The others still here were too far away to be of any concern to us."I thought we should meet up before the next part of our plan. I sent out a guy yesterday to steal a baby Kalfar
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