Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost. - Neil Gaiman

I believe we owe it to each other to tell stories. It’s as close to a credo as I have or will, I suspect, ever get.

When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.

To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.