A Southern Gothic Tale of Belonging at the End of the World :: Haunted, Jo Turner's ghosts have kept her bound to her childhood home: a lone keeper of the dead in a dying world. Aras Emox cannot outrun his shades: his past echoes after him no matter how far he drifts from the battlefields and borders of his homeland. If the world hadn't ended, Jo and Aras would never have crossed paths. But in their search for belonging, they may have just found each other.
A Southern Gothic Tale of Belonging at the End of the World :: Haunted, Jo Turner's ghosts have kept her bound to her childhood home: a lone keeper of the dead in a dying world. Aras Emox cannot outrun his shades: his past echoes after him no matter how far he drifts from the battlefields and borders of his homeland. If the world hadn't ended, Jo and Aras would never have crossed paths. But in their search for belonging, they may have just found each other.
"Bartley's a small town, yknow. Not'lotta folks coming through, 'fore the War, after, even. Yeah, you got them convoys what with the bodies, and sometimes Deacon's boys bringin in things, but, folks mostly keep on through, save for festivs. Speakin' on: heard HE was back'in town for this'n; best get movin' on ifn he knows what's good, y'hear?" // Recommended listening: "Deep Gap" / Marisa Anderson
"Don't know much about them Northerners, m'self, but figure them rumors got to speak for themselves, yknow? Watch ya wallets around those; ifn they ain't liftin' your dollars, probably be charmin' you right outta 'em, Poppa sez." // Chance encounters and some sideways dealings happening here in Bartley. // Recommended Listening: "Shine You No More" / Rune Ronsgaard Sorenson & Danish String Quartet
"That Turner girl, shame what happened and all, and I *feel* fer her, I *do*, but *honestly,* she *got* to carry on like that? Sal saw her heading into an alley with one'a *them,* and heaven, but ain't that trouble in the makin, I *declare*, I declare.'" // Roads chosen and fates tempted this week. Thanks for reading! // Recommended Listening: "Take the Journey" / Molly Tuttle
"Next slide please- as you can see, unlike the dynamic equilibrium present in prior Post-Break structures of the same subject, now note the concentrated clusters here, and here: the neural tissue is disproportionately infected with Fermionic Cargaphagia. This alters the Rayiz- next slide, please-" // Recommended Listening: "Only Strings and Their Supports Remain" / A Winged Victory for the Sullen
"Well I never met m'self none of them Weavers, but Gloria, she sez she don' think he had it in him--" "--Ruthie, I don' care what Gloria sez, I think he's a scoundrel, you only got to take one look at'im and it as is plain as day, woman. Just look, he got Jolene Turner of all people laughin' on 'ccount of them charms. A'course he did it." // Recommended Listening: "Hangman's Reel" / Kaia Kater
"Whadya mean you ain't goin' after--" "--Son, I know y'got feelin's on it all but *feelins* aren't law. If he did do it--" "--You saw the bodies, of course he g'damn well did it--" "--then we don' have the kind of firepower t'go after him. So if he's gone? We best just let him on, 'n count it lucky we only lost TWO." // Recommended Listening: "Francis" / Haley Heynderrickx & Max García Conover
"Taxiar, I've noticed a lot of goods through Lulawood as of late." "...What've we got...cider...bullets, but within regulation allowance...pigs...Lutiar-Commantent, really." "It just seems like high for the registered demographics, Se." "...Lutiar-Commantent, come back when there's something to actually concern me." // Recommended Listening: "Why Don't You Do Right?" / Carolina Chocolate Drops