I have not, but I'll check it out. I did take some stylistic influence from a translation of Jorge Luis Borges' The Immortal, which is a story I recently read and loved. The compression of time from an immortal's perspective really captivated me.
Human Beings looked up and died looking up." Love this! Have you read the first Book of Urizen by William Blake by any chance? Your narrator is nothing like Urizen, but almost seems like they could have been a much more sympathetic acquaintance.
Yeah.
I have not, but I'll check it out. I did take some stylistic influence from a translation of Jorge Luis Borges' The Immortal, which is a story I recently read and loved. The compression of time from an immortal's perspective really captivated me.
I know, it feels so surreal that this is actually happening. I don't think I would be able to capture how I feel if I tried to write it down
yep same :p the things in my head & my words feel too real to be imagined
"And smoky towns with tiny mirrors in the sky.
Human Beings looked up and died looking up." Love this! Have you read the first Book of Urizen by William Blake by any chance? Your narrator is nothing like Urizen, but almost seems like they could have been a much more sympathetic acquaintance.
Ooooh, queer characters and demons?! Sign me up! Who is it written by?
This is beautiful! One of my theriotypes is an owl, and this made me smile on an otherwise grim day, so thank you!
I think that is such a wonderful idea. I've been wanting to write a poem for them, but I'm scared to because I want to do them justice.
Ask me tomorrow but not today
Lovely philosophy :) gives me hope my characters truly exist