A TRANSCENDENT Excerpt: “Carrion Dreams” by Jude Mael Eriksen

I remember my partner crawling out after the transport came to rest on its roof. He blazed like a torch while stumbling around to my side, screaming as his fatigues melted into his boiling flesh. I wanted to look away as he collapsed on his back, his fingers clenched in agony, but I couldn’t. I…

The Inspiration for Carrion Dreams: Reworking an Old Legend by Jude Mael Eriksen

My maternal grandfather lived to be one-hundred-and-six years old before he succumbed to age-related illness. He was born in Hvalso, Denmark, in 1904—the eldest of fifteen siblings—and witnessed numerous world-changing events during his life, including the tail-end of the second industrial revolution and two world wars. In 1924, at the age of twenty, he boarded…

Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Jude Mael Eriksen

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 Jude Mael Eriksen and his story “Carrion Dreams.”   ABOUT THE STORY   What inspired your story? The inspiration for my story came from an interest in Scandinavian mythology. One…