By Renko Chazakiel Rodenburg “Who are you?” The figure had entered the confined space somehow. It was impossible to make out how. It was impossible to think of why. “That’s a very difficult question right now,” the figure answered. “I- don’t know where I am?” “Yeah, it does that to people.” “Can you explain?” she asked. “I can sit and talk with you for a bit.” “I think I would like that.” The figure sat…
Far Off Unhappy Things Chapter 24: Maxwellianistics By Maxwell This is an absence-story. A story defined by absences. A story about an empty house on Fisher’s Lane that ought to have had a father, brothers, servants and maids. Today, there are no such things in the house on Fisher’s Lane. Today I live there alone. Today, which is no longer every day the same day but now relentlessly gets replaced by one day after the…
Far Off Unhappy Things Chapter 24. Gunthilde has died, and wanders around for a bit.
Far Off Unhappy Things Chapter 24: The King and the Maxwellianist, or, The Princess and the Ghost, or, The King, The Princess and the Boy. By Tintenzunge By Maxwell By Tintenzunge Once upon a time in the distant land where it was always fall, the poet-king was visited by a stranger. “What?” The poet-king asked his guards. “A visitor?” “Yes, my liege. He says he has come from a distant land to pay homage to…
Far Off Unhappy Things Chapter Twenty: Achlys By Renko Doremi Rodenburg The dungeons under the palace of Autumn were quite comfortable. They were damp and clammy and cold, but not freezing cold. Just cold enough that Achlys could almost bring herself to believe that if she laid down just so, she would be comfortable enough to sleep. There were trickles of water running down the walls of her cell, which tasted bitter. A steady stream…