The Modoc Well ~ by: Mike Sirota

No, there was one that broke the barrier. It hung just above the floor, along with others on the same theme. The well paintings. The grim shrine to the Fire Valley Massacre stood before different incomparable and colorful backgrounds, as Adrienne had described. But the one… Instead of blue skies dotted with puffy cumulus, the backdrop was a variegated firmament, black and gray streaks careening haphazardly through a dominant splotch of orange. Around the well…