Map the Starlight

Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 23

The pope looks up at him, surveys him for a long time. “We need your fire and passion,” he says. “Use them for ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 22

What a portentous beginning to your mapmaking — the Holy Land. It is every cartographer’s wish to draw that footstall o ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 21

“We’ve all changed, Aster. Open your eyes. But you won’t, because you are too busy pretending that you are a statue, ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 20

“To map a place you have never seen and will never see in your life, you need to harvest information from anywhere ...

Calligraphy

Monday, October 02, 2017

Echo Valley

Zach types “courage” into Brainyquote. He angles his screen away from the sun, and begins: “Plato sees courage as perseverance — through suffering, pleasure, and fear.”

On Topic

Monday, October 02, 2017

Search for Self

Feeding, changing, bath time, bedtime. PTA, a cake for the neighbors, another load of laundry. The whirlwind spins faster ...

Map the Starlight

Monday, October 02, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 19

It was to be the first item Aster hid in the small stone hut in the courtyard: that smooth speckled egg, covered ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 18

“A map does not start with earth, Aster. I thought you would have known that. A map starts with the heavens”,Map the ...

Map the Starlight

Monday, September 18, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 17

Clara comes up to her, snatches the parchment from Aster’s sash, unfurls it. The strength is gone from Aster’s hands, o ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 16

Friar Pere runs through the night, arms lifted, a wail coming from the dark hollow of his mouth. Brother Francis comes ...

Map the Starlight

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Map the Starlight: Chapter 15

It is night when the note is thrown in through the window of Papa’s study. Papa is sleeping, but Aster still prowls, ...