Harnol Slin

The drifting remains of the black shadow had re-gained their shape at the bottom of the ancient stone well. There it gathered its withered strength, for it now realized that it had lost something, or rather, that something had been…

Sam and the man in white made their way back along the trail of color they had created through the darkness. Features that had been erased were now slightly different depending on Sam's recollection, which he was able to transfer…

Blood spilled to the ground, and the creature's hands instinctively wrapped around its own throat in an effort to stop the wound; it gurgled and sputtered and fell to its knees, the flames in its eyes diminishing until they were…

“Do You see it?” 

Yes, it's there” 

“I told you so” 

The ancient manor stood alone atop the hill in a field that had always been perceived as vacant. The plot of land had long since been…

Kevin Fired out of the stone well and broke through the ceiling above it, he shot through floors and ceilings and rooms and finally the attic and roof of the old manor, where he came to perch upon a spire…

As Kevin let fall away the last vestiges of his past, some small thing tugged upon his heart. It was just enough to cast aspersion onto his letting go, and for a moment, his writhing transformation halted. He couldn't quite…

Kevin sat and watched the films of his past. He saw his own life from his mother's eyes. He saw pain he had caused others by watching himself inflict it upon them, and he witnessed love bore toward him that…

Sam opened his eyes. He was confused at first, but soon realized he was in his own bed. His head was spinning, and as he stirred so did something in the corner of the room. It was the old man…

 “Don't worry, we're going to be fine. Just relax. Remember what we talked about. Remember what we saw”. The words echoed in Sam's sub-conscience, floating in a multitudinous swirl of vibrant color; then the sounds reversed and the cloud of…

The beast pulled him further and further down into the seemingly endless and expanding well, and all measure of time seemed to slip away, so that eventually Kevin surrendered the struggle to escape the things icy grasp altogether, and instead…

When he witnessed the last of the old manor disappear into the fog, Sam turned his attention forward again and there was a man in the road ahead of him. He pushed his back foot down hard on the pedal…

He sat there on the ground for a moment, still and overcome by the immense beating of blood in his head, his oil dark hair was slick with sweat that dripped down into his eyes. He looked for the inhaler…