Stepping into Stories, One Word at a Time
"Why does the night have to be so beautiful?As I walk through the night, I remember what Mitsutsuka said to me. 'Because at night, only half the world remains.' I count the lights. All the lights of the night. The red light at the intersection, trembling as if wet, even though it isn't raining. Streetlight... Continue Reading →
"Toru was struck by a thought: maybe Hikaru and Tamon had known each orher in another life. That was how close they seemed to be. They were like old souls who found each other, or a couple falling in love at first sight. Their bond was ironclad, their trust in each other absolute."The Boy and... Continue Reading →
"Sift the sand of every world and sort the dust of space between them, and you will find not one atom of fear, nor gram of love nor dram of hatred. Yet they are there, unseen and uncertain as the smallest quanta and just as real."EMPIRE OF SILENCE BY CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO When Empire of Silence first... Continue Reading →
"The inky blue of the forest path called to her, and she let her feet take her into her favorite part of the woods for a moment of solitude, and respite from her own mind. The last of the night’s drizzle trickled through the canopy and dripped down the back of her neck. She shivered... Continue Reading →
"There seems to be a story that you keep telling yourself, and I understand… it has served you for some time. It was real. It kept you safe. But you’ve outgrown that tale, and now it’s holding you back from becoming who you are really meant to be."A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic If you... Continue Reading →
"The Hall women were born to hard breaks and bad decisions. They fell in love with the wrong people so consistently it was as though an ancestral curse doomed them to heartbreak, from a grandmother married to a guy so terrible she killed him, to Charlie’s last boyfriend , who shot her. Posey said that... Continue Reading →
Of Worlds Forgotten 