somethingdarker

The deep-green forests of that epauletted century - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Geraniums bloomed on windowsills - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

The future must have seemed weightless - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

London in the moon's dark phases - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Eerie lightning shot from frostbitten fingers - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Trapeze wires below the cloud cover - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Daft, round-the-world steampunk wagers - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Gilded aerialists in their giant dirigibles - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

The world remained a storybook - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Unfolding endlessly in signs and wonders - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

An alternative angle on the sublime - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Hooked to a typhoon's tail - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

As they fell continually upwards - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

The price of their rising - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

The assiduous atom seeking an exit - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Thronging the fabric of their cells - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Newsreels captured the death of a star - Caitriona O'Reilly "The Airship Era"

Loose on the swelling tide - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

Trapped in the net of a stare - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

Green glass eyes of a porcelain doll - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

The selkie who slips her wet pelt - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

Echoes the numb roll of the whale - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

In a sea congealed with cold - Caitriona O'Reilly "II. The Mermaid (from The Sea Cabinet)"

Each in its separate spiral stair - Caitriona O'Reilly "IV. The Curee (from A Quartet for the Falcon)"

Descend swift as a murderer's hand - Caitriona O'Reilly "IV. The Curee (from A Quartet for the Falcon)"

Bringing the priestly heron down - Caitriona O'Reilly "IV. The Curee (from A Quartet for the Falcon)"

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