Aviv's Worldbuilding Blog

Wednesday morning, it’s pouring and it’s about to get a lot worse. A hurricane is well on its way on what seems to be a direct patch to our little town. My sister arrives with her two kids and immediately falls apart crying. I make the kids breakfast and plan our journey north. It slowly becomes clear to me that she’s not in any condition to drive after such a hectic night, trying to pack and seal the house as best as she can while her husband is away for work. I put her in the car with Claire and get in the car with the kids to what is going to be a seven-hour drive with a five year old and a three year old. I’ve heard horror stories about driving with small children in the car, but nothing could prepare me for this. All they wanted to do is play. Every question, statement or action were intended to engage me or one another in some sort of play. It was hilarious. When they wanted to pretend there was a large school of fish and quite a bit of ocean in my mouth, all I had to do was kee...

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the citizens of the United States were gripped by paranoia and fear of the Soviet Union. Parents warned their children against playing out on the street out of fear of soviet satellites photographing them, and possibly utilizing dangerous lasers to hurt them. Communism was considered a plague, and tensions rose to extreme levels between American families of Russian decent and their friends and neighbors. In addition to the fear of space-related technological advancement, there was rumor that the Russians were planning a silent invasion into the states, through highly trained super-human secret agents. These agents came from years of experiments that began after the First World War. Human genome experimentation was common during the beginning of the third Reich and throughout the World War II. However, the Nazis were never able to successfully complete the transformation to what they called Uber-Mensch (enhanced-human), or Uber for short. Just before ...

In an alternative universe, on planet Mars, a world inhabited by a human-like species is thriving under constant technological advances. In this world, the concept of rulers never developed, and communities co-exist peacefully in relationships based on trading and recreational activities. Common beliefs were never constructed into religions, and science is the driving force of this civilization. The time period is roughly the middle of the 22 nd century, but the wormholes that are spread around the globe have been around for centuries, ever since the first space-time tear was discovered in the early 19 th century. These wormholes enable the human-like Martians to travel immense distances in very short times, whether on the face of the planet or to other galaxies and universes. Of course, not everyone is permitted to worm-travel, and a special permit is required for those who would like to assume the privileges and responsibilities of worm-traveling. In this iteration of...

Images in the fire:         -        An iguana crossing a mossy log -        A snow sleigh -        An old face with a stern expression -        Huge tidal waves sliding off each other -        Little birds flying around, almost crashing into each other -        Danger, consumption of life World 1 A world covered in water, dark windows with very little noises coming from behind them. Most of the bridges have been built and rebuild many times, but some of them are still the original structures. Flowers are growing off of the windows, blooming more with each song that is sung in the narrow alleyways. Accordion sounds fill the air and then cease immediately. The walls are mossy and rotten, but they hold up the structures that have been around for centuries. There is a sl...