Creatures We Dream of Knowing
Stories of Our Life Together
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Usually I didn’t care what anybody did as long as it didn’t hurt me, but there was no way I was going to let Denny waste his money on the bottle this greedy bum was trying to sell him. To prove my point and save Denny’s money, I reached over and rubbed the Flask of Rathumar with my finger. Nothing happened. I was right—as usual. When a cloud rose up between Denny and me, I assumed it was exhaust from the trucks driving by. However, I then remembered that truck exhaust isn’t blue and orange. Not even in New York. Then a horrible face atop a much more horrible body emerged out of the swirling cloud. He looked like a sumo wrestler with a mustache like a walrus’s whiskers and a boar’s tusks. The muscle-bound giant was wearing a kilt made out of fur and thorns as long as knives.
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Creatures We Dream of Knowing is a compilation of seven heartwarming stories that probe the wonders of creation through the eyes of creatures who ask those they encounter to open their eyes and hearts to their wisdom.
When a young boy receives a plea in a dream from a frightened colt with purple diamond eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable adventure that leads him from the warmth of his bed to a dark horse pasture where he must learn to use his hands and his heart to rescue the abandoned foal. As the collection of short stories continues, a band of unique characters will meet a creature from the depths of the ocean previously unknown to humanity; travel into an oriental carpet with the creatures who live in it; discover a butterfly who wants to end a war; share a dragon’s story; find out what happens when someone rubs a genie’s bottle with the wrong hand; and perch in the branches of a tree unlike any other.
Creatures We Dream of Knowing encourages others to simply imagine what would happen if such beautiful creatures truly existed in our universe.
About the Author
Andrew Marr is a monk of St. Gregory’s Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan, a Benedictine monastery in the Episcopal Church. While living a life of prayer, he writes fantasy fiction to express the depths and the delight of the spiritual journey.