"What the fuck is that?" She froze in the doorway.
"What?" I'm agitated now, my medication is overdue, but I need to know what is out there first, "What do you see? Tell me!"
"Stay where you are," she spoke sharply, "what are you doing out of bed? Did I tell you to get out of your fucking bed?"
"No," I'm whimpering, it makes me feel so ashamed, but she is powerful, she makes me feel so small, "please forgive me."
"Yeah, whatever." She paused to light a cigarette, grunting with annoyance when the first match snapped as she struck it, "Note to self, buy a fucking lighter."
"Can you see it clearly?" I asked at barely more than a whisper, I was back in bed now, five, maybe six yards from where she stood in the open doorway, but it was just the two of us, I knew she could hear me, "What do you think it is?"
"It's big and dark and fills the sky," she drawled, "and it's coming to get you! You'd best hide under the bed! Quickly!"
I tried to get out of bed as fast as I could, sensing the urgency in her voice, but fell hard on the polished ceramic floor as my left foot became entangled in the top sheet.
"I'm okay," I assured her, "you won’t be in any trouble, nothing broken, but I'll have a black eye and a nasty lump on my forehead in the morning, you mark my words."
"Bully for you," she snapped, flicking her half smoked cigarette in my direction, "I have other more deserving patients to see to, pull yourself together."
"I will," I put my finger to my top lip, there was a little blood, I had best find a tissue, "thank you. Will you bring my medication later? Hello? Nurse? Will you come back? Thank you?"
Formed psychotronic / experimental rock band Magic Moments At Twilight Time in 1986, went on to produce 13 albums across the
following decade (with varying line ups). Founded the Music & Elsewhere underground tape label in 1992, releasing 600 titles up to 2003. A lost decade, then released some digital collections from 2013-19, now recording again with broad spectrum experimentalists Magic Bullet....more
The North Carolina singer and multi-instrumentalist translates the "story of lightness" into nine experimental ambient spirituals. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 8, 2021
Written in response to the climate crisis, “Leviathan” is a brooding and beautifully unsettling batch of dark ambient songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2023