Animals began telling stories of Silver Nose’s nightly journeys and his signal fires. It did not take long for others to start calling him Flame Fox. A being who was black as night during the day and who set fires on fells as the rest of the world was fast asleep.
Read MoreAmong the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien.
Read MoreIf more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Read MoreAnd that, to me, embraces the very soul of the most important commandment you’ll find anywhere in your Principles of Successful Termination: ‘Do in others as you would have others do you in.’
Read More“How in hell is anybody supposed to help you if you won’t ask?” Because asking is dangerous, I could tell her. Because to ask is to hope that someone answers, and it hurts so bad when nobody does.
Read MoreNever trust a writer who doesn’t have too many books to read. Or a reader, for that matter.
Read MoreLive long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.
Read MoreAn anthology of short stories by Black authors redefining the horror genre.
Read MoreDiagnosis is a gatekeeping process, and it slams its heavy bars in the face of anyone who is too poor, too busy, too Black, too feminine, too queer, and too gender nonconforming, among others.
Read More“The clearest evidence that justice is the most important of all the virtues comes from what happens when you remove it. It’s remarkably stark: The presence of injustice instantly renders any act of virtue—courage, discipline, wisdom—any skill, any achievement, worthless…or worse.”
Read MoreThe unsaid thing about funerals is that directly after the communal mourning for someone you love, after everyone is gone and the connected grief dispersed, comes a solitude beyond imagining. A great, gaping nothing where a whole person and life and future used to be. The other side of a funeral is abyss.
Read MoreBecause broken hearts strip vocabularies down to their raw bones…
Read More“Grief can change a person to the point where they become someone they don’t know, or even like very much. I don’t want that to happen to you.”
Read MoreAnd that is why the world has Holy Grails - not because the world needs Holy Grails, but because the world needs heroes.
Read MorePerhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.
Read MoreI want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you.
Read MoreThe plot hadn’t really got going yet - a lot of backstory - but something exciting was going to happen soon. It had to: the title promised it.
Read MoreThe arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.
Read MoreThere is an old saying here in the Borderlands: ‘Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.’
Read MoreYou listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue. That’s good advice.
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