An Interdependent Life

Essays and stories for a world built on synergy and reciprocity

Stories

Stories

Published fictional works gather here in the same placard language, but with more room for atmosphere.

Public works

The page stays sparse so each story can feel like a threshold instead of a pitch.

Free to leave, worthy to stay

A recognition that control squanders and compromises the very thing it aims to protect because it separates it from what made it come to be. A…

Story · 7 min

A Return to the Garden

A recounting of humanities exile in civilization for breaking ancient indigenous traditions. As allegorized in Genesis.

Story · 8 min

Lareth

A monster that offers protection and benefits for a community in exchange for tribute. But as the monster grows, so does the tribute and the returns…

Story · 9 min