I was raised in an orphanage. I was a foundling; my brother and I both. I was seven, and my brother four when we arrived, wrapped in rags and holding bread. They took us in. They were kind to us – to all of us. Certainly they preferred some over others – quiet, studious James, until he began to ...
The biggest lie you will ever hear is, ‘everything’s going to be okay.’ It’s what they say. It’s what they always say. It doesn’t matter what it is – everything’s going to be okay. You broke your arm? Everything’s going to be okay. You broke your heart? Everything’s going to be o...
My brother used to say that if you looked deep enough into the ocean on a dark night -- a truly dark night, when the moon was no more than a sliver hidden behind a cloud, when the stars flickered feebly on and off, if you looked deep enough into the ocean, you’d see a light. He said that it ...
Imagine, just for a moment, worlds beyond this one. Imagine hundreds of planets, hundreds of galaxies. Imagine planets with names like Skarro, and Traken, and Gallifrey -- planets with beings more evil than you can imagine and more amazing than you can imagine. Imagine a society held together, by,...
I didn’t expect him there. I don’t think anyone did, really, and not looking like that. But I guess… I guess I should’ve known, because when you make a gypsy a promise, they call up on it. I just didn’t expect it to be so soon.
There was something fundamentally wro...
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