Author: dng

Their dreams are as real as the waking world. The waking world is less real than their dreams. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses… Continue reading Vurt

The women ride around like horses on their lovers’ backs. The men bleed at the knees. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation… Continue reading Viy

We allow them their mysteries. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion – Denial – Depth – Drowned –… Continue reading Unknown

The island of Tower looms awkwardly out of the gloom. In many ways it reminds me of myself. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses… Continue reading Tower

There is a sickness here that congeals the blood. Soon enough they turn to stone. Immortality beckons. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses –… Continue reading Torpor

They snap their jaws when we approach, in the hope it will keep us away. It is all futile, of course. It is all in vain. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk… Continue reading The Thorns

On Thirst they brew a drink from blood which they say leaves you always wanting more. Those that consume too much are condemned to the sea, and this is where we find them. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance –… Continue reading Thirst

Across the heath their children run, skin left on bramble, blood dripping from bone. Better this than being caught. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red… Continue reading Thicket

Their lives are spent in training. Their games are very precise. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion –… Continue reading Target

You should see the art they make. It is worth every anguished cry. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork –… Continue reading Suffering