Tagged: the machine

2022-02-20

The Summoner

1507 words (8 minutes)

The first time you summon a demon, you’re so nervous that your shaky hands nearly drop the ritual dagger.

You have to make it work, though. This world was never made for you, and so you need to carve a place for yourself in it one way or another.

2021-12-11

The Right Question

302 words (2 minutes)

When your eyes alight upon me, there is an ache within you, isn’t there? Something you’ve always lived with. Something with roots deep down in your very bones.

I see you wrestling with it. I see your longing. There is a question on your lips you need to ask me.

“Are you me?”