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
Echoland Part 4: The Thunderbird Lands
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,749 Part: 4/9 Synopsis: The thunderbird touches down and takes on a strange new form. If I called Tormaigh right now, would he show up in a couple of seconds? Maybe there was something about space around here I didn’t know. For that matter, the bird might be an… Continue reading Echoland Part 4: The Thunderbird Lands
Echoland Part 3: Of Birds and Bells
Link to part one: here Previous episode: here Wordcount: 1,195 Part: 3/9 Synopsis: The mysterious hooded person tells Jasmine his name and a bit about the thunderbird after it almost kills her. I wandered toward the horizon I could still see. Was that the pale rim of dawn there, or the end of the… Continue reading Echoland Part 3: Of Birds and Bells
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 583 Part: 2/ongoing Between Water and Sky I thought I saw it as I jumped off the pier into the lake. The air was already cooling as afternoon slid into evening. Summer doesn’t last long in Dreamscape. I tossed my towel off my shoulders and ran down the weathered dock,… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 1, Between Water and Sky
Echoland Part 2: The Glass Prairie
Link to Part One: here Wordcount: 1,357 Part: 2/9 Synopsis: Jasmine discovers a strange, lonely world and meets a frustratingly mysterious entity in a hooded cloak. Wherever I was, I was completely alone there. Overhead, the huge sky was stormy and still dark. The ground was cold under my bare feet, but not wet like… Continue reading Echoland Part 2: The Glass Prairie
Echoland: part one
Author’s note: I randomly decided I should serialize an old story I wrote in college. Fun fact, I actually recorded this as an audio book with a full soundtrack and two original songs for my senior project. Not-so-fun fact, I actually hate the sound of my own voice, and on top of that, I was… Continue reading Echoland: part one
Dreamscape, IN: prologue
Last night I climbed out onto the roof outside my bedroom window as I almost always do just before sunset late in the summer. I’m holding onto something. I realize this. School will start in a couple of weeks. I’m seventeen. I have to go back one more time. I wanted to see the clouds… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: prologue
I Redrew my Old Art from Years Ago
I’ve never been great about putting dates on my art. I started digging through my old sketchbooks in search of some worthy redraw material, and discovered a big 8 ½” x 11 ½” spiralbound. Flipping through its smeary pages, I found sporadic dates ranging mostly from late 2008 to 2009. What’s interesting about this era… Continue reading I Redrew my Old Art from Years Ago