
Gaffer Tape, Pliers and a Wayward Dog
by Vivian Head

Raymond Oaks has a fantasy-prone personality. When life is unbearable, he escapes to Traversai—a rugged world of rangers, quiet taverns, and unspoken wars. Ray knows it isn't real. There, magic is physical, shaped by discipline rather than spectacle. But as grief tightens its grip on his waking life, Traversai begins to intrude. Patterns repeat. Knowledge appears where it shouldn’t. Nothing feels imagined, and the line between a coping mechanism and reality starts to blur.