Love that word, maelstrom. The Scandinavian word maelström was introduced into English by Edgar Allen Poe, and anyone who knows my love for things dark and on the outskirts of mainstream, Poe has got to be a favorite of mine. But maelstrom is defined as a powerful whirlpool. And that's what my muse has been dragging me through as new story ideas and plot enhancements to WIPs have been taking me by storm. 

I have yet another story that has yanked my attention away from Tree of Life. It's a fan...
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