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Between Is and Could Be

Magic dances at the moment before choosing

Andrew Rupert Crocker
Dark Lore Digest
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2 min readDec 31, 2024

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Dragonflies made of paperclips flutter around the office
Paperclip Dragonflies | IMAGE BY Midjourney

This week’s topic is: Magic.

The wine glass slipped from Tabitha’s soapy fingers as she washed last night’s dishes. Without thinking, she reached not for the falling glass but for the moment itself. Reality twisted. In her mind, she saw the crystal shattering, shards scattering across her kitchen floor, and the sound of glass splintering into a million worthless pieces.

So, she chose something else.

The glass exploded upward. Each fragment sprouted delicate wings. Soon, glittering butterflies filled the room, beating against the windows and walls. Some dissolved back into droplets of water when they landed, while others kept flying, leaving trails like tear streaks across her countertops.

The phone on the wall blared to life. She looked at it, and the sound waves transformed into threads of golden light. She plucked one, and it hummed like a harp string. Another wound around her wrist and vibrated a melody she’d never heard before but somehow has always known. The threads then wove themselves into a shimmering web, which turned into tiny prisms and cast rainbows that danced across her walls in the morning sunlight.

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Andrew Rupert Crocker
Andrew Rupert Crocker

Written by Andrew Rupert Crocker

🏴‍☠️ 🐙 Scoop Magilla creator & a Kraken Lore editor 🔮👻 magical realism, low-fan & horror 🏡🐾 Austinite with Chris & 2 kitties 🎾🍞 Tennis & bread lover

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