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Actions of Hope

“Standing near the fire surrounded by its light,

Shyaklá gazes across the arc of her community. Their faces still and waiting.”

Dive of the Ravens

Like a lonely piece of chalk scratching against a blackboard, Salome etches a line between two stones. One, a welcoming blue inlaid with vibrant greens and rich browns, the other veiled in white hiding hellish heat, crushing pressures, and toxic rains. One planet brimming with life—self-aware, perceptive, and feeling. The other long dead.

Dive of the Ravens

Like a lonely piece of chalk scratching against a blackboard, Salome etches a line between two stones. One, a welcoming blue inlaid with vibrant greens and rich browns, the other veiled in white hiding hellish heat, crushing pressures, and toxic rains. One planet brimming with life—self-aware, perceptive, and feeling. The other long dead.

Artwork

"Two Stones" by Thomas Lucero

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Stranger from Afar

Shyaklá peers into the dark at the form. She is vaguely aware of her cast of little ones retreating to their parents who are now standing, ready to fend off whoever or whatever is invading their community.

Dive of the Ravens

Like a lonely piece of chalk scratching against a blackboard, Salome etches a line between two stones. One, a welcoming blue inlaid with vibrant greens and rich browns, the other veiled in white hiding hellish heat, crushing pressures, and toxic rains. One planet brimming with life—self-aware, perceptive, and feeling. The other long dead.

Artwork

“Stranger from Afar” 

by Noxxilum

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Dive of the Ravens

Neurorealignment

John’s eyes slip behind a curtain into a memory, the worst memory. The one he won’t share. 

Like a lonely piece of chalk scratching against a blackboard, Salome etches a line between two stones. One, a welcoming blue inlaid with vibrant greens and rich browns, the other veiled in white hiding hellish heat, crushing pressures, and toxic rains. One planet brimming with life—self-aware, perceptive, and feeling. The other long dead.

Artwork

“Flaw in my Code” by I Still Talk to the Moon

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Dive of the Ravens

The Silver Shelf

“It’s like a shelf in the clouds nailed to the sky.” His face falls flat as though he were staring at an equation so dense its solution required all his neurons firing at maximum.

Like a lonely piece of chalk scratching against a blackboard, Salome etches a line between two stones. One, a welcoming blue inlaid with vibrant greens and rich browns, the other veiled in white hiding hellish heat, crushing pressures, and toxic rains. One planet brimming with life—self-aware, perceptive, and feeling. The other long dead.

Artwork

“Lone Voyage” by Kris Florey

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