This was the week every year when the snapping turtles returned, and the neighbour boy was preparing for it. He laid out careful patterns of rocks and stones in elaborate geometries, here and there stashing bits of lettuce and other vegetables among his seemingly random mineral ley lines. The confusion of columns and divisions gradually…
She walked with them through the foothills in no particular formation, a scattered crowd sharing the same destination. In front of her was Patson, a man she knew. He’d stood with her husband against the initial assault, where townsmen fell by the score, this morning or two weeks ago, she couldn’t recall. The clouds in…
It was only later, after the plates of our elaborate meal had been cleared, and twice more drink delivered by the exquisite Danda, that Arbotis began his tale. My host waited until she, with natural luminous grace, concluded the fire and sugar ritual bound to his libation, then he snatched it up. He immediately called…
The Dulcless Tone 