“Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle.” Robert Olen Butler AETHERION LUMIVRA The Legend of the Six-Winged Lantern of the Thresholds The steady black tea of Chronos brewed time’s unceasing tide. The ever-changing oolong of Aion spiraled through the seasons, days and nights, and then, just then, Kairos’ vibrant moment curling up in matcha green,…
“Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle.” Robert Olen Butler NUTS & NOTS I woke up to the rhythmic buzz of the cicadas’ hypnotic melody welcoming the Mistral’s little sister. Its whispers caressed the hazy purple stretching in neat, orderly rows across the landscape. Liquid gold transmuted the lavender fields into oceans of shimmering violet…
“Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle.” Robert Olen Butler BEHIND LACE CURTAINS Nobody seemed to remember the old house on the hilltop. The white walls worn and yellowed by time were speckled with thousands of small pinholes where termites have eaten through the wood leaving a complex web of faint lines. Pieces of blue…