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Touched by gold, these tendrils were as beautiful as the sunrise over water, and as horrifying as the darkest undersea abomination. 
The Echoes Left Behind
Anthony Reynolds
At one point, despair drove him toward self destruction. The purity of the one sunrise he’d seen since the blood had ceased coursing through his veins burned him, his intangible body dissipating like vapor.
The Whispering Doodad
Graham McNeill
Shadow, light and ridged bark combine to form an endless loop that, from a certain angle and a certain height, looks like a portal into a land of eternal sunrise.
Whispers and song echo from the arbor in the heart of the tree.
Poetry with a Blade
Mo Xiong
“Morning dew dawns. Evening mists fall. Thus are born the sun, moon, and stars. 
Shadow and Fortune
Graham McNeill
“There’s every chance we won’t live to see morning,” she said, unable to keep the hint of a smile tugging at her lip.
The Will of the Dead
Laura Michet
She’d been alone on the beach one morning when the sea dropped low, lower than a low tide. The lookouts on the serpent-caller towers began ringing their alarm bells and pointing toward the horizon.
Twin Dawns
The tireless laborers erecting their Sun Disc, the soldiers taking the hill, the stargazers, the worshipers, the terrified, the doomsday prophets, the hopeless, the rising kings… all those who beheld the streaking comet with selfish eyes witness the ensuing supernova as an early dawn. Across this pitiful globe, my radiance turns darkest night to blinding day. 
Starfall
Ariel Lawrence
I crawl back into bed and wait for the dawn. I don’t go to sleep. I can’t. The dream is the same.
Always the same.
Where Icathia Once Stood
Graham McNeill
Was it only this morning I and the rest of the reformed Kohari marched through the streets of Icathia?
Finishing Soates
Matt Dunn
Her malaise carried her off in kindred company before dawn, or so the new lady of House Erhyn had said. The news could break the morale of the entire troupe. 
Bloodline
Graham McNeill
The water vendor paled, squinting in an attempt to penetrate the darkness beneath his cowl. The man’s eyes widened.
“You’re the Lost Son of the Desert!”
Fragile Legacies
Dana Luery Shaw
Far from the Citadel of Dawn, Sona dragged her trunk out from beneath her bed, trying to keep from waking her sister sleeping down the hall, and began emptying her closet.
The Weakest Heart
Ariel Lawrence
I prayed he would rebuild his resolve before the dawn. Otherwise, there would be nowhere to run that I could not catch him. 
Shield of Remembrance
Anthony Reynolds
Quinn ran through the forest, moving softly and swiftly. It was past dawn, though the sun had not yet risen over the mountain peaks to the east.
The Slumber Party Summoning
Ariel Lawrence
“How about we play a faster game with more consequences?” I hear the trigger click of Shiro and Kuro waking up.
Ezreal claps his hands and rubs them together excitedly.
Confessions of a Broken Blade: Part 2
Ariel Lawrence
“We had a calf wander in the night. At dawn I went looking for it. Instead I found her.”
Murmurs of surprise and concern spilled again from the crowd.
Sisterhood of War Part III: Irreparable
Ian St. Martin
“The witch whispered something to my steed, probably meant for me. A wasting disease. This morning he could not stand.”
“I’m sorry.”
“He was suffering, so I eased it.”
The Lost Tales of Ornn
Matt Dunn
“Dawn brings the plumpest berries and the meatiest fish,” I say to the children.
What Once Sailed Free
Michael Luo
They open the gate to the enclosure and the sergeant walks through first, carrying a tray holding a bowl of hot soup.
“Morning. I’m Olber, and this is my watch unit,” the sergeant says. “Here’s your breakfast, Zen Jaw.”
In Battle, Broken
L J Goulding
Get the damn door open,” she snapped at him, even as she hobbled over to the window and pushed the shutters outward. The morning sun streamed into the gloom, becoming almost solid bars of light in the haze.