…Three. Two. One. This is the gray directory, came the voice. There is no parent directory. This is the directory from which all other directories derive. This is the gray directory. Initiate base level

pale moths suspended a spider’s ode to winter cobweb frosted rooms (image creative commons licensed: source)

Responding to the following quote: Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things, whether wholly or partly of a material and finite kind. Nature through all her kingdoms, insures herself. Nobody

image source: wikimedia commons Kyle awoke, wrists bound, hanging upside down from the same mangled oak tree of his childhood dreams. When night fell, the chanting began.

source: wikimedia commons In spite of the council’s explicit decision that no human be killed on such excursions, Shraelin hesitated for only a moment with her bow string drawn, her sharp golden eyes fixed

This is an original poem which I have written. It is an imagined glimpse into the lives of prehistoric steppe bison, as well as their North American descendants, and their relation to humans. Images are