Tag: collections
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Last Rose Of Summer
The story At last you can leave the world behind and embrace the untamed rhythm of the Scottish Highlands to find peace in the shifting seasons—a harmony born from surrendering to nature’s wild, uncontrollable beauty. The philosophy Many Western myths are devoted to quests and silent about what follows them. The stories end where the…
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I Held You Once
The story A man’s extraordinary gift earns him a chance to reclaim his lost beloved, but she decides to stay in the shadows, and he won’t cancel his flight. The philosophy This is my love song for India where I lived once, but this song also occupies the reverse side of the Orpheus myth, turning…
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Love Boat
The story A party chases oblivion on an endless voyage with a bossa nova soundtrack. Each crash onto reality only pulls them back into the cycle—until the highs fade, leaving silence. The philosophy The ship is one of humanity’s oldest vehicles for crossing the boundary between worlds: Charon ferries souls across the river between the…
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Morning
The story A weary one abandons the battles, returning home and choosing to ground himself in the community he once left behind, vowing to stay and mend the bridges he burned. But upon his return he finds his community has built new bridges he finds difficult to cross. The philosophy Evolution wired humans to scan…
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My Dreams Of Tomorrow
The story The hero is summoned to a kingdom, where he encounters a monster—only to discover it is his old friend, now cursed. The philosophy The friend-turned-monster belongs to one of folklore’s most persistent problems: when the beloved has been transformed beyond recognition, at what point does he stop being the one you loved? Marie…
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Free To Fly
The story A peasant boy is trafficked to Renaissance Venice, where he gains extraordinary abilities through an encounter with a real mentor who initates him to the world. The philosophy The mentor figure represents one of mythology’s oldest archetypes: the older guide who transforms the young traveler through intimate transmission rather than instruction. Athena mentoring…
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Underwurlde
The story Four men from a perpetually dark land steal the moon from a neighboring kingdom. Over time, as each man dies and takes a portion of the moon with him, its light disrupts the peace, unsettling the natural order of the dead. The philosophy The Moon fairy tale resembles the greek Prometheus myth. He…
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Poliphilos’s Party For The Poor And Betrayed
The story A hero seeking out a mentor finds Poliphilos in his chaotic forest rave—a mirror of the capitalist world’s absurdity—and the hero realizes that the only one he can truly rely on is himself. The philosophy Party for the Poor & Betrayed is a theatrical alternative dance track that transforms a surreal forest rave…
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Skylark
The story An autofictional story about a prodigal son growing up, leaving the house, fighting with his parents and forgiving them as he inherits their estate, all the while a messenger of the gods watches over him. The philosophy Across all human history and multiple continents, the same pattern echoes: the young heir who leaves…
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European Son
The story Young hero meets his first intoxicating love in a Parisian salon, but their passion is as fleeting as the darkness that surrounds the city. Where do people disappear in the night? The philosophy Water spirits represent a pan-European mythological tradition of shapeshifting beings who inhabit water, using music and seductive appearances to lure…