What Passes for Eyes in Dreams and Death
I am haunted by a funeral, a pageantry of mourners and tears that I can only barely remember. I am not certain, but I suspect the funeral may be my own.
Daniel Ausema
Daniel Ausema’s fiction and poetry have appeared in many places, including Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and Diabolical Plots. He is the author of the high fantasy trilogy The Arcist Chronicles and the creator of the steampunk-fantasy Spire City series. He lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rockies and can be found online at https://danielausema.com.
The Forbidden Path to Forgetting
To trace the taboo labyrinth, sneak / past the frigid swells, between breakers, / make your way / up the pebbled strand, bare feet bleeding.