A TRANSCENDENT Excerpt: “When the Dreamshard Knocks” by Ali Habashi

He possessed a cold and still kind of patience. The kind of slow and echoing speech that scared me all on its own. Ever since his arrival, I had been too nervous to leave the house. I could not recall the last time I had spoken to anyone but my nightly guest. I simply could…

On the Avocation for Dream Journals by Ali Habashi

You should write in a diary every day. The advice made sense. I wanted to be a writer, and the best way for a child to become a better writer was to write. A daily diary would force the words out, create an addiction that would require satisfaction before falling asleep each night—a productive insomnia….

Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Ali Habashi

In our new author series, we’ll be offering a clairvoyant peek behind the veil of who and what makes up TRANSCENDENT. Here’s a glimpse at Ali Habashi and her story “When the Dreamshard Knocks.”   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? I keep a dream journal under my bed, and the older I get,…