Chapter 7The Epiphany
James Sage blinked his eyes, shaking his head to dissipate the perplexing haze of befuddlement.
I’m in a dream, or maybe I’ve drunk too much of old man Delp’s moonshine.
But, he didn’t remember drinking anything. He slowly turned his head to acclimate to his surroundings. The fog of his semi-conscious brain cleared enough to recognize a fire burning warmly, inside what appeared to be an earthen room, unlike anything he had ever seen. Moss hung loosely, but he could not tell where walls ended and ceilings began. The fire that burned hotly before him was small, not a single log to be seen. There was no visible source of fuel of any kind. The smoke rose to seemingly evaporate into the top of the space, with no evidence of a chimney. Casting his eyes about the gr
