Paths in Clay

by Jaison Pascuzzi

“Go now and take to your paths. Someday, when the time is right, you will return here.” “Miller made an appearance and indulged hungry minds with insight on the swirling, changing atmospheres inside kiln chambers. During many firings he sat back and stared when he was not chucking wood slabs into a firebox. Miller studied flames in spyholes. He watched smoke puff out of chimneys and dissolve into clear eternity.” “His face ached. He sensed the rising conflict in his heart. His soul was exposed at the palace. After all, it was the fortress where he had discovered the voice that inspired him.” “The intolerable heat from the grand firebox spat crackling sparks when stoked. A whirling and roaring sound moaned from the flue. Magenta flames shot from the top of the chimney. Six people huddled around the kiln.”

191 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2007