Posted at 2023-01-06 01:36:56 — Link
it's been taking me forever to find my snowflake. what pets do you use?
Once, a long time ago, it was easy to find yourself——elsewhere. The world was——oh, what's the word? You say uncanny in English, I suppose. From the Scots, sixteenth century: unknowable. The world was uncanny. It was full of strange things. Strange people. Strange worlds. Ways behind the mist. People believed the world was uncanny, and their very conviction kept the ways open.
There are fewer ways now, but some remain. The places where the world turns frightening, strange, sideways. And that is where you will find me. Tricking people through the mist. That is my job, if you like. To keep the way between worlds open.
-The Smiling Man, Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden