Tag Archives: first person
Practiced and Without Fail
The unifying theme for the week will be “The Bringer of Mist”. Check out the ‘bringer‘ tag for more. I’ll step off from a post from day 51: “Grandma has a Wolf’s Heart“.
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The newly fallen leaves stacked poorly in her hand. These red and yellow and gold leaves retained their suppleness. [...]
Dactylio or Dactylo
Inspired by another fun illustration at Gorilla Artfare.
Etymological concerns mostly based on this page.
Enough of that crap.
My introduction to [dactylio] came illicitly enough in the form of spying on my older brother one summer he visited back from [cool sounding magic school or guildish name]. Since I am merely a pawn of the author’s [...]
Day 134: Paradise Theatre Overhaul
I’m really in my office. Thirty-four floors above the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, Colorado. I feel as if I am in a Polaroid from the 70’s. The blues faded, the reds indistinct, and the blacks turned a sickly green. The “Welcome Back Kotter” t-shirt I’m wearing is an iron-on [...]
Day 103: The Balance of Marrow
I’m pressing the crescant to his neck and he’s saying words like magic. Words that feel like they could unbreak a jar, maybe raise the dead.
"The best waters are swift and shallow." He’s trembling as he chants, "The best waters are swift and shallow." I realize he doesn’t believe the words, doesn’t trust their power. [...]
Day 81: Abducted by Lemon, Lavender, and Mint
Three pixies scrambled out of the air-conditioning vent and slipped to the far side of the pumpkin. One by one they emerged from the vegetable’s safety. They huddled heads touching and hands on shoulders and whispered a plan that to my ear was no more than a squeaky distraction. When they broke the mint one [...]
Her Dry Tin Fingers