Too Bright, Too Loud

She Who Had Been a Feast

Content warning: implied disordered eating. She stood at the edge, her toes just so, not crossing, not touching, and tried to find her own shape, in the haze. Her own reflection, gone soft and pink in the fogged mirror of Elsewhere. ** This episode was read by Mel. She can be found here [https://twitter.com/Mel_A_Nichols]. ** Translating Arcadia is written, directed, & edited by Lee Seguinte. ** Website [https://translatingarcadia.lawofnames.com/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LawOfNamesMedia] Law of Names Media [https://lawofnames.com/]

The Princesses

Content warnings: Child murder, racism The only reason nothing had happened to Sophia that night was because she had the mumps. That’s what Mama and Yaya said, in the weeks after, whispering over their teacups, heads together at the tiny table in the tiny apartment kitchen. “Efharisto to Theo yia parotítida.” Yaya murmured, and Mama added “Who would have thought?” They were wrong. Sophia knew, but it wasn’t polite to contradict, so she never said. But she knew that being home sick wasn’t why. That she hadn’t been safe because they’d made her stay in. She’d been left behind ** This episode was read by Kelly. They can be found on their website [https://kellsclays.com/]. ** Translating Arcadia is written, directed, & edited by Lee Seguinte. ** Website [https://translatingarcadia.lawofnames.com/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LawOfNamesMedia] Law of Names Media [https://lawofnames.com/]

The Man Who Fell in Love With the Sun

Kee was invisible, before he fell in love with the Sun. He always had been. Invisible, intangible. Moving through the world, through the crowds of people wearing their bright skins like costumes, always half somewhere else. Unreal. Always trying to hear, his head cocked, ears open. Trying to find the thing that might fill the emptiness inside him. The part that was missing. The part that the others seemed to have, that let them exist in saturated color, while he faded like an old photograph. ** This episode was read by Quill. He can be found on Twitter [https://twitter.com/polyamorous_q]. ** Translating Arcadia is written, directed, & edited by Lee Seguinte. ** Website [https://translatingarcadia.lawofnames.com/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LawOfNamesMedia] Law of Names Media [https://lawofnames.com/]

Too Bright, Too Loud

Content Warnings: Parental neglect, emotional abuse, implied self-injury Maybe you could have belonged once, you who were exiled. You, who were left in place of the one they really wanted. Maybe you could have learned a better way to shut your eyes, stop your ears with your hands. Place words around experience without wincing where they gapped. Maybe you could have learned to be blind.But that’s just not how faerie children are. ** This episode was read by Rue. He can be found on his website [https://ilananight.carrd.co/]. ** Translating Arcadia is written, directed, & edited by Lee Seguinte. ** Website [https://translatingarcadia.lawofnames.com/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LawOfNamesMedia] Law of Names Media [https://lawofnames.com/]

Leather

Content warnings: Drugging, murder, cannibalism ** Will hated the food at Wok n Roll. The place was a hole in the wall--peeling diamond-patterned linoleum, yellowing striped wallpaper, three Chinese calendar scrolls 10 years out of date. If there were any justice in the world, the food would have been fantastic. A hidden gem of authentic cuisine, masked by disregard and a strip mall storefront. That’s what Yelp, and too many late night reruns of food-related reality tv shows had taught him to expect. Except what Wok n Roll served tasted as terrible as the place looked. ** This episode was read by Thomas. He can be found here [https://twitter.com/DorkseidVO]. ** Translating Arcadia is written, directed, & edited by Lee Seguinte. ** Website [https://translatingarcadia.lawofnames.com/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LawOfNamesMedia] Law of Names Media [https://lawofnames.com/]