Willow and Wisteria ~ Chapter 4 ~
_ **Willow and Wisteria** _ _The Marvelous Phantasm, Arshevieth Myvdiviev_ Chapter IV Shveowtoswav made sure to check himself for signs of life before writing himself off...
Justice of Nature Prologue
**Prelude** "Better watch out Sen, Osstin was killed last night. We all know how much you loved that guy," joked her father, a tall man named Lort. He loved making jokes, especially horrible ones no one ever laughed at. "Same way as those other...
Willow and Wisteria ~ Chapter 3 ~
_ **Willow and Wisteria** _ _The Marvelous Phantasm, Arshevieth Myvdiviev_ Chapter III Shveowtoswav would have expected a heart attack to be much more painful, but he was...
The Table is Adjourned
The morning is proceeding as normal, and he's just about to head out for work, when it becomes apparent that their daughter hasn't come home from the party last night. Events then follow a predictable path in which they call all her friends, or at...
A Glistening Lift
I walked along the side of the road. With how flat the desert is, you would have thought that I could have seen the next town or something. I sure did pick the wrong place to have my car break down. I turned...
A Reading From the Gospel According to the Wolf
_Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord_ _Of the god of earth and altar that our forefathers adored._ _Though to last until that promised land is more'n I can afford_ _I'll last a little longer yet. On that you have my word._ The...
Willow and Wisteria ~ Chapter 2 ~
**_Willow and Wisteria_** _The Marvelous Phantasm, Arshevieth Myvdiviev_ Chapter II Shveowtoswav slept the institutionalized racism off, and left Zofia in...
Sing In Me, Holy One, and Through Me
As far as Bethany Smith was concerned, the Oregon Trail could go and fuck itself. Probably it'd go to Oregon to do that. That was where it seemed to be determined to get to, God knows why, but she wasn't particular: the trail could fuck itself anywhere...
He Of the Trees
“Orpheus founded too the mysteries of Dionysus, and having been rent asunder by the Maenads he rests in Pieria." — Apollodorus, “The Library," I, 3, 2. “I hope you've been comfortable?" “As comfortable as one can be in prison, sir." “You...
Willow and Wisteria ~ Chapter 1 ~
_ **Willow and Wisteria** _ _The Marvelous Phantasm, Arshevieth Myvdiviev_ Chapter I Today, the lock cooperated and accepted the twig he had fashioned into a key a few days ago. Which was good, because the morning drizzle...
The Baptism Is Long But The Song Is Everlasting
"And what makes you think he set foot on my boat?" Captain Achelous Salimahum Fitzulmo kept his arms crossed and his paws carefully still. Only his tailtip stirred. He hated having to wear his jacket when they made port but the shorebound and suchlike...
The Sleepwalker’s Lantern: Let Me Walk With You
“Even in the darkest dreams, I will walk beside you — not to lead, but to stand with you in the silence.” Soren awoke from the Dreamworld, the echoes of others’ pain still clinging to him. His light was still young, but the weight of what it meant...