"Come explore the depths of my psyche Though, even I get lost occasionally." -River Otters •• River Otters is my third anthology of poetry! Some of these wondrous poems have deeper meanings, some highlight life's difficulties, and some are simple observations :) Interpret as you will!

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Magic is real, it it has always been, laying hidden away from the eyes of the mundane world. Bound by ancient pacts and oaths, human mystical practitioners and spiritual entities have played their occult games for eons. But they have all one enemy; the Harrow. An ancient unknowable power that seeks to corrupt and destroy, oh but the harrow is no sick and twisted evil for its words are so sweet and loving, it only wants us to stop hurting, to give us what we really want, if only you would let it into your soul. In a remote misty archipelago lays Solomon Academy, to the outside world an exclusive private preparatory boarding school, to the occult world, a place of learning, but most importantly protection. It is there young practitioners, fresh of their initiation come; to learn, to grow, to survive the Harrow and the centuries old occult conspiracies. As ancient darkness stirs, can the lastest group of student make it through this world?

Alec Kellas has been dismissing his strange episodes for years now, moments where he fades out of his consciousness to see a world made of gore and murder. For a while, he thought his medication was helping him, but it quickly starts to get worse for Alec. Facing a world of horrific What If's, where all of the people he loves are dead and only he can twist his reality, Kellas must steel himself and dive straight into his Mirror Realm, all the while trying to remember just exactly what he forgot, and why the twists and turns of this alternate dimension seem so familiar. Join Alec as he struggles with his equally strange family, friendships that will either distract or strengthen him, and his apparent memory loss issue in The Places Alec Forgot. CONTENT WARNING FOR: gore, murder, mental disorders/illnesses, abusive/negligent parents, self-harm mentions, suicidal thoughts.