“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas” – Donatella Versace

Unbeknownst to him, this particular sign was not an informational placard, but a form of warning. Decomposing and tagged over, the sign held words that the locals told their children to scare them at bedtime: “Many fear to enter/ the fabled gilded wood/ for few seem to exit/ where one truly should,” Though to be fair, even if Elie had made the effort to read the words under the ink he wouldn’t think much of it. He was never one to believe in fables, folklore, or fairy tales. How ironic that he was to become one himself. Fascinating, really.

The early morning serenity fluttered away, disturbed by rapid knocks on the bedroom door. The hanging picture of two cartoon pink flamingos dancing the flamenco fell onto the lamp stand, knocking over the Chuck E. Cheese plastic cup next to the sleeping Ruby, spraying water on her. Still asleep, she rolled away from the source of irritation, pulling her "Stay calm and keep on dreaming" pillow over her head.

"Mom!" The continued pounding on the door grew more urgent.

Ruby slept.

I took my normal path from the house to the back of the property. My fear had turned into a need to be scared. My restlessness increased. I shone the light around as I got to the edge of the trees. They seemed to loom up and block my entrance. I smile to myself. Such an imagination! Onward I plunged. I looked around with my flashlight and found a deer trail. I decided to follow it. Pulling up my collar against the chill I shivered. The only sound I heard was my feet crunching on fallen leaves and pine needles

The Morose, a small, unremarkable vessel, set about what should have been an uneventful launch across Delta Quadrant.
In the vastness of charted space, Delta was the only one not inhabited by humans or other known intelligent species. The planets were too frigid, too arid or too toxic.
In other words, ideal for smugglers.

The lonesome traveller
walks many a town.
In all kinds of weather
He travels around

Gil was actually excited about his employer transferring him to another city. He often heard coworkers complain about it, but most of them had families and houses and things like that to stress out about. As a single renter who had never ventured out of Minnesota, the idea of experiencing a life in a different part of the country was exciting. Especially a place like the famously good-weathered great state of California. As much as Gil loved his hometown of Minneapolis, he was actually looking forward to trading in the cold winters and heavy precipitation for sunny beaches and ocean breezes.

It is the ripe season of Harvest Time now here in Mid-Michigan. The farmers reap the riches of the land. We all will enjoy the cooler air after a long, hot growing season. Spending money on the produce boosts the economy. Canning the produce to last one year's time stretches your dollar.

Based off of my Monster Cowboys series, "Monster Cowboys The Book" , you take the reins of someone in this Western/fantasy-style interactive, in which humans, monsters, technology and magic live side by side in the Old West. You could be anyone you want, from a cowboy driving cattle to market, and battling rustlers, to a townsperson in a western town, to an outlaw who preys on the hard working and honest folk, to a Native American watching as Anglo-American Monsters and humans encroach on your tribe's traditional hunting lands.