CODE NAME: Bird

FAVORITE WORD: Lecherous

FAVORITE PLACE: The cool countryside or her imagination

-Enjoys reading, writing and learning about the apocalypse

-Believes she is part duck, part owl

“The Soulless” Mondays

Follow the misadventures of Tom Lestrange, a typical 20-something anti hero living in Philadelphia when a strange illness overtakes the city. In an attempt to atone for the wrongs of his past and to achieve clarity, Lestrange fights against what seems like unstoppable jaws of fate. Will he find love? Find fortune? Find fun? Find that key his soul has been missing? Only time will tell. It’s sure to be one hell of a ride.

“Wistaria” Fridays

Welcome to Wistaria, a small town that is not-so-average. Overcome by the shadows of a dark and sinister cult, various citizens of this strange place attempt to unravel secrets lingering just beneath the surface. Nothing is lucid, nothing is normal, nothing is as it seems. Question everything, trust no one. This is Wistaria.

“In almost all climes the tortoise and the frog are among the precursors and heralds of this season, and birds fly with song and glancing plumage, and plants spring and bloom, and winds blow, to correct this slight oscillation of the poles and preserve the equilibrium of Nature.”

-Walden by Thoreau

REAL NAME, GOSH DARNIT: Bargain Puppy

Bargain Puppy is a blooming anarchist, still living out his 18-year sentence in temperamental upstate New York. Soon enough, though, he will be leaving rolling hills and deciduous forests behind to travel the rural parts of the country with the Renaissance Faire circuit. Before making his escape, he will relieve himself of breast and several thousand dollars, happily leaving both to wallow in the cesspool of despair, pollution, and concrete that is New York City.  And there will be a puppy, make no mistake about that. He enjoys such things as colored pencils, markers, mind-blowingly talented friends (some of whom have accordions), love without constrictions, and free tattoos. He’s been writing since he discovered life, and will soon be published in the audio-magazine Soundzine (www.soundzine.org). You may locate more of his incessant and illogical ramblings at onemorefreek.deviantart.com.  Here on Story Horde, he is responsible for the upkeep of Taligrading Tuesday, and less responsible about Thrawart Thursday.

“I am not I.

I am this one

Walking beside me whom I do not see,

Whom at times I manage to visit,

And at other times I forget.

The one who remains silent when I talk,

The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,

The one who takes a walk when I am indoors.

the one who will remain standing when I die,”

-I Am Not I, Juan Ramon Jimenez