three wayside stories

[asakiyume]

One: The Sparrow Entrepreneurs




You can have a shopping cart, but you must pay to rent them.

The rent is cheap though: a few crumbs of bread or bits of cracker will buy you several hours.

Don't forget to pay the ones who live below, too:






Two: The Stream Thorns

In winter, this stream grows giant thorns. They make good swords, I'm told: the blood of those they strike congeals into rubies and garnets.






Three: The Glazier and the Vandal

The glazier and the vandal play a game here. No one else knows the rules, except that when the glazier scores, a window pane appears, and when the vandal scores, a window pane disappears.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm happy to hear they remind you of John Crowley! He's an author I've heard nothing but good things about, and also: he's an author I'd like to read.

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

I've only read Little, Big, but I thought that was amazing.

I'm going to try to read Engine Summer, Beasts, and The Deep this year.