Archive for December, 2007

Tale the Forty-First

On a small rise under a wide sky surrounded by trees is a stone. It is flat, gray and has words written deep on it. It was laid here by men long ago and was instructed to guard the sleeper below it. The stone holds itself ready at all times, watchful, waiting for anything that [...]

Tale the Fortieth

Once upon a time there was a snowflake. She was white-blue, star shaped, fragile and sharp edged. She lived in a cloud with other snowflakes and dreamed of the day they would be released to dance. She practiced her dance, sure in her steps and her skill. She would move just so and the whole [...]

Tale the Thirty-Ninth

The leaves whispered around her feet lifting her up higher than she could have jumped alone. The voices she had just left faded into black as she kicked and swished her way down the path. She raised her hands beside her to feel the wind on her palms. The movement made her feel still and [...]