The Archive of Alternate Endings

What is story if not the safe harbor for our most disturbing imaginings?

Instead of permitting the stories to bend and fold with each new teller, the scripts are like coffins that calcify the tales.

That he has used a tense that designates the future means it will haunt better, more effectively. I once told him that strong stories link risk and desire.

The tale comes easy and I realize that in crafting this narrative, I am a manager of fear.

this is how the best stories are told, with enough space to make them say several things at once.

This is his first encounter with the real, and he needs to meet it gently.

When I feel most alone, I remember I am part of the cosmos, a celestial event. We are part of a system, for better and for worse.

There is an archive of alternate endings, she tells him, and every one ends differently than this.

part of invention is a bloated faith in the self. Part of creation, she thinks, slicing the bread, is making believe.