Antoniar

“No harm," he said as he danced on, cutting the air. Only now, the snowflakes began to bleed as he cut them. Battle of white and scarlet...
"Oto-san, what can I do?" I wept in the dream, my tears freezing to my cheeks.
"Dance," he said, his face still and calm, his blade whistling through the air. Blood flew from the tip of the sword, painting characters of death and disaster across the white ground.
Dancing.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“The blossoms fall just once each winter, yet in our memories, they fall every day.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“Soldiers falling fast
Battle of white and scarlet
Blossoms on the ground”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“At that moment, in the temple of her lovers’ tangled limbs, Lea felt the presence of the Divine close by, immanent and imminent — everywhere and everywhen — and it was a sublime feeling, one that made her feel infinitely powerful and infinitely small, both at the same time.

A good fuck can make even an agnostic see God — a fact that explained Lea’s parents’ fascination with Tantra, something about which Lea thought as little as possible.”
― K.D. West, The Visitor Entertains