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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…

1 min readJul 16, 2022

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

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D. A. Anderson

Tuesday

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

1 min readNov 10, 2021

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Tuesday

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D. A. Anderson

Humans As Mollusks

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

4 min readJul 26, 2021

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Humans As Mollusks

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D. A. Anderson

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…

4 min readJun 24, 2021

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Landscape photo by Rosso Giallo Bianco via Flickr

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D. A. Anderson

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…

4 min readMay 5, 2021

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Naglfar

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D. A. Anderson

Seeing Ritual

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

4 min readMar 25, 2021

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Seeing Ritual

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D. A. Anderson

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…

3 min readMar 16, 2021

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City of Lethe

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D. A. Anderson

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.

3 min readMar 1, 2021

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Museum of Silence

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D. A. Anderson

Conjunction

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

10 min readDec 29, 2020

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Conjunction

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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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