A Gathering of Leaves:
Special Edition Director’s Burl
As transcribed into 21st Century English by Meighan Chimera
from the wholographic biography composited by
Cord del N’stl’d and featuring
Her Eminence Tara del D’myn, Matriarch of Skarsia and
various emanations of Ashtara, Living God of Skarsia, Shambhala, Nightside, the Provinces and Territories
Text and Illustrations copyright ©2019 Meighan Chimera All Rights Reserved
Cover image: “Nau’gsh Emoji” by Theo del N’stl’d (after Bankei)
Table of Contents
Qualifying Achievements Scorecard
Patrick: A Retrospective Forecast (Scene 0, Leaves 1-57)
Tara: An Underwater Harvest (Scene 1, Leaf 58)
Theo: A Cracked Amanuensis (Scene 2, Leaves 59-62)
Tara: A Biting Recruitment (Scene 3)
Oliver: An Haphazard City (Scene 4, Leaves 63-66)
Marius: A Wireless Martyrdom (Scene 5)
Patrick: A Looking-Glass Happenstance (Scene 6)
Tara: A Toxic Accounting (Scene 7, Leaf 67)
Patrick: A Vicarious Kaleidoscope (Scene 8)
Hyde: A Carnivorous Misstep (Scene 9)
Theo: A Robotic Rescue (Scene 10)
Tara: A Reluctant Expansion (Scene 11)
Chase: A Wounded Toadlicker (Scene 12)
Rainier: A Prescriptive Kidnapping (Scene 13)
Chase: A Smoky Epiphany (Scene 14)
Cillian: A Market Economy (Scene 15, Leaves 68-71)
Ailann: A Dubious Infection (Scene 16)
Tara: A Depressed Rainbow (Scene 17)
Tielo: A Digressive Directive (Scene 18)
Marius: An Obstructed Cavern (Scene 19)
Tara: A Distraction Bathtub (Scene 20, Leaves 72-83)
Solomon: A Bolluxed Barter (Scene 21)
Tara: A Lunar Combustion (Scene 22, Leaves 84-91)
Marius: A Rattlesnake Enlightenment (Scene 23)
Javor: A Cocoon Unraveled (Scene 24)
Marius: a Pygoscelis Prostitute (Scene 25)
Tara: A Circuitous Installation(Scene 26, Leaf 92)
Nash: An Imaginary Discharge (Scene 27)
Chase: A Sexy Confection (Scene 28)
Cillian: A Pretentious Excursion (Scene 29, Leaves 93-96)
Seth: An Occult Revelation (Scene 30, Leaf 97)
Cillian: A Tragic Trolling (Scene 31)
Tara: A Serendipitous Expectation (Scene 32)
Seth: A Condiment Incantation (Scene 33)
Cillian: A Mathematical Armistice (Scene 34)
Mickey: An Ideological Nanotreachery (Scene 35)
Tara: A Curfling Confession (Scene 36, Leaf 98)
Beauregard: A Salvation Analysis (Scene 37)
Mickey: An Erroneous Inference (Scene 38)
Solomon: A Canny Entrapment (Scene 39)
Rainier: A Tequila Supernova (Scene 40)
Tara: A Last Hatching (Scene 41, Leaves 99-102)
Ailann: A Ripping Reprisal (Scene 42)
Tara: A Triumphant Clusterfuck (Scene 43)
Solomon: A Beautiful Denouement (Scene 44)
Tara: A Poetic Adjustment (Scene 45)
A Gathering of Leaves: [Director’s Burl]
Emanation Eggs
A series of incidents embedded in the whorls of the deluxe edition of A Gathering of Leaves.
Templeton: An Heroic Journey (Scene 22a)
Gwion: A Raptor Foreshadowed (Scene 34a)
Hurley: A Bespoke Aorta (Scene 36a)
Lakeland: A Prophylactic Coincidence (Scene 36b)
Barnabas: A Meddlesome Deity (Scene 39a)
Gwion: A Nacreous Solution (Scene 39b)
Tara: A Graduation Simulation (Scene 41a)
Vassali: A Recovered Error (Scene 46)
Dig: A Scrumptious Ingenue (Scene 47)
Tara: A Decadent Festival (Scene 48)
Cillian: A Symbolic Cannonball (Scene 49)
Roan: A Deceptive Blues (Scene 50)
Blackjack: A Licorice Twist (Scene 51)
Ailann: A Heavenly Garden (Scene 52)
Quennel: A Cheesy Competition (Scene 53)
Tara: A Predictable Surprise (Scene 54)
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