Category: The World
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The News

Good evening. Here is the news. In an astonishing turn of events, there is no news today. We now go over to Warne Gravel, in our main studio, who has the latest on this breaking story. Thank you, Seldom. Yes, the auto cue is still, and there is no footage in the VT. I’m not…
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Earth, Air, Fire, Water

By the lighthouse, the elements meet. The Earth, the layers of rock that surround. The sand or ground beneath our feet. Soil. The Air, the sky above that reaches up and out into the Universe. The winds. The Fire, the Sun, the setting sun below the horizon, a fiery glow cast across the sky. The…
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A Bubble

Apologies, but no apologies. This post is a bit ‘chain maily’, but with good intent. I’m presuming everyone’s heard of the Butterfly Effect, where if a butterfly flaps her wings in one part of the world, a few weeks later, another part of the world experiences a hurricane. That’s the kind of thing I’m hoping…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Still Life

The day was quiet. Early morning: quiet. Midday rush: quiet. Afternoon lull: well, considering it felt as though it took a week to get to the midday rush, the afternoon lull was beyond quiet. The only people in the marketplace were the traders. Some sat literally twiddling their thumbs waiting for a customer. When the…
