Em, paradoxically feeling more than ever like a misfit toy.
Em
Many girls in many dimensions, one mysterious piece of jewelry…
Selene
Selene, aboard her spaceship, riding the hyperspace zipline…
Samara
Samara was charged with protection of the sacred forest. Since early childhood, she had been trained by the Coven in the ancient ways of her peoples' magic. The Dozen Mothers took turns guiding her through the dark woods, each imparting her own share of esoteric knowledge, gradually imbuing her with the power required to hear the breathing of the trees, to communicate in birdsong, to summon lightning from the clouds. Eventually, she began to feel the forest as an extension of herself, or rather, that she herself was an extension of the forest…
Renata
Renata, trying to stay dry after the show, beginning to wonder what's taking her driver so long…
Xia
The singular face of Xia, attending an eclectic gallery opening in several alternate dimensions simultaneously…
Wren
Wren, wondering (or not wondering) what happened to her friend…
Arae
Arae (and... Friend?) wishing you a smile-free (yet still happy) Halloween season…
Mae
Mae, honestly not all that surprised to confirm that giving herself an impromptu tarot reading at the behest of a whispered voice emanating from a black ring would have immediate and particularly harrowing repercussions…
Tricia
There was no universe in which Tricia was not obsessed with flight. In tandem with her obsession came its inevitable, plentiful opposition: a cavalcade of obstacles meant to prevent her ascent to the skies…
Zubaida
Zubaida, glowing and feeling at home on the playa…
Inka
Inka, aware of the Minders for several years now and long past cycling through self-doubt (am I dreaming? high? crazy?), had simply accepted their presence, and the fact that no one else seemed to be able to see them, as a novel fact of her life. For the most part, they just floated around, though it was clear from the get-go that they gravitated toward populated areas…