The Archivist

My mom always said I was her costume child. She’s right, always has been, always will be - but don’t tell her I said that. Okay?

It made sense to write as a storyteller within my universe.

Thus was born the Archivist.

As the last archivist, it's my job to record the stories of those living within the Legends of the Fall universe. Don't worry, we're rebuilding the Order right now. Applications will be posted later.

Anyways.

Each story centers around a hero or heroine, along with their supporting cast of characters. Soon enough, their stories will collide, but not yet. They’re not ready.

I'm not ready.

Before I picked up the persona of the Archivist, I was always making up stories.

I remember playing in the home repair stores or being on a construction job site and transforming them into space stations, rebel bases, or the surface of an uncharted world. I filled them with stormtroopers and starships, dragons and knights.

Over time, stories and writing became a sort of Jungian therapy for me. It helped me process the chaotic emotions and conflicting circumstances I found myself in. It kept me alive. Kept me sane. Yet there was this terrible, horrible moment where I realized my characters, my invisible friends, and the worlds they lived were bound to me.

Bound to my mortality.

One day, I’d slip away, dragging them into the afterlife with me.

That’s when I knew I had to share my stories. It started with my wife. I opened up to her. Shared the world I had lived in since I was a teenager. Then I shared it with my children. I realized that those characters and places now lived within them.

In some small measure, they’d survive me.

Now I’d like to invite you on this crazy adventure. It’s not for everyone, and that’s okay. I hope that if these stories speak to you, if the words I write make you feel something, then you too will open yourself up and let these characters and places find a home within you as well.

And maybe one day, under a bright and shining sun, you’ll tell others your own stories.

I look forward to it.

Cheers,

The Archivist

Archivistofthefall@outlook.com