On Dreams and Other Stories
Jan 1, 2026
A New Star
Troubled by a tangle of bad ideas, a dreamer seeks help from the night sky. The star agrees to clear his mind, but only in exchange for a treasured memory.
Jan 2, 2026
Plasma in the Middle
Slingshotting a star into a sun releases a creature of pure plasma. Riding atop its massive beak, a traveler flies through a rippling universe toward the heart of a black hole.
Jan 4, 2026
Magic Leaves a Trace
A fugitive woman reshapes reality with paper magic to escape persistent hunters. But every spell leaves a trace in the stone, and her pursuers are close behind.
Jan 5, 2026
In Case of Emergencies
When a wizard dies, the remaining council members absorb the fallen power. Below his living room floor, one surviving sorcerer descends into hidden tunnels to secure the city's legacy.
Jan 6, 2026
Wishing Well
A woman tilts her water glass and watches the night sky melt along with the dripping water. To save the heavens, she must gather stray stars from a well and throw them back into the dark.
Jan 7, 2026
Marble and Flame
A woman holds a shifting flame that changes color with her thoughts and alters the world around her. When she turns the fire like a key, the walls dissolve into an endless dark void.
Jan 8, 2026
Ripe Fruit
An alchemist cracks open a star to harvest the wish inside. Planting the stellar seed in dark soil, she uses fire and alchemy to cultivate a miraculous midnight fruit.
Jan 9, 2026
Growing Wishes
Wishes thrown at the sky don't vanish. They slow down in the dark, where someone on rollerblades collects them by the backpack-load. On meteor shower nights, the whole office works overtime.
Jan 10, 2026
Operation Table
A shadow builds a man on a kitchen table: a beating heart, chalk lines mapped to the planets, and one word it shouldn't say. None of the books mention this much pain.
Jan 11, 2026
Dream Farming
At night the wind chimes reflect the stars. By morning, the memories of everyone who watched those stars have fallen like drops of water, and she gathers them and farms them into dreams.
Jan 12, 2026
Tides
The sea fell in love with the moon. He has been rising every night since, and he would tell you it's worth it even if he never reaches her.
Jan 13, 2026
Abandoned Memories
A hidden prism catches the final ray of sunset inside an overgrown, abandoned park. As the carousel begins to spin, its wooden horses transform into living flesh.
Jan 14, 2026
To Forget
A mortal man uses ancient runes to dissolve the binding spell that ties his heart to the moon. To set them both free, he must reach inside his chest and undo the magic of their past.
Jan 15, 2026
Heads
Under a full moon, a man paints five glowing runes across his chest to untie an impossible bond. He reaches into his own ribs to return the heart of the moon before daylight breaks.
Jan 16, 2026
Unholy Union
By candlelight, an old man weaves a red string and ancient words to bind two distant souls. Across the world, a stranger feels an aching spark every time he writes to a woman he cannot name.
Jan 17, 2026
Hypnagogia
When a star falls into a quiet fountain, it transforms into a glowing fish that leaps for falling coins. An old man watches from the bench, afraid that moving even a muscle will break the dream.
Jan 18, 2026
His Conscience
An old veteran carries the spirit of his late wife inside his own heart. Serving as his living conscience, she guides his memories and protects him from making fatal mistakes.
Jan 19, 2026
Down Below
The map said one hundred steps, then turn right. The ones before her sealed the way shut and left a warning written in fire, with one question left to answer.
Jan 20, 2026
Waiting at the Docks
Every ship he built wore the same carved woman, and none of them ever got lost. On the cliff, someone finally sees her take a breath and conduct the wind.
Jan 21, 2026
Planting a Constellation
Somewhere above a dark lake, someone tends a garden at night: planting stars, watering half-grown constellations, plucking the ripe ones before morning.
Jan 22, 2026
Crystal Ball
She asked the crystal ball for the future without really believing, and shoved it in the closet. It believed in her anyway, and what climbed out had her exact eyes.
Jan 23, 2026
Cathedral of Light
A painter burns his window, raises a cathedral of glass from the middle of a lake, and tethers himself to the first star of evening. All of it for one memory, kept in one particular light.
Jan 24, 2026
The Price of Magic
A vengeful wizard crafts a doll to punish a liar with minor pricks of pain. He soon learns that every sting returns to his own body twice as harsh.
Jan 25, 2026
Memory Projector
She captures the last ray of sunlight in a glass jar to power an old projector. Fed by a single tooth, the flickering machine reveals the hidden choices that shape her life.
Jan 26, 2026
Seven Secrets
A trapped star grants wishes in exchange for forgotten secrets. All it takes is a quiet trade over the car radio, but every wish carries an unexpected debt.
Jan 27, 2026
For a Kiss
A traveler trades a kiss with a glowing lake maiden for a path to the Fountain of Youth. Guided by floating light, he steps between shifting worlds and endless mirrors.
Jan 28, 2026
Echoes in the Water
Stepping onto the surface of a quiet lake, a dancer composes music with her movements. Every step sends melodies echoing through the depths below.
Jan 29, 2026
Eyes in the Darkness
Glowing yellow eyes haunt a man's bedroom every night, creeping closer as a warning. To survive the hungry wolf in the shadows, he must face the unpardonable wrongs of his past.
Jan 30, 2026
Inside the Crystal
He has channeled the dead into the crystal a hundred times. Tonight the glow turns red, the voice grows teeth, and the thing inside is in no hurry to answer three questions politely.
Jan 31, 2026
Reaching the Heavens
She draws a staircase into the sky with white chalk, one step at a time, and plans a house above the clouds. Then the rain starts, and chalk doesn't like rain.
Feb 1, 2026
Awake
Halfway up her childhood tree, a book turned itself into instructions. By the top, she was climbing on rays of light, and the door in the branches was real.
Feb 2, 2026
Labyrinth of Light
The labyrinth of her memories is losing its lit paths. Then she trips over something buried: a music box, her oldest key, and a red button marked reset.
Feb 3, 2026
Fractal Mirrors
A dropped crystal cube unfolds into endless mirrors across the city streets. With every step, infinite reflections multiply until the world itself becomes glass.
Feb 4, 2026
Woman from My Dreams
A calm afternoon tea in the garden turns into a celestial commission. She is pulled to the center of the universe to paint a brand new nebula before her cup cools.
Feb 5, 2026
Visions
Inhaling sacred vapor splits a mystic's vision between two worlds. His left eye sees the world as it is, while his right eye watches the future shift with every step.
Feb 6, 2026
Midnight Train
A traveler waits alone on a freezing platform for the final train of the night. A quiet stranger on the bench informs him that time has already passed him by.
Feb 7, 2026
Contracts
Ancient laughing stars rise from the dark to strike bargains with mortal sorcerers. One drop of blood binds their terrible laughter to his very skin.
Feb 8, 2026
Tiers in the Rain
A single drop of rain on a car window turns into a golden bracelet. Wearing it reveals every hidden tear resting in the world's waters.
Feb 9, 2026
Hypnosis
Under hypnosis, a man signs his name on a book with no title. It fills itself with the secrets he has never told. Then a stranger starts reading.
Feb 9, 2026
Stuck in the Projection
Alone in a dark film studio, a woman discovers a movie projection that speaks directly to her. The trapped character breaks his script to warn her of immediate danger.
Feb 10, 2026
Borrowed Nightmares
A writer borrows a pen from the man in the corner of the room. The terms: every night until the new moon, his worst fears come to visit, and only the truth lets him out.
Feb 11, 2026
Marble Dreams
In a white marble room, a harpist plays the wishes strangers threw into the fountain. Every coin buys a song, and every song is somebody's memory.
Feb 12, 2026
Fate
Every night she plucks thirteen stars from an invisible tree and feeds them into a machine underground. If your life ever felt choreographed, now you know why.
Feb 13, 2026
Sitting by the Tree
The lake offered him three questions and any answer he could want. Choosing the questions turned out to be the hard part.
Feb 14, 2026
Late for Work
Every door in his house opens into a different room or floor without warning. To reach the front exit on time, he must solve a shifting spatial maze.
Feb 15, 2026
Theory of Potential
Unused human potential flows into the cosmos when a life ends early. A dying scholar surrenders her remaining years so the next generation can bloom with genius.
Feb 16, 2026
Among the Stars
Blinded by the gods, a former astronomer works behind the universe to replace stars that go dark. He cannot see them, but he creates each new star by listening to its unique music.
Feb 17, 2026
Brass and Strings
Inside a sprawling glass building, people communicate entirely through music. A young boy acts as a translator, converting a clerk's brass saxophone notes into string chords for his father.
Feb 18, 2026
The Fisherman
An old fisherman catches a glowing koi that grants a single wish. Instead of asking for wealth, he keeps the fish safe in his cabin, saving his wish for his final hour.
Feb 19, 2026
On a Night Without Moon
On a moonless night, a woman uses crystals to channel aligned starlight directly into her veins. The ancient ritual grants her control over the tides, turning sand to glass with every step.
Feb 20, 2026
In the Middle of the City
A visit to a back-alley fortune teller leads two friends into a hidden stone basement. There, an enigmatic old man uses rising smoke to reveal a chilling glimpse of tomorrow.
Feb 21, 2026
Far Away Storms
The homeless man on the corner conducts an invisible symphony, and the storms obey. One coffee-shop kid finally asks what he is conducting, and the answer is a war.
Feb 22, 2026
In the Night Sky
He saw her once in a forest clearing: a woman drawing an invisible bow, and where she aimed, a shooting star appeared. He traded the secret for a sandwich, so here it is.
Feb 23, 2026
Dancing Moon
On nights when the lake is perfectly still, the moon comes down to dance on the water. One ripple sends her home, so the man in the boat learns to hold his breath.
Feb 24, 2026
Mars' Defibrillator
Fungi terraformed the Earth once. Dr. Archid's plan for a dead red planet: one crate of mycelium, a lot of hope, and a landing in orbit.
Feb 25, 2026
A Shadow
A dark figure walks a path of sand under aligned stars to capture cosmic light in a silver cup. Drinking the stars grants immense power over nature, but the light burns from within.
Feb 26, 2026
Luck on the Road
Picking up a stranger during a blizzard grants a driver his ultimate wish. Every desire he imagines becomes real, but all of it stays locked behind an unreachable mirror.
Feb 27, 2026
The Temple of Time
In a jungle temple, every door takes a piece of your palm: life, love, fortune, one line at a time. She paid all three to rewind one day. Getting her hands back is the other half of the story.
Feb 28, 2026
Moon Fairy
She bottles moonlight on rooftops for clients who pay double on full moons. Her last customer wanted the barrel, the price of the barrel, and the fall that comes after.
Mar 1, 2026
Molten Lava
The earth has a heartbeat, and tonight there is anger in it. One man knows the ritual that draws it out, and the mountain where the first drop of creation fell.
Mar 2, 2026
A New Constellation
A paper crane folded at a window comes to life and flies toward the edge of space. Guided by starlight, the paper transforms into flesh as it journeys to form a new constellation.
Mar 3, 2026
By Candlelight
A botched spell traps a man's soulmate inside radio waves across the city. Driven by guilt, he carves ancient symbols into his skin to step into the darkness of space.
Mar 4, 2026
Star Stuff
An eclipse turns the black dust inside an old jar into glowing golden spores. Catching them grants incredible power, but every wall she touches crumples like paper.
Mar 5, 2026
Through the Gates
A newly dead soul stands outside the pristine gates of heaven, waiting for a guide to bring him inside. He does not know how many times he has already made the walk.
Mar 6, 2026
Behind the Mirror
Tired of a failed life, a man offers to trade places with a crossroads devil. Sitting together over cigarettes, the two bargain for purpose, power, and the illusion of having it all.
Mar 7, 2026
A Hand from the Future
At the twelfth church bell, her book turned the window to sand and the sand to a small mirror. Worn over one eye, it shows a memory that hasn't happened yet.