philosophy
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There is a peculiar place that almost nobody talks about. It has no walls, no windows, and no clocks. It does not announce itself when you arrive because the people inside believe they are only staying for a minute. Every unfinished dream ever imagined passes through there. A novel with only three chapters written. A…
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Long before kingdoms learned to draw maps, there was a road that every soul eventually found. No one knew who built it. No one knew where it began. No one knew where it truly ended. They simply called it The Road of Seven Tolls. The stories said that beyond the final gate lived every life…
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There is an old game people play. Two truths and one lie. Two lies and one truth. Most people think the object is fooling everyone else. It isn’t. The object has always been fooling yourself. I wandered into an old courthouse one evening that wasn’t marked on any map. It had no judge. No jury.…
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The fire cracked and spit sparks into the Texas night. A luxury VRBO sat tucked away in the countryside, miles from the nearest city. The kind of place corporate people rented when they needed to convince themselves they still knew how to relax. Floor-to-ceiling windows. Expensive coffee. Hot tub. String lights hanging from oak trees.…