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 hoursβwhen the world blinks, and shadows swell too thick for reasonβthere 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, Hellinβs grin sharpened. Every…
Hellin was not meant to exist. She grew out of absence β out of the space where parents should have stood. When no one came to shield the small ones,…
Iβve recently decided to master the noble art of doing nothing. Unfortunately, it turns out Iβm terrible at it. Every time I sit down to βrelax,β I remember a dozen…
Good evening, dear listeners, you tuned into JW Eirdflower FM, though the FM doesnβt stand for anything itβs simply there to show that I am broadcasting somewhere, to anyoneβ¦ it…
(or: βWhat Happens When You Ignore Absolutely Everyoneβs Advice, Including Your Own Internal Narrator, Who Frankly Deserves a Raise.β) Ah. There it is. The door. Youβre standing in front of…
(And Other Minor Inconveniences) Ah, there you are. Finally. Took you long enough. Honestly, I was beginning to think youβd wandered off to the interactive βDress Like a Roman Centurion!β…
You ever walk into a room and feel like youβve just interrupted something? Like the furniture was whispering secrets, the coat rack knows too much, and the lampβ¦ judges you?…
Somewhere between the quiet hum of summer and the whisper of the wind through the leaves, I stumbled upon a story carved into woodβa tree stump, but not quite a…
Greetings, I suppose. This is a blog. I am one of the people behind "the curtain". I wouldnβt call myself βexcitedβ to be here, but Iβm present, which in this…