Winterling

She asked me, with her doe eyes, to fetch her a glass of water. I squeezed her hand—of course I would! And sprung to my feet, so quickly in fact, my ears shrieked. I trusted the grout of the tiled floor to lead me to the counter, where a leather apron-ed fellow was already pouring […]

The One You Barely Were. The One I Am.

I have never wished to be anything other than myself, though I have always felt that life wanted something else from me. Not a completely new version, but perhaps just a narrow copy of the one who came before me—my brother, the one who was supposed to be me. Life itself has tried to shape […]

Will You Take Her?

A story of impending loss and surrendering your external heart to the ferryman of the ‘Next.’

Black Band

A dark yet hopeful meditation on suffering, survival, and the complex relationship between body and mind, it ultimately reflects the silent contract we forge with life, no matter how painful the price.

The Fjord’s Pearl

One bright, perfect day, a love blossomed—now trapped, never having the chance to bloom. Time slips by, but the warmth of that moment lingers, forever sealed under the cold, slabbed fjord.

Homeward Heather

As snow blankets the world outside, a man surrenders to his roots.

Arable

A meditation on unearned sorrow, and a stoic’s breaking shell falling to his peer—like a glove.

The Phone Booth

On the edge of the city’s warm glow, a solitary figure finds a phone booth where he can lay his melancholy to rest among worn book spines.

Snowbound

Bound together by the chill, a fragile connection teeters on the edge of change, only to find that some bonds are as fleeting as the last patches of snow.

Hallowed

Character is living to pass where your kin fell, keeping the same smile you shared in hallowed photographs of old.