Oracle Visions

Cancer 17. A man’s shadow moving independently of him. Always faithful to light and movement, shadows suffer a deep devotion to the expected. The vampire’s shadow, though, was so old…

Cancer 16. A woman dressed in immaculately clean rags. Some stains remained as pale clouds, faded through thousands of washings. Weaves had worn thin, allowing light to saturate the rags.…

Cancer 15. A man in an air-conditioned space suit crossing the desert. There is no sweating in my suit as I walk through the land of nothing. I’m hermetically sealed,…

Cancer 14. In an old display case, a collection of rare mineral specimens. From far-off places they came, crystals bearing their colors dug from the earth, retrieved from caves and…

Cancer 3. In a crowd, a man keeps seeing people he thinks he knows but can’t remember from where. Each face belonged somewhere, in a landscape of history that included…

Cancer 12. A diamond light enough to float. The inner traveler Tinarus speaks of diamonds so light that they bear only the vaguest connection to gravity. They are found on…