Shadow's Name
เบเปเบฝเบงเบเบฑเบเบเบถเปเบกเบญเปเบฒเบเบญเบญเบเบชเบฝเบ
Tear out a sheet from your notebook. Choose squared paperโit works best. Not from the edge, but from the middle.
Unfold the page and draw a circle, wide as the moon. Divide it into twelve parts, like a clock, and fill the sectors with every letter of the alphabet.
Now, take a needle. Thread it with red. Always red.
Push the needle through the circleโs heart and whisper three times:
โGuest, come. Guest, come. Guest, come.โ
And wait. Because once youโve spoken the words, something will always answer.
เบเปเบฝเบงเบเบฑเบเบเบนเปเบเบฝเบ
Welcome to the Peculiar Worldโwhere wonder, secrets, magic, love, and adventure reign, and where strange creatures and mythic beings slip between the shadows.
Aya Neia is my alter ego. Iโm an indie author and a collector of myths, folktales, and uncanny storiesโmy own and those shared by friends and strangers.
Iโm currently working on the Nord trilogy and the cycles Netjeru, Celestial, and Project Azura. You can also find my short fiction here: โDoppelgรคngerโ in the almanac Skifia (2019); โDegenerationโ in the Anthology of Contemporary Ukrainian Short Fiction and Poetry (2019); the fairytale โThe Plush Heartโ in Christmas Whisper (2020); and โKarmaโ in the collection City of Memories (2021), created with the BookBanda community.
Instagram: @aya.neia
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.ayaneia.com/en
Iโm always happy to hear from readers.
