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Cornelia Street

Cornelia Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of Pørtland, Cascadia, which is known as the centre of bohemian activity in the city.

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Wailing Sprites

Wailing Sprites Among the eerie denizens of Qviksyndi Forest, none have inspired more whispered warnings or heartfelt lullabies than the elusive Wailing Sprites. According to Qviksyndi legend, these luminous, willow-thin woodland beings…

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Pørtland

The Autonomous Capital Region of Pørtland (Pørtland ACR) is the greater metropolitan area surrounding the capital of Cascadia. Under the terms of the Great Cascadian Compact, the ACR holds a special place…

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The Quiet Period

An epoch of Australian history including and between the reigns of Eleanor the Ninth and Eleanor the Fourteenth in which the Waka-Krangere of Australia was more inwardly focused and less outwardly engaged.…

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Queen Lear

A play by William Shakespeare about a mother who must decide how to divide her lands and titles among her three daughters.

The play was the first commissioned by Shakespeare’s new patron, Eleanor the Eighteenth, upon the former’s relocation to New Bordeaux at the behest of the Empress.

Shakespeare hands a script to Empress Eleanor the Eighteenth in a sunlit palace chamber.
Shakespeare presents the script of ‘Queen Lear’ to Empress Eleanor XVIII in her palace.
Queen Lear in regal attire on a throne, with her three daughters standing beside her.

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Sonia Tremblay

A snowshoer who, in 2002, documented large humanoid footprints near High Runnel Bluff in the Nakoma Mountain Expanse. Her evidence…
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The Night of Promises Kept

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A vintage illustrated movie poster for the 1954 animated Gothic thriller “The Clockwork Children.” The poster, in black, white, and red, depicts a pale young girl sitting stiffly in a wooden chair with a giant red wind-up key protruding from her back. Her blank eyes stare forward. A governess holding a lantern shines light on the child, while behind them looms a shadowy Gothic cathedral. The tagline reads, “Do you know if your children are truly your own?” The title appears in bold serif letters at the bottom, with credits to Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Gorey, and Bernard Herrmann, and a warning: “Not recommended for the young or the faint of heart.”

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The Clockwork Children (1954) is a chilling animated collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Gorey, blending Gothic horror with psychological…