Periphery

There is an old Victorian house posing as an office in “The Burned-Over District.” In that office, a giant, a waif, and a child wait for someone who can be shown the true nature of the world.John is a man with a talent to see what is not there, or, at least, what was not there until that fateful day when a want-ad caught his eye and sent him into the depths of the woods… into the periphery.--In a break in the trees above the street, a start to the sky, there is glowing in the aether. The sky is now a fading yellow as he watches the winged shapes perform delicate motions upon the horizon. He sees a singular bird amongst the flock, appearing more mammalian than avian.A bird falls to his right, bouncing slightly upon impact with the street.He looks disturbed as a black shape bounces stiffly on the sidewalk.Startled, he watches as another falls.His nerves run electric as yet another bird drops from the sky, and another, and another.It rains birds…

From the Back Cover

"In a break in the trees above the street, a start to the sky, there is glowing in the aether. The sky is now a fading yellow as he watches the winged shapes perform delicate motions upon the horizon. He sees a singular bird amongst the flock, appearing more mammalian than avian.A bird falls to his right, bouncing slightly upon impact with the street.He looks disturbed as a black shape bounces stiffly on the sidewalk.Startled, he watches as another falls.His nerves run electric as yet another bird drops from the sky, and another, and another.It rains birds..."

About the Author

Alexx was raised on the hardscrabble streets of suburban New Jersey. After a stint as a phrenologist*, he earned a degree in something slightly more useful: Poetry. Years of wandering the desert with a group of nomadic Bedouin poets** lead him to the Pacific Northwest. He currently uses words in Portland, Ore. Some of his previous work can be found in the collection "the void sutras" Information on this and other projects can be found at: alexxcast.com * This is not true. ** Also, completely false

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