The Sky Between Dreams
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Last published Tue, Jul 1, 2025
The Sky Between Dreams is a collection of soft, mysterious tales pulled from the places the waking mind forgets-stories of peace, longing, memory, and magic.
These are the dreams that stay with you long after you've opened your eyes.
Part One of "The Stillness After" is the second short story in this series. Grief settles like dust as she sits alone, unraveling in the silence left behind. Years of buried pain rise to the surface, breaking through her carefully guarded walls. But in the stillness, something stirs, a presence she thought was gone forever.
Elena Starling
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