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A cave
“Pem, I see a cave.” “Me, too, William.” “Do we know this cave?” “I don’t. Do you?” “I can’t remember.” Pem puts a paw to her face. “Of course not. Okay, let’s check it out.” We go to the cave. “It’s awfully dark in there,” Pem
the station
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Pem’s concern
My feet hit the soil, and it’s spongy. I sink in to about my knees. “Oh, my!” I say. Pem’s hissing and spitting at a frog, who is staring at her from a lily pad floating on the little lake. “I’m here, Pem!” Pem’s back is
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City in the tree branches
The branches move like silk through my hands. Like they’re massaging me. One of them turns to look at me and speaks: “Hello there.” I smile even though it scares me some, to talk to this branch that is clearly now a snake. “Hello,” I say. Then I feel
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Are what you eat
The story behind the story … I was feeling burned out on my flagship series, The Secret of Secrets—a highly layered metafictional sci-fi kina dealie, and I was also playing a lot of retro video games, like the 8-bit inspired ones. The result of that union birthed Gaucho, a simple
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Littered pages
If you’re just joining us, here are the first two eps: Episode 1: "I wake up."Episode 2: "The hundreds" And now, today’s episode … Pem and I go down one of the hundreds of paths, and the wooded canopy forms quick. A wind whips
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The hundreds
If you’re just joining us, check out the first ep here: Episode 1: "I wake up." And now for today’s episode, “The hundreds” … Yep. That’s a mattress. At the bottom of this huge tree with boards nailed to it, a little house in its branches.
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An Introduction to Other Worlds—Part 1
So I’ve been giving y’all an exploration of the Living City of Azza-Jono. Now let’s have a look at some of my other worldsets. The first two are connected, though I haven’t really stated how yet—and we’ll leave it that way for awhile longer.