Category: A Fairytale for Edna

     The three spies are silent as they pass through the thicket of trees, listening intently for any sound, or lack of, that may be out of place. Cellu feels some relief as they enter a patch of desolate land and ashen trees. He thinks that no one in the enemy camp makes a…

     Through the trees and on the outskirts of the Huldu village, Cellu stops and scans the area. When he sees Twynne, Cellu gallops towards him.      “I have Edna,” he yells as he advances. Twynne glances at Cellu and then at Edna. A look of recognition lights his eyes then fades away,…

     As the three wander amidst the trees calling Edna’s name, the air becomes increasingly heavy, like a blanket that is weighted by sand, and pulling down on their shoulders, heads, and thoughts. And they find themselves walking back to the village as though they have been rounded up and ushered by a large…

       After the construction of space and time, galaxies and worlds, and of rational creatures, a particular kind of being—a serpent, as it were—belonging to no world in particular, was overcome by the desire to bring all worlds under its power. In one world–the most childlike and innocent–the serpent spent its time whispering…

     Edna dreams that night. It is the reoccurring dream that she usually dreads—the long walk that ends in darkness. This time, however, though everything happens the same as it always does, the dream is not a nightmare as it has always been. What makes this dream different is how she feels—not what happens,…