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Away is a word whose entire job is to make us perceive departure without destination, change without consequence, an exit that exits nothing. We choose the easiest definition to swallow. The word lets us.

A Forest, Darkly is a fairytale. It is also a study in archetypes — and a rare novel that achieves both without tension between them. On tarot, changelings, and what a fairytale done honestly looks like.

Demand for green burial — no embalming chemicals, no casket, no vault — is rising fast. But listen to the vocabulary: green, natural, return. Each word describes a practice and makes a promise at the same time, as if the body were repaying a loan. Are these words an honest reflection of the process, or a gentle distraction from the ultimate topic — death?