
All Ends Cold and WildA fairytale by the Oneiroi, translated.All Ends Cold and Wild by ~Flamsmark
They have travelled far and wide, the lonely man of many faces and his faithful follower. They've heard the hints of the dark dog begotten of time's storm; won the battle at the falls of Stheno's youngest, cursed sister; and each escaped Anesidora's entrapping tomb.
They travel together in an ancient, stolen vessel, inadequately maintained, and insufficiently repaired. The interior is spacious, filled with the technical apparatus needed to pilot such a complex craft. The workmanship is arcane: once beautiful and elegant, now extensively jury-rigged, a half-working relic of the majestic civilization wh

And did those feet...I met a traveller from an antique landAnd did those feet... by ~Flamsmark
Who said:
And did those feet in ancient time.
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
And was the holy Lamb of God,
Half sunk,
On Englands pleasant pastures
a shattered visage lies,
whose frown
And did the Countenance Divine,
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive,
And was Jerusalem builded here,
stamped on these lifeless things,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
The hand that mocked them and the heart that

Have you ever had that dream?have you ever had that dreamHave you ever had that dream? by ~Flamsmark
you're in the forest,
hungry - angry - malevolant;
it's dark - not too dark
(you can see, just)
but it's misty;
and the leafy ground is soft,
warm and moist under your feet.
and a twig snaps
you spin around
and start running.
you're chasing someone
(you don't know who)
and you know that they can't see you
but they can sense you
the invisible threat
and you're following them
(through the woods)
and you never get much closer
(but no further away either)
and you know that they're afraid
and you know that - when you catch them -
something will happen
but you don't know what
and you don't know