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Deep Blue Dreams

My face's against the glass, the cooling window, as my mind fights against the raging fever. My eyes follow a raindrop crawling down, joining another, growing bigger, hitting another, and…

The Next Step

I am very tired. I did not know how very tired until I woke up enough to feel it. A cold is being passed around the workplace, not a full…

From the Archive: Some Feedback

I'm feeling sick. Very tired. See you tomorrow. So, I'm fairly excited. My maternal uncle has read my book. (He loves horror movies and is the first person besides me…

Headache and Philosophy

I have a killer of a headache, migraine level; want to throw up and I can barely walk around. All that aside, I've had a great day meeting new friends…

Create Me My God

Create me my God, and husband my soul. Plant my feet in your garden, and lead me where you will. I have been sick in my bed, but I rise…

Sinus Infection

Okay, I'm sick. Sinus infection. Not fun. Missing work, but not being creative. Not reading or doing anything that requires a modicum of mental focus. Feel like a complete degenerate.…

Rough Draft: Winter-Robbed Trees

Feeling sick. Here's a bit of something I've been working on. The wind wept through the winter-robbed trees, their creaking limbs adding to the mellow air a threatening undertone. Vecrain…

Life Update: Short Stories

Well, I've caught something of a cold over the weekend. Feel fairly miserable and disjointed. Can't hold my thoughts together. Trying to write is hard; my reserves of self-control are…

The Fairies in Autumn’s Wind

The winds where howling round his dizzy head, beating back his fever with their icy current. For a moment, his sinuses and thoughts cleared, and he took a deep, grateful…

Fevered Rambling

2 Jul 20231 Jul 2023

I'm fighting a fever, and I never know if I'm in my right mind. I know, for a brief moment, when I wake up, when clarity breaks through the haze,…