Fire and Shadow

"They should not exist." That what a dying old man insists. That's what he keeps telling himself as he builds a fire each evening to warm his aching bones. And yet there they are, every evening: his two closest friends, the spirits of Fire ad Shadow.

How did these come to be? I'd wanted an outlet for some of my thoughts as I faced my mortality. When I came upon a series of license-free photographs, I saw an opportunity to do some simple image manipulation to tell some stories. I felt that something photo real might be taken more seriously than my cartoons.

Although there is a possibility, slim though it may be, of making more, these episodes are likely all that I'll ever make.

  1. Only If He Has a Fireplace
  2. Choices versus Friends
  3. Death with Dignity
  4. Questions and Answers
  5. What's the Point?
  6. Spitting in God's Eye
  7. Just a Dream
  8. Unrequited

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