The COMC Files: Limbo

Between Two Worlds Sunlight fingers through tall pines, casting shifting lace onto mossy stones. The sanctuary courtyard smells of woodsmoke, crushed grass, damp earth. Children crouch by the stone gutter, daring each other to touch the cold water. Older women in braided red sashes gather by the spring, their laughter spilling into the mountain air….

The COMC Files: The Big Brave Wolf

A subtle scrape, the faintest ahem. I startle. Asdar stands just inside the natural arch, one hand braced on stone—habit or ritual, I can’t tell. His silhouette flickers: tattooed arms, copper-blond hair loose, eyes pale and steady in lamplight. I smirk, annoyed but amused. “Damn it, you really do move like a wolf. Are you…

The COMC Files: The Pivot

The Living Thread A pale sun claws over the ridge, sending light in trembling bands through the narrow window, gilding the swirl of smoke in the hearth. I take my coffee black—the only appropriate colour for a woman straddling the border of legend—and stack my notebooks, pencils, and a battered digital recorder. The villagers have…

The Myth Mapping Protocol

Zurich: Trust Amellal, 4:59 AM  Tarmo leaves the blue-lit command centre on autopilot, muttering something to Sandi about “ten minutes.” The corridors outside feel colder, emptier—a different planet from the round-the-clock surveillance inside. He bypasses the kitchenette, shuffles into the locker-room showers, and starts the water scalding hot, as if heat and steam could cleanse…