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The chieftain’s brow furrowed as I finished asking the question. My father had warned me never to speak of this. He had meant privately, he certainly never would have imagined I would dare to bring this subject to the chief of our tribe. For he was a stern man. His face bore the scars of…

don’t be so sad, said the honorable Sir Ashenbelt. this should be a joyous occasion!     it just isn’t what I pictured, there was supposed to be something here. something was supposed to actually happen. this is just a horrid hotel room. the light hurts my eyes. I hate the color of the walls. and…

I saw myself in the forest, the green sickly glow of light was bathing the clearing and I was staring upwards. I wanted to call out but I wasn’t quite “there”. I watched as I held my arms up to the light, blood running down my wrists. The light pulsed and shook the trees. Everything…

sometimes it’s lonely here in this hollowmy mind is filled with bright pictures and stories. every shadow and corner brimming with possibility and meaning. the world strung together by invisible spider silk lines of ideas and stories. I was supposed to go out there tonight, to see something tangible, to be human. But I couldn’t…

why do they expect you to be thrashing around at every little thing that makes you uncomfortable. squirming when you feel out of place. acting scared when you’re angry. getting mad when you’re afraid.  death is a pause that doesn’t resume. tearing holds one end in your skin and breaking your face open with a…

“It’s a good day for burning leaves” the man said “What?” I replied. “Just saying.” I looked to my right. I was sitting next to a man I had never met. This was not at all unusual to me. I often lapse between various states of consciousness, bobbing and weaving through time. It’s rarely an…

We were sitting on the outskirts of the grounds of a large old house. It was the beginning of spring. The water and ice were warming and flowing and dripping. We watched a little bird who kept climbing to the top of an inclined ledge of stone where some ice was melting and riding the…