Hi Reader, I caught up with the traveler at the fork two days south of the Crossroads, where a tinker had parked a pushcart across both roads. Missed one of the previous stories?Click here to read them all. His cart was wooden, with little brass bells on the corners, and covered in pockets, maybe a thousand of them, every one stuffed with rolled paper. The man pushing it was small and quick, in a patched hat and a long coat made of more pockets. People call him the Glimmer Peddler. He had...
21 days ago • 8 min read
Hi Reader, My name is Crystal. I keep the Road. It's a real job, just one you won't find posted anywhere. Keeping the Road mostly means walking it. Noticing what changed since last time. Relighting the lamps that went out and leaving the ones that light themselves alone. First thing to know, and it is a law of this place, so write it down. The Road is alive. Towns hold. Paths decide. The towns stay where they are. You can trust a town. The paths that branch off have decided when they exist...
28 days ago • 7 min read
Hi Reader, Supernatural premiered twenty-one years ago today. Two brothers, one 1967 Impala, fifteen seasons of driving around the Midwest (except for that one weird trip to Scotland), lying to each other about how they're doing, and then saving the world roughly once a year with a trunk full of salt, the help of their friends (and frenemies), and a new/old magical talisman. I've watched since the first episode. I've rewatched it from the beginning well over 100 times. You're welcome. It was...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, Close your eyes for a second. Picture this. You're walking somewhere familiar. A path you know.Then the air shifts, the way it does right before a storm, and you look up and realize the sky has gone deeper than the sky should go. You take another step, and the ground is moss instead of pavement.You take another step, and the moss is moving, slightly, like it's breathing. You take another step, and you're somewhere you've never been, and somewhere you've always been at the same...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read