365 TIMES 365

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  • Day 105 – The Island Giants

    “Your explanations of pressing plates and erupting volcanoes, that may be how it works for you, but here it’s giants.”

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    October 23, 2014
    The Kingdom
    civilization, gentrification, giants, islands, modernization, natives, oceania, oceans, religion, sea, superstition, volcanoes
  • Day 104 – The Owl Prime Minister

    Brovicio clucked a congratulations to himself as he waddled through the Parliamentary Tree for the ceremonial taking of oaths.

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    October 22, 2014
    The Pound
    assassins, birds, forests, foxes, hyenas, mice, owls, parliaments, politicians, politics, prime ministers, trees, wars, woods
  • Day 103 – The Mad House

    There is a manor at the end of a lane. In the center of that manor there is a cloud, which stretches tendrils into everyone who comes near.

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    October 21, 2014
    The Phantasmagoria
    abuse, child abuse, crazy, families, houses, insanity, Lovecraft, madness, tendrils, tentacles, trauma
  • Day 102 – The Haunted Pizza Oven

    After months of denial, then attempting to ignore it, Tino had to face facts: his pizza oven was haunted.

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    October 20, 2014
    The Kingdom, The Phantasmagoria
    deals, food, ghosts, haunting, Italians, messages, notes, ovens, pizza, possession, restaurants
  • Day 101 – The Postcards

    ‘Dear Bill- Saw a shark today. Hope to see dolphins tomorrow. Love always, Vivian.’

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    October 16, 2014
    The Here And Now
    burial, couples, death, graves, graveyards, hawaii, inheritance, insurance, love, marriage, postcards, romance, vacations
  • Day 100 – The Chosen One

    Cyril found it impossible not to laugh at his lack of irony, which seemed to confuse the cloaked figure. “This is no joke, boy. You are meant for greatness.”

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    October 15, 2014
    The Kingdom
    books, boy wizards, destinies, magic, plants, reading, sorcerors, sorcery, swords, trees, vines
  • Day 99 – The College Philosopher

    “I don’t want someone telling me how I think, you know? I just want to be me. There’s all this pressure to, like, be something, and there’s no time spent just being.”

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    October 14, 2014
    The Here And Now
    coffee, college, pets, philosophy, pretentious, reunions, smoking, students, tea
  • Day 98 – The Former Actor

    Glancing around the room, he worried about the judgment of – well, no, there was nobody looking.

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    October 14, 2014
    The Here And Now
    actors, bars, drinking, golden age, hollywood, movies, nostalgia, pictures
  • Day 97 – The Retirement Community

    The bottom of the pool was black – one of those fancy lagoon pools – so the moonlight glinted off the water strangely, illuminating the palest man Malcolm had ever seen, reclining on a pool chair nearby.

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    October 10, 2014
    The Phantasmagoria
    black lagoon, creature from the black lagoon, creatures, dracula, frankenstein, monsters, mummies, retirement, seniors, universal, vampires, werewolves, witches, wizard of oz
  • Day 96 – The Black Cat

    She was giving a bad penny a wide berth on the way home from school, when a voice came out of the cherry blossom tree nearby.

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    October 9, 2014
    The Kingdom
    50s, asian, bad luck, black cats, cats, cherry blossoms, greasers, luck, magic, pennies, racism, scarves, spirits, trees
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