Map the StarlightWednesday, October 25, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 21“We’ve all changed, Aster. Open your eyes. But you won’t, because you are too busy pretending that you are a statue, ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, October 18, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 20“To map a place you have never seen and will never see in your life, you need to harvest information from anywhere ...
Map the StarlightMonday, October 02, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 19It was to be the first item Aster hid in the small stone hut in the courtyard: that smooth speckled egg, covered ...
CalligraphyMonday, October 02, 2017Echo ValleyZach types “courage” into Brainyquote. He angles his screen away from the sun, and begins: “Plato sees courage as perseverance — through suffering, pleasure, and fear.”
On TopicMonday, October 02, 2017Search for SelfFeeding, changing, bath time, bedtime. PTA, a cake for the neighbors, another load of laundry. The whirlwind spins faster ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, September 27, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 18“A map does not start with earth, Aster. I thought you would have known that. A map starts with the heavens”,Map the ...
Map the StarlightMonday, September 18, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 17Clara comes up to her, snatches the parchment from Aster’s sash, unfurls it. The strength is gone from Aster’s hands, o ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, September 13, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 16Friar Pere runs through the night, arms lifted, a wail coming from the dark hollow of his mouth. Brother Francis comes ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, September 06, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 15It is night when the note is thrown in through the window of Papa’s study. Papa is sleeping, but Aster still prowls, ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, August 30, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 14“Brother Francis, you forget that while you remain secluded in the priory, some of us must enter the godless world and ...
Map the StarlightWednesday, August 23, 2017Map the Starlight: Chapter 13“Every map needs a central point. Through that central point, you orient yourself, you calculate where all other lands are ...