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D. A. Anderson

D. A. Anderson

Cernunnos’ Death

My torc is chilled by snow nestled in the dirt, the rot, a home for worms. Steam in my nostrils carries the stench of sulfur. Noon sunlight…

Jul 16, 2022

A stone bas-relief of a man with horns or antlers. Cernunnos as depicted on the Pillar of the Boatmen, circa first century CE.

Jul 16, 2022

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Tuesday

While keyboard keys dusty and grimed from lackluster cleaning patter over the taste of honeyed coffee and the brown-noise drone of the…

Nov 10, 2021

Tuesday

Nov 10, 2021

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Humans As Mollusks

Humans evolved as planes animals: long-distance joggers surveying a distant horizon for prey, predators, their own kin — anything at all…

Jul 26, 2021

Humans As Mollusks

Jul 26, 2021

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The Girl from the Valley

When I was a young girl herding goats, I’d watch them climb up the cliffs. Always careful to listen to their bells tolling a dull din…

Jun 24, 2021

Landscape photo by Rosso Giallo Bianco via Flickr

Jun 24, 2021

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Naglfar

I was sure that I was fashioning something for an eternal, heavenly cruise—but what’s beautiful to the divine is hardly normal for a…

May 5, 2021

Naglfar

May 5, 2021

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Seeing Ritual

In a distant time and place, an elder seer guides a young woman through a sacred rite.

Mar 25, 2021

Seeing Ritual

Mar 25, 2021

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City of Lethe

The city of Lethe is a city with a thousand torches. It is surrounded by a wall whose appearance is like the architecture of the Nabateans…

Mar 16, 2021

City of Lethe

Mar 16, 2021

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Museum of Silence

When you enter, there is a lobby, but no one is there. You take a card to note your admission, but it is blank.

Mar 1, 2021

Museum of Silence

Mar 1, 2021

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Conjunction

On a rare stellar occasion, two gods, a father and a son, discuss the merits and flaws of the human race.

Dec 29, 2020

Conjunction

Dec 29, 2020

D. A. Anderson

D. A. Anderson

Daniel A. Anderson is an author of science-fiction and other speculative genres. He published his debut novel, Children of Vale, in 2018. www.childrenofvale.com

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