Stories

When a king confronts an invading army led by his older self, he is offered a choice that has nothing to do with surrender and everything to do with true power.

The City of Mirrors

In a city where every wall is a mirror, people slowly lose sight of one another—and of the world beyond themselves. A child grows weary of the distortions and discovers a crack in the wall where the stars still shine. Something breaks open.

The Echoless Well

When a boy lingers at a well everyone else has given up on, he glimpses a reality that overturns his sense of up and down, near and far. Nothing in the village changes — except his way of being in it.

The River that Finally Ran Free

When a city cages its wandering river in the name of order, the land grows quiet, pale, and obedient — until the water remembers its own strength, and the unexpected happens.

The Cloak of Thorns

In the ruins of an old city, a healer encounters something long forgotten. What she finds asks more of her calling than ever before.

The Broken Latch

A blind old man lives with a broken door latch, choosing openness over fear. One evening, what the door has been quietly waiting for finally arrives.

As Above, So Also Below — a Musical Ambigram

Music, like the cosmos, is woven with hidden symmetries that reveal themselves only when the perspective is reversed. This short piece introduces a musical ambigram—music that remains true even when turned upside down—echoing the medieval insight that what is above is reflected below. It is less a puzzle than an invitation to listen differently, and to sense the deeper unity that holds both views at once.