Stepping into Stories, One Word at a Time
"You can't stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to help him overcome that fear. I have no such motivation. I can't have. I'm a witcher: an artificially created mutant. I kill monsters for money. I defend children when their parents pay me to. If Nilfgaardian parents pay me, I'll... Continue Reading →
"Drake once told me that every song ever played is still playing. That every song ever played joins the one great never-ending song. I'd like to think that first chaotic jam is still out there in the universe. An echoing moment in time before Flanagan's, before the Hobo Underground, before Sunburst and Armageddon. Just five... Continue Reading →
"The night rushes past us, cool sheets of wind wending their way through the gaps in our clothing. As we leave the city behind and pick up speed, buildings fall away and spotlights grow sparse. All the while, Cat drums her fingers against my ribs, reminding me of her presence, keeping time like a heartbeat."Single... Continue Reading →
"If we limited loving to just the sane, undamaged people, the next generation would have about three people in it and presumably humanity would die out shortly afterward."-Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher I am hopelessly in love with T. Kingfisher's Saint of Steel series, and I only wish I had not taken so long to... Continue Reading →
"This was a forest made for dreams, or nightmares. Made for a world where the balance of oxygen in the air was different, where things felt less constrained to growing low and close to their own roots. Trees towered around me like California redwoods, some with trunks larger than an office building. Their bark was... Continue Reading →
"The light unfurled toward the center of the glass again, softly warming like the horizon before the sunrise- a dramatic change from darkness, but not painful to look at. It drew tight toward the middle of the glass, an eye closing swiftly, and as the light coalesced it suddenly flared so strongly that Clara clamped... Continue Reading →
Of Worlds Forgotten 