A New Challenger

~ a short story

The 6th Layer

“What you need to get is that in any relationship, in any single conversation, there are five layers.”

Crisp, golden, swirling foam filtered down the hatch.

A dagger, a hazy hallway, and a half-remembered dream wafted into notice.

~ a short essay on the 1972 novel Watership Down by Richard Adams

~ tales from a mysterious, melancholy, and meaningful forest

The old man walked up the steps in rumination.

“So what is your new year’s resolution?”

Three men sat at a table in a dingy bunker of a room.

Where is all of the potential?