Stories

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.

The Letters Never Sent

A musician writes letters to a woman he met only once, never knowing her name or where to send them. For years, the unsent letters become a private ritual—a way of keeping Longing alive without expectation. Then a box arrives, revealing that he was not alone in the silence after all.

The Garden Without Thorns

In a land without pain or struggle, a young woman discovers a single thorn and, with it, the first taste of being truly alive. Defying a perfect but stagnant Garden, she steps into a harsh world of loss, labor, and fire, where meaning is earned rather than given. Far beyond the Garden’s walls, she learns that suffering is not the enemy of life — but its price.