Month: September 2023

Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else

Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 384 Part: 5/ongoing Anywhere Else The soft flicker of my vanilla cinnamon pumpkin candle, the steady background of lo-fi music, and the continuous ticking of my little pomodoro timer should have been enough to keep my head in my books all evening. But maybe it was a bit much with my fluffy fleece blanket and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else

Echoland Part 9(Finale!): The Echo

Link to part one: here Wordcount: 843 Part: 9/9 Synopsis: The finale! The storm was dead. It had dissolved long ago, though I couldn’t say when. The voices of the bells had returned. Or was that really what the sound was? I had forgotten how the bells actually sounded. I had forgotten a lot of things. From a distance, I observed… Continue reading Echoland Part 9(Finale!): The Echo

Echoland Part 8: Alone Again

Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,024 Part: 8/9 Synopsis: The thunderbird takes off again, leaving Jasmine alone, exhausted, and hopeless. I didn’t feel the fatigue when it set in. I didn’t feel it for hours. I didn’t realize that the storm around us was a slow-turning carousel of stifling wind and blinding rain. None of it was real to me.… Continue reading Echoland Part 8: Alone Again

Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance

Link to part one: here Wordcount: 905 Part: 7/9 Synopsis: Jasmine and the thunderbird find their common ground at last. The thunderbird dove into the clouds and was gone. I spun to face the emptiness of the bell grove around me. “He’s gone again. He flew away. Tormaigh, where are you?”   Thunder rolled and the wind blew against the multitude… Continue reading Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance

Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying

Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 521 Part: 3/ongoing They Were Saying “Hey, Sarah!” I swear I had never even seen the girl before. I had no idea how she knew my name or recognized me from a distance. She called to me again as I waved hesitantly to her from where I stood preparing to jump on my bike and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 2, They Were Saying

Echoland Part 6: The Bell Trees

Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,167 Part: 6/9 Synopsis: Jasmine discovers the place where the bells grow, and the thunderbird’s strange obsession. I was standing almost ankle deep in sandy water gazing up at a copse of soaring glass structures. I would equate them to both trees and the remnants of some enormous gothic building, but I don’t think they… Continue reading Echoland Part 6: The Bell Trees

Echoland Part 5: It Flies Away Again

Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,099 Part: 5/9 Synopsis: Jasmine tries to talk to the shy confusing creature. “Hey,” I said. I took one step toward him. What do you say to a thunderbird? “Don’t fly away. It’s okay. It’s alright.”   It remained perfectly still, eyes unblinking, ear-crests laid back level with the crown of the head. I came… Continue reading Echoland Part 5: It Flies Away Again

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