Level Three – Believe Me

Once there were two men who lived in adjacent caves. They talked extensively concerning the Satin Black Ball rolling across the Black Satin Plain. The Queen of that place had asked one man for further information on this scenario as she had become fascinated by her inability to discover the size and speed of theContinue reading "Level Three – Believe Me"

Level Two – Fact or Fiction

Once there was a man who lived in a cave. He had nowhere else to live. He saw the sky, black in the night. The stars were placed exact upon the face of the sky in their places as they had been for the ages of past. Now, as he watched the stars left theirContinue reading "Level Two – Fact or Fiction"

Level One – To Be Or Not to Be

Once there lived a man in a cave by himself. He saw a plain, smooth, and satin black. Stretching away to the horizon on all sides. An endless plain. Upon the plain there was a ball of indeterminate size, also black, satin black and smooth as the plain upon which it rested. The ball mightContinue reading "Level One – To Be Or Not to Be"

Seven Levels of Lies – The Prologue

Seven levels of lies, seven levels of truth, seven levels of facts and falsehoods. When you go there it is hot with lies. I go there to find out, to discover, to confirm my suspicions. We are here, can’t you see, don’t be stupid, are you blind. My god it’s obvious, just look at theContinue reading "Seven Levels of Lies – The Prologue"

The Blue Knight and the Wineskin Mountain

They asked the Blue Knight to Solve the Problem of the Used Wineskin Mountain. Wineskins on the floor, wineskins in the trees, wineskins everywhere, a plague of wineskins, a plethora of wineskins. Make them into something, he thought, hats? no, baby clothes? No, houses? impossible. Then the Blue Knight went to the street to seeContinue reading "The Blue Knight and the Wineskin Mountain"

Vivainne Feeds Approximately 500

Then Vivainne went into the city where the people had no food, she was disconsolate and made depressed by the sight of children who were hungry and without food. The Guides of the city, for it was their remit, came with her and spoke with her. Telling her that her quest was to fill theContinue reading "Vivainne Feeds Approximately 500"

The Heartless Box and the Matrix

On every day they asked the Heartless Box to count the numbers of the City of Aznot. How many people, how much food, how many houses, the size of those houses, the width of the streets, the size of the apples. The number of children, the sizes of their shoes, the height of the skyContinue reading "The Heartless Box and the Matrix"

The Fox Tames the Water

I don’t know which day it was, near the City of Aznot came a violent water, rushing in its rocky canyon so bold. When the people of Aznot came each day to fill their vessels, careful by the edge of the racing waters, aside the rushing stream might pull the vessel sharply and then someContinue reading "The Fox Tames the Water"

Constance Tames the Wind

On Friday, Constance traveled to the highest point, the high place, that she might find the wind so strong in its home. The wind blew mighty breaths and gusts, but Constance could not lay her hands upon it, nor hold it, nor grasp it in any way. She cast about, that she might discover theContinue reading "Constance Tames the Wind"