Tag: fiction

• May 13, 2025

  Uruz

  Galdur is the art of singing the runes to activate them. This is a form of runic magic. Not being a Nordic reconstructionist, my interest in the occult began with finding a tarot deck. Maybe being an artist allows me to fabricate from abstractions, symbols, and random things. Sometimes when I enter the creative stream,…
• April 13, 2025

  Daughter of Phoebe

  Pulled from my body, through the ceiling, out the top of the roof, up into outer space, I found myself amongst stars, layers of translucent blankets, velvety black with night. Tiny diamonds lay scattered across the heavens, forgotten treasures from the ages. Below my feet was a chess board floating in space. I was standing…
• April 4, 2025

  Fight

  Somatic movement has become increasingly important to me over the years. As a person with a comorbidity of mental health diagnoses, CPTSD, MDD, and GAD, oftentimes my trauma doesn’t know where to go. This is true for most people who witness a traumatic or stressful event. Over-exhausted mental capacities. When thoughts have nowhere to go,…
• March 29, 2025

  On Sovereignty and Other Things

  This week has been a struggle, and I know I am not alone. My sciatica decided to flare up badly, but I am on the mend. After feeling like death just days ago, I didn’t think I had much creativity in me. I still managed to meet my 40,000-word writing goal, which is a great…
• March 21, 2025

  The Priestess of Surt

  By J.M. Meredith “It is time.” Echoes rattled throughout forgotten caverns deep within Muspelheim. The ancient one, Surt, had detached his crisp, blacken shape from one of his many soot thrones. Throughout his halls he easily manipulates the contours of fiery earth.  A few steps from where he materialized a vast pool of steamy lava…