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    Chaotic Dreams
    Chaotic Dreams
    Chaotic Dreams
    Ebook67 pages53 minutes

    Chaotic Dreams

    By Candy Ray

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    Five short stories of surreal and slightly dark fantasy.
    An ancient legend meanders into strange directions. An inner demon seems to depart- but has he really gone? Alchemical fantasies sweep one man’s world into disarray. A living doll yearns to escape. Trading in crystals leads to an unexpected magical drama.
    Like the others in this series these stories are all very unworldly, and the last two are channelled from the chaos muse Ino.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrond
    Release dateOct 21, 2018
    ISBN9780463625057
    Chaotic Dreams
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    Candy Ray

    When I was a child I always thought I would become a fiction writer because I wrote so many stories in exercise books. What in fact happened was that for a while I wrote a lot of poems and songs, and then nothing at all for twenty-four years.My consuming interest has always been the occult and psychic subjects, and in 2014 I joined A.E.O.N. a chaos magic group on Facebook. It was described as: "A Unique Art-Magic Collective made up of Highly Creative Individual Rebel Artists: Writers, Graphic Designers, Crafters, Pranksters & Performers. Art Transcends All Reason!"For the sole purpose of contributing to this group, I started to write short stories and novellas. I teamed up with a chaos muse, a non-human entity, and channelled material from her so that we each wrote some of the pieces. Then I began to self-publish the resulting books .The more I learn about the professional writing world the more I am discovering that I don’t have anything in common with them. Therefore, I have now made all my books free on this site.I live on the south coast of England with my small family. The A.E.O.N. art group has faded from prominence now and has been succeeded by newer ones, but still:- Art Transcends All Reason!Other LocationsMy Smashwords interview can now be found on this page https://www.smashwords.com/interview/FrondThe short story collection Chaos Fables is now on this page: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1370828I also write under the pen name Lena Chere. The books under this name are the Eoss Trilogy and they are available both as digital books and paperbacks.Volume 1: See this page. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/890472Volumes 2 and 3. See this page: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/lenachere5These two are published by me and are free.

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      Chaotic Dreams - Candy Ray

      Chaotic Dreams

      By Candy Ray

      Copyright © Candy Ray 2018

      All rights reserved

      Self-published by Frond

      Smashwords editions 2018 and 2019

      Cover design by Justin Kingsley Pitonak

      Contents

      Preface

      The Watchman, The Bowman and The Knifeman

      Killer

      Demolition

      Strings

      Stones

      About the author

      Other books by Candy Ray

      Preface

      This is the fourth of my short story collections, some written by myself and some channelled from Ino. First are three recent short stories of mine, inspired by the astral plane as all my stories are.

      Next are two of Ino’s stories. She wrote ‘Strings’ three years ago and it was supposed to go into a dark fantasy collection, then into a magazine, but this never happened so I have included it in this collection. ‘Stones’ is a new story that she has just finished. In her final comment she implies that she is a nature spirit, but I’ve experienced that she fits just as well into other categories too: egregore, demon, even goddess. Above all she is known as a chaos muse.

      The Watchman, the Bowman and The Knifeman

      They are telling the story in the jungle. Come and listen. The children gather round, the old people sit on fallen logs and the rest of the tribe press forward, peering eagerly over the heads of those in front until they reach a place where they can settle down to listen to the storyteller.

      The story starts with a watchman. He sits out in a wooden sentry box halfway down the path which leads away from the Great House. There he looks out for travellers, and thieves, and important guests arriving. He welcomes the travellers and guests and gives them directions to the house, and the thieves he chases away. That is his job as a watchman- unlike the Watchers in ancient religious tales, who also watched but who were angels. Tonight he is about to receive a new request- to look out for a god.

      The people who lived in the Great House had become very much afraid of being attacked by enemies. This followed threats which came from some of the outlying houses, probably inconsequential threats rather like an ape beating its chest, but it was possible that they could be genuine.

      The leader of those who lived in the Great House was a seeress. Unfortunately she could not predict how likely it was that there would be trouble from their neighbours. However, she could foretell who would be able to help them, should there be an attack. She told them that she would call The Bowman. He was considered to be a great god, a great protector, one who would give you cover with a shower of arrows both when you attack and when you retreat to safety. They debated the matter and decided to call The Bowman now, so as to be prepared.

      The seeress went to her temple and carried out the ritual, while the others waited in the splendid drawing room at the back of the Great House, with its large double doors leading out into the garden.

      When the seeress came back she told them that The Bowman would be arriving at about midnight that night. She walked across the drawing room and unfastened the double doors and went across the lawn towards the path where the watchman’s sentry box stood. She tapped on the side of the box, and he leaned out.

      The Bowman will be coming here tonight, she said. I have called him. He will arrive at about midnight. You must look out for him and let him in.

      The watchman inclined his head and said, yes, Madam. I will look out for him.

      Then she went back to the Great House.

      They have paused now in telling the story- they seem in no hurry to finish. I have been called The Bowman for a long time. I know these people will eventually reach the end of the story, and then they will tell it again and it will change. Some parts will grow longer, others will disappear; those parts will be lost and will be told no more. The story will branch out into new directions and will acquire new characters, but the same three will still remain at the core: The watchman, The Bowman and The Knifeman.

      Centuries will roll by, and the story will still be

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