Posts by J.W. Eirdflower

There were always eyes in the dark, but I tried to tell myself they were only tricks of the light. Shadows pretending to care. I used to sleep, once back…

In the black hours—when the world blinks, and shadows swell too thick for reason—there is a place where no candle dares to burn. That is where Hellin lives. Hellin was…

Hellin was not summoned. She was made. Every time a voice was swallowed, she grew. Every time a girl pressed her teeth together instead of speaking, Hellin’s grin sharpened. Every…

Hellin was not meant to exist. She grew out of absence — out of the space where parents should have stood. When no one came to shield the small ones,…

Good evening, dear listeners, you tuned into JW Eirdflower FM, though the FM doesn’t stand for anything it’s simply there to show that I am broadcasting somewhere, to anyone… it…

(or: “What Happens When You Ignore Absolutely Everyone’s Advice, Including Your Own Internal Narrator, Who Frankly Deserves a Raise.”) Ah. There it is. The door. You’re standing in front of…

(And Other Minor Inconveniences) Ah, there you are. Finally. Took you long enough. Honestly, I was beginning to think you’d wandered off to the interactive “Dress Like a Roman Centurion!”…

Somewhere between the quiet hum of summer and the whisper of the wind through the leaves, I stumbled upon a story carved into wood—a tree stump, but not quite a…