Followed by Frost

by Charlie N. Holmberg

“Realism is what philosophy is for,”

“Fiction is for dreamers.”

I always saw novels as an outlet for which the mind can escape this world, not be tethered to it.”

Oh, how often I had played the part of the fool, but I learned from it every time. This new pain would ultimately help me grow stronger; I knew that. But it ached so terribly, and I felt so very, very cold.

For happiness has wings, and when burdened by the things a man should want, Garen could not reach it.

Happiness had wings; I could only hope to be the wind that helped him fly.