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The Eternal Library

Short Stories from the Mindscape

Writing | Philosophy | Magic

" 'Love life more than the meaning of it?' 'Certainly, love it, regardless of logic as you say, it must be regardless of logic, and its only then one will understand the meaning of it.' "

~ Fyodr Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Ryan Van Bussum

Irrational

November 17, 2023

Poem

Irrational

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Ryan Van Bussum

The Form Left Behind

August 29, 2023

Poem

The Form Left Behind

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Ryan Van Bussum

A Beard Full of Salt

June 15, 2023

Short Story

A Beard Full of Salt

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Ryan Van Bussum

The Man Who Could Not Say God

May 18, 2023

Poem

The Man Who Could Not Say God

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Ryan Van Bussum

Where's the Music?

May 6, 2023

Short Story

Where's the Music?

Well? Where is it?

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Ryan Van Bussum

An Unwritten Story

April 20, 2023

Short Story

An Unwritten Story

Who writes the story?

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Ryan Van Bussum

Silent Things

March 7, 2023

Short Story

Silent Things

A man is trapped amongst the silent things

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Ryan Van Bussum

The Time Between Ticks

February 20, 2023

Poem

The Time Between Ticks

Where does the time go?

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Ryan Van Bussum

The Nameless Man

February 6, 2023

Short Story

The Nameless Man

A name is not something to take for granted

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Ryan Van Bussum

A Meteor's Moment

January 10, 2023

Short Story

A Meteor's Moment

A single moment begging to be shared.

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Ryan Van Bussum

A Little Taste of Nonsense

January 10, 2023

Short Story

A Little Taste of Nonsense

I was reading a book today and she had some pieces that were just nonsense. It was this spell placed on a lady so whenever she tried to explain the spell placed upon her she instead spewed off some stories that made hardly any sense. I thought it would be a fun thing to give a try.

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Ryan Van Bussum

Dalí on Death

January 4, 2023

Misc

Dalí on Death

The best artists give us the space to come to wonderful conclusions all on our own.

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Ryan Van Bussum

Made with Laughter in Mind

January 3, 2023

Poem

Made with Laughter in Mind

Sometimes life sucks...why not laugh when you get the chance?

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Ryan Van Bussum

The Brookside Path

December 30, 2022

Short Story

The Brookside Path

How often do you fail to notice the paths that you're on?

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Ryan Van Bussum

From a Bookstore's Armchair

December 26, 2022

Short Story

From a Bookstore's Armchair

A story about an unlikely friendship and a bit of magic which I find everpresent in the world

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Ryan Van Bussum

Give Him Not a Thing

December 26, 2022

Poem

Give Him Not a Thing

Poem

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