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Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse AallynWHITNEYThat went HORRIBLY. (Goes to sit disconsolately on the beach behind the boulder, hidden from the house. EIGHT appears, wielding his metal detector.) WHITNEY(Sarcastically) Well if it ain’t the Prince of Wands. EIGHTExcuse me? Name’s Eight. Like pieces of eight? WHITNEYWell, I found out the demon’s name. And it got me exactly nowhere. It’s Creature…
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Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse Aallyn(Lights up on The Library Basement Stacks at Dead Lake Community College a mini set with bookcase and elderly woman – MRS PREECE – wearing coke bottle glasses perched atop library ladder, putting books away. ) MRS PREECEWhy are all these students so freakishly tall? I’m going to kill myself, one of those days, trying…
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Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Queen of Swords – the Tarot play by Alysse AallynWHITNEY (Thinking aloud) A demon’s real name… (Silence while WHITNEY thinks. Decision.) WHITNEY Be not afraid. (She resumes hammering on the door.) Charmayne! Charmayne! Charmayne! CHARMAYNE (Seductively from the door open only a slit) I thought we had an agreement, Whitney. WHITNEY (Bravely) I’d like you to tell my fortune. Give me a reading. You know. With the cards. CHARMAYNE (Instantly…
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Writing a novel for class – a memoir by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Writing a novel for class – a memoir by Alysse AallynTHE PINCH OF DEATH – Writing a novel for class After my fiancé graduated law school in Kentucky, we came East – where our families lived – to get married. I applied to Brooklyn College for the MFA program and was hired as a writing fellow. What followed was an experience so discouraging I can…
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Motive: a curtain-raiser play by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Motive: a curtain-raiser play by Alysse Aallyn(A chorus of Cardinals, sedate & proper, approaches from right, a more colorful chorus of Goombas from left.) CARDINALSOyez, oyez, oyez.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,pro in iudico minimum definitionem,quo justo intellegebat ne. GOOMBASA guy’s gotta liveAin’t a guy gotta live? YouDo right by me and I’ll do rightBy you. JACK RUBY(Appearing on balcony – flat…
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Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse AallynThe Daisy – Love: If This Card Chooses You – You are surrounded by magical possibilities. Are you dreaming of eternal bliss? Floating in connectedness? In Love the boundaries of the other disappear, all is forgiveness. Merge fearlessly, knowing you will be able to get yourself back any time, soothed, improved, and healed. We Are…
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Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse AallynHoming – Forgiveness: If This Card Chooses You – Do you need to forgive? Or be forgiven? Most of us require both! Ask your dreams. Do you dream of home? Sometimes we dream of a home that no longer exists, or never existed. “Home” represents the state of psychic absolution where all mistakes are forgiven…
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Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse AallynThe Gazing Ball – Prophecy: If This Card Chooses You – The future weighs on you. Will you be found wanting? Ask your dreams. The Number One question people have about dreams is, Are they prophetic? And the answer is of course YES. We KNOW the “truth’. We fear the truth. We don’t want to…
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Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Becoming a Warrior – the Warrior Oracle by Alysse AallynChrysanthemum – Healing Rituals: If This Card Chooses You – you have reached the point of access to the gifts of the Warrior. Let the healing begin. Are you a believer in magic? Do you dream of restoration, of nostalgia, of lost youth? Warriors Believe In Magic – Bravely, we put ourselves in the way…
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Becoming a Warrior – The Warrior Oracle by Alysse Aallyn
Read more: Becoming a Warrior – The Warrior Oracle by Alysse AallynThe Thistle – Resistance: If This Card Chooses You – Armor up. It’s coming. Do you dream of battles? Are you feeling muzzled? Do you wake up angry? Worried? Afraid? Do you gnash your teeth while you sleep? Do you love proving others wrong? When others speak are you eager to jump in and “set…