Foreword

Welcome to take part of a ghastly, wondrous story born out of dreams. Dreams of horror calling upon you in the dead of night. Dreams of bliss and jubilant joy shining a light in your darkest hour. Dreams and visions painted by a mind drowsing off on paths undefined. Dreams of despair, desolation and hope, hope a new dawn will arise, even when hope itself has long since been abandoned.
          In reading the tale you'll be entering the fragmented dream-world of an unknown Story Teller as she gradually, and to the best of her ability, recalls what went down back then, that gloomy, unblessed fall, so many years ago now. Perhaps she can be seen to make a confession of sort, hoping that by giving voice and words to a perpetual whirlwind of thoughts and emotions she'll free her mind from being their haunted servant, seeking relief? And because of that she wants to be as accurate about everything as she possibly can. She chooses to make this confession to a perfect stranger (you), assuming she will never see you again.
          The story is based on actual dreams. In that sense it's a real life journey. An idea behind writing the story in this manner is to see what can come about when different mindsets are joined together and tell fragments of their horrors and hopes within the frame of one unifying narrative, were that which unifies is the disjointed bits and pieces of the dreams themselves. The Story Teller takes you back in space and time, but as she does, she tells about what happened back then as were it still ongoing. Because it is; visions of before comes flashing back in sudden and overwhelming light and dark, mirroring the present, foreboding what might just come about, and tell tales of ancient despair and yearnings, solace and true Love.
          The first 25 chapters of this journey is "set in tune" by Nox Arcana's emotional music, then, from Chapter 26 and to its completion, to follow and enhance the change in motion taking place, the music of Niel H's Secrets of Faeries sets the tune. At the end of every chapter the alias of an author is presented. Yeah, only an alias, because, after all, who in their right mind would want to have their real names associated with the creepy stuff this story is built upon?! 
          The story is an ongoing project, perhaps it'll never be finished, well, not in an ordinary sense at any rate (how could it?). If you want to comment or share your thoughts please contact Art of E on: the.website@hotmail.com
          So, having said this, why don't you ... enjoy the trip!

Cyber Space in November 2007 (Updated March of 2011)
 
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