Here march the eaters of earth, the swallowers of rain.

Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (especially to the elderly, no matter their apparent...

Hardly has the universe stretched its wings to spanWhen it gathers to egg once more

Why are roses kept for their blossoms rather than shunned for their thorns?

Just because you believe in fairies doesn’t mean you have to believe everything they say!-Petra Godfellow

You are much larger than anything you encounter while you sleep. Everything that happens in dream takes place on a small stage in a corner of your mind.

Grief is always sudden as winter, no matter how long the autumn.

Sooner or later, everybody dreams of other worlds.

Death breached the silence first. ‘Mortals are always calling for me,’ he said, ‘Especially mortals whose suffering is very great, and especially mortals whose suffering is of their own making, and especially mortals who have...

The November evening had a bite; it nibbled not-quite-gently at her cheeks and ears. In Virginia the late autumn was a lover, still, but a dangerous one.

There you go again, declaring the exact inverse of your experience. You human pups are so full of the things you’re sure of. Sit down and listen for a change.

The great risk of living is that we might not survive it.

I have lain long here in your mind, longer than any nightmare has before me. I have sunk my roots into your worst imaginings and feasted on your memories. I know you, child.

The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all of us, engaged in telling it.

A fear conquered is a fear harnessed.-Wysteria Morningstar

Oceans recede and coastlines wither and crack. Nations lapse; others soon swagger in their places. Mountains crumble to dust, rains vanish into the sea, winds return whence they came, and every city men build has...