“And as he ogled the reams of typing paper, enjoying the strange thought that one might build a sort of hut by using the packages as bricks and then gradually render oneself homeless by turning one’s house into books (for it would certainly be wrong to then employ a book as a brick), Skylar recalled […]
Continue reading“Vrede felt like a woman who had entered a gentle stream and laughed at the playful way its waters laved her limbs and, raking her hair, caused its strands to head downstream. And the woman had known excitement when the strengthening current drew her arms out perpendicular to her body and pulled their flesh away […]
Continue reading“The best composers played vital roles in spiritual evolution; they functioned like psychopomps for the living, leading the way to the regions of soul. These artists, having mounted Jacob’s ladder themselves, re-created its rungs in sound, so that their music’s receptive listeners could likewise ascend. Music possessed this power more than any other art. Music […]
Continue reading“Intrigued by the technique that had accomplished this feat, Skylar bent forward to examine the paper more closely. The woman resembled Dusky but differed from her as well. More sensual, callipygian, fuller breasted, she bore a family resemblance to her creator, but added a voluptuous dimension. Her hair, full and thick but darker hued than […]
Continue reading“The profusion of shapes, textures, and colors of flowers stunned the observer’s senses. The perfumes floating on the breeze, ranging from light and sweet to dense and rich, caused him to momentarily fall in love with life. The grounds might have been a many-acred maternity ward: new life cried forth from swards, walls, trees, bushes, […]
Continue reading“As if to illustrate that principle which has been called God’s humor, the wit of fate, and synchronicity, the sky had cleared as Skylar left the club for his dorm room. The new moon, slim but bright, shone like a parenthesis around emptiness. Venus and Jupiter, situated above the moon, looked like corners of a […]
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