JOURNAL

The Conjurer

Con·jur·er [kʌndʒərə] noun: 1. a person who conjures spirits or practices magic; magician 2. a person who practises magic; sorcerer

The Girl in the window

It was a deep, comfortable room […] The long windows looked out upon the lawns, and beyond the lawns to the distant shimmer of the sea.There was an old, quiet smell […]

Black Orchid

Something’s missing… Flowers half stare from cool, familiar faces. A slow deep place, the garden. This is where I come from… Where do I go? – Neil Gaiman – Black Orchid […]

Et il s’avança dans le bois d’Aphrodite

And then he pressed forward into the wood of Aphrodite. […] They walked far. The park was immense. From time to time, a girl under a tree proffered her name and […]

A Faded Picture

Oh, I want to go back / To my happy place That disappeared from view / Such a long, long time ago It’s a faded picture / Hanging on my wall […]

Nox atrâ cava circumvolat umbrâ

Nox atrâ cava circumvolat Umbrâ We walk to the heart of the city, the dark night envelops us in its vast shadows – Virgil – Aeneid, book II –

Ligeia

There is one dear topic, however, on which my memory fails me not. It is the person of Ligeia […] She came and departed as a shadow. [Her face] was the […]

La Belle Dame sans Merci

I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful—a faery’s child, Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. I made a garland for her head, […]

The three Sisters

I want to make a confession, dear sisters. My soul is in pain. I will confess to you, and never again to anybody… I’ll tell you this minute. [Softly] It’s my […]

Crystals and candles

In the center of the ceiling was suspended a crystal quartz chandelier, and when its sixty candles threw their light here and there, its facetted pendants, its balls, its pyramids, its […]

Le Silence de Mnasidika

All day she laughed and even mocked at me a little. She refused to obey me, in the presence of some strangers. When we had come home again I affected not […]

On the table

I’m sorry about the mess on the table I’m sure it was an accident My hands are made of nitroglycerin That explains the incident Fortune built my homes in daydreams Pages […]