A Christmas Wish List of Real-World Magic

by | Dec 13, 2016 | Magic & Stuff

Do you ever find yourself wishing for things that don’t, you know, actually exist? I think one of the main things that has always drawn me to fantasy is my persistent dissatisfaction with the real world. This can’t really be all there is, can it? And so I find...
Hazel and Holly — Return to the Shrine

Hazel and Holly — Return to the Shrine

by | Dec 9, 2016 | Hazel and Holly

Previous: Summoning Visions   Holly, Hemlock, Hawthorn, Tum, and Elder returned to the Shrine. It looked weird seeing it in daylight. It looked like a normal building, old and slightly dirty, but not anything to be afraid of. “Now, all of you keep your...
Hazel and Holly — Return to the Shrine

Hazel and Holly — Summoning Visions

by | Dec 2, 2016 | Hazel and Holly

Previous: A Reluctant Ally   Hazel got up from the table and backed away. Ash got up with her. She wanted to leave, but she dared not. She could not—not after leaving Holly and Hemlock the way that she had. They’d likely never forgive her for that....
Hazel and Holly — Return to the Shrine

Hazel and Holly — A Reluctant Ally

by | Nov 25, 2016 | Hazel and Holly

Previous — …Will Bring You Back to Me   Holly leaned against the wall in her room as she stared out the window. Dawn had broken, but she hadn’t been able to sleep. That had never happened to her before, being unable to sleep. She didn’t much care for...
A Jaunt in Kraków

A Jaunt in Kraków

by | Nov 22, 2016 | Life

So, a couple of weeks ago we got a lot of snow. Like, blizzard amounts of snow. Buses got stuck, trains were canceled, people got stranded. It was the most snow Stockholm had gotten in November in over a hundred years. Madness. Luckily this all happened the day before...