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figments
fragments of a dark forgotten world, where there was a light now remembered by but a few
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short stories that are but figments of the edge of existence. these are views of a world, taken out of time, where ideas referenced have been but forgotten

It was a holdup of mine for a long time to capture brief snippets of wonderous alternate realities, but then having the stories die untold in my mind because they were without context. I read the excellent "Dictionary of the Khazars" and realized that not all myths need to be finished, and indeed, in the shadows unlit lingers the imagination, filling in the substrate with what is deeper than words.

These stories also live at my website at http://k0s.org/stories/figments/
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chthonic reflections  [E]   2.1 KB
an avalanche deep underground gives rise to new thoughts to the people there living

The Story of Otsu  [E]   4.1 KB
set long ago in Japan, but purely elements of fantasy

Defiance  [E]   4.9 KB
how one ill choice can lead to a lifetime of regret...and, perhaps, redemption

Fading Light  [E]   0.9 KB
brief fragment cut from an experience of fading to winter, incomplete

The Abyss  [E]   0.3 KB
cryptomythic poetic descriptive

worth of the contents of a closed box  [E]   0.8 KB
its actually supposed to be "the worth..." but i only had forty characters

unwritten fragment of Kafka's The Castle  [E]   1.0 KB
random philosophical myth seen through the eyes of K.

God Unto Ants  [E]   0.5 KB
what is divine is relative

Breathe Life Into  [E]   1.9 KB
a man is touched with the ability to breathe life back into the departed

or are both eyes open?  [E]   0.7 KB
written for a friend, the reflections of a philosopher

Fire and Water  [E]   3.9 KB
tale of the Page of Wind, the knight of Water, and the Maiden of the Lake

choosing the wind  [E]   0.3 KB
choosing with words is not the same as choosing in deed

all doors lay open  [------]   1.3 KB
a very short myth

K. seeking Pepi  [------]   2.1 KB
an imagined ending for my favorite book, Kafka's "The Castle"

Every Stroke of the Pen  [E]   1.9 KB
a lonely author reflects on his almost-forgotten dreams for love

Figment of a Guard  [E]   1.2 KB
what happens when you choose the path of futility

transcription  [E]   4.0 KB
very sad story about what happens in love

The Three Reflections of the Kaghan  [E]   0.7 KB
fan-fiction of the Dictionary of the Khazars, about Princess Ateh and the Kaghan

forlorn  [E]   1.0 KB
story about being forlorn; autobiographical

The Tailor's Apprentice  [E]   2.5 KB
cryptomythic short story about a tailor's apprentice

The Boy With A Looking Glass  [E]   2.1 KB
sad story about a boy with a curse. semi-autobiographical

How long 'til midnight?  [E]   0.9 KB
short story about a unique house

The Lady With A Parasol  [E]   2.2 KB
short story about a woman with a parasol in a graveyard and a strange delivery