Hey everyone, I’m Ayxan Solongo aka Arden Skye aka TimeFliesAway, a shapeshifter traveling through the multiverse.
In this story, I followed a fox from the forest to a cabin. The human owner went to sleep as the bell chimed, and the coast was clear. Though as soon as the fox crawled closer, the dog started barking and woke the human up. And everyone just listened, and breathed …
It’s been a while since I explored a story via a mirror poem. Nice nostalgia! The sounds were so relaxing to listen to, too.
The appearance of the world is illustrated in a wonderful pencil style; has a nostalgic feel to old picture books that I grew up with.
Perfectly recommend as a bed time story!
| Criteria | Scores | Our Score |
|---|---|---|
| Art | 1-5 | 4.5 |
| Pacing | 1-5 | 4 |
| Characters | 1-5 | 4 |
| Writing Style | 1-5 | 4 |
| Originality | 1-5 | 4 |
Finale Grade
A
Thank you to Karen Brough for sending me a digital invitation. The story was released as a picture book on October 3rd 2025 in this universe. Written by Karen Brough and illustrated by Matthew Valenti.
The Illustrations didn’t always make sense – one time, the dog was leaning on a fence in the grass, but in the next image where it showed the entire house, there was no fence. Or the bird’s nest was on the grass, then in another image up in a tree. And the human was holding onto a metal bar in one panel, though there was no matching object of it in another image.
It says there’s an audio file that comes free with the book, though I’m not sure whether it’s with the ebook too – wasn’t in my copy. Which is not that bad tho, I could imagine the sounds just fine and personally didn’t need an audiotape. The inspiration of taking a walk in nature and listening to the sounds myself is, in my opinion, far better than having them being played from a (digital) recorder!
Left 25th January 2026
~A. S.
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Written By: Arden Skye aka Ayxan Solongo aka TimeFliesAway
Favorite game/film/book: doesn’t have one, cause there are too many good ones!
About: A child of Mother Nature, traveling through the multiverse. Likes to explore the stories of unique individuals – most often referred to as “weird” in a lot of worlds.
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