Author: dng

The cliffs of Chalk dissolve into the sea. Each generation denies it will be the last. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 Chalk

The debris of our world drifts towards their shores, and from these fragments they make something new. Not once have they guessed its origins. One day, perhaps, we will reclaim what is ours. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance –… Continue reading Certainty

Once a year the ice melts, and the people of Calamity wake without any idea a year has passed since yesterday. The stars above could tell them, but by the time they rise, Calamity sleeps once more. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue –… Continue reading Calamity

There are no trees on cage, and the soil is mostly sand. They build from bone. Whales, fish, birds, beasts: their houses are shrines erected in celebration of those no longer living. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage… Continue reading Cage

This was the first island I ever explored. No matter what else we learn of it, now matter how much it might change, I still remember it as it was then. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage –… Continue reading Brilliance

They do not know where the island ends and the sea begins, for everything to them is simply snow. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red… Continue reading Boundary

Blue sinks further each year beneath the waves. Their houses are built on stilts. How long until their homes are replaced by boats? _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change –… Continue reading Blue

If we told them we were watching, they would turn away and hide. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 Beauty

The sweep of its shore looks to have been drawn by hand. Under cover of night creatures emerge from the sea. None of the inhabitants of Bay dare step outside to meet them, so their intent is not yet known. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty… Continue reading Bay

It is not actually an island, yet it functions as one. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 Allegory