Category Archives: Mansion

Rooms (Set 5) (Mansion)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

A jet black door, furnished with grooves guards the room. In the grain orbs, luminous, dance in the grooves phasing in and out of a forest of splinters, specks of violet and saffron. The room itself is black. With the … Continue reading →

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Room and Garden (Mansion)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Room The door is wrapped in vines, splintered and cracked on the verge of collapse in the face of relentless constriction. The handle is strangled by a creeper. Pushing the door it half opens, half disintegrates. Vines dangle from should … Continue reading →

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Rooms (Set 4) (Mansion)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Zen The room is empty aside from a robed monk sat on a mat. Opening the door you see him and fear you have bothered him. Beginning to leave, the monk raises his hand, stopping you, then presenting a dharma … Continue reading →

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Rooms (Set 3) (Mansion)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Infinite It starts with the opening of one door, leading too another door. And then another door. And it just keeps on going. Door after door after door. The doors are of different colours, shades and materials. As you advance … Continue reading →

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Mansion (Thoughts and Musings)

Posted on September 3, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Just three ways I could approach this: 1) Maintain the second person narrative and work more on the story. It is kind of hard to write reactions in the second person though. 2) Change to a first person narrative. Reactions … Continue reading →

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Rooms (Set 2) (Mansion)

Posted on September 3, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Inferno From the outside cackling can be heard. The door is warm to the hand. The handle distressingly so. The wood is cracked and blackened. A quote adorns the door: “seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the … Continue reading →

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Rooms (Set 1) (Mansion)

Posted on August 31, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Multiple Worlds The door is ornately engraved with lithographs of mountains, forests and cities. A quote on the door reads: “So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.” Alfred Lord Tennyson Wanting to see … Continue reading →

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The Mansion

Posted on August 27, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

You told people you didn’t need a map. You said it would be a short journey from the city to the village. You did need a map. Hours of wandering have left you lost, very lost and what should be … Continue reading →

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