by Adrien Palmer | | Short Stories
“Don’t tell Marya. Don’t stop smiling. Don’t stop…” “Mommy, what does it say?” From above, her eyes seemed enlarged, as if every aspect of her body was a frame for those twin living portraits. There was a simple trust...
by Adrien Palmer | | Short Stories
Soon his perspective swelled to completely encompass the edges of The Mountain. He now saw it was framed with hundreds, if not thousands of small lines, intersecting, crashing at odd angles in every direction for miles and miles. He could only vaguely remember the...
by Adrien Palmer | | Short Stories
Then one day a bird came along. Except the bird was a woman? She spoke as one. She told of how she had also ascended a mountain once and had made many trips back down to bring Others with her. Until the day she started flying. Many listened with wonder and awe at her...
by Adrien Palmer | | Short Stories
One day, children were born. It was much like any other day, and they were much like any other children; full of wonder, adventure and a longing for glory. From the time they became their own beings, they began creating castles, forts and battles in their minds,...