Genre: Dystopian Adventure/Suspense
Length: 18 episodes (plus an epilogue)
Synopsis: Jenny-Dog is just fine on her own. Jenny-Dog needs no one and no one needs her. Until a fool young stranger shows up, says sheâs walking all the way to the crippled mountainâto Lawetlatâla, to Smoke-Mouthâand asks if Jenny wants to come along.
Jenny doesnât fancy their chances. After all, itâs over a hundred miles on a dangerous road through a once-modern region laid bare by quakes and crisis. There are many-eyed angels hovering in the summer sky, and hungry thieves lurking in the woods with violence in their hearts.
But the mountain is calling. And when Smoke-Mouth calls, the dreamers reply.
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The Three Bones in the Inner Ear Run on Trust Alone
(for Mt. St. Helens)
by Judith Roche
While computers raise the Titanic
the earth is splitting its skin like a baked apple.
Iâm still trying to learn how to walk edges
and bounce off walls
while weaving my way through crowds.
I listen for what the deepest blood says to me
while running interference with the soft tissues.
The bones know but they donât tell.
Austere in their simple cleanliness,
they know they will outlast
the rest by 6,000 years
and canât be bribed.
I passionately wait for the next message
and I believe it perfectly. Table Of Contents
Episode One: The Fool - a stranger arrives and asks Jenny-Dog for help.
Episode Two: South of Town - a shift in the town causes Jenny to face impending change.
Episode Three: Vail - Jenny and Lula arrive in the old logging town of Vail.
Episode Four: The River - the travelers attempt a hazardous river-crossing.
Episode Five: Pellig - Jenny and Lula walk a ruined road along a silent lake.
Episode Six: O Worshipful Petrichor! - an unexpected rain squall interrupts the journey and leads to revelation.
Episode Seven: Into The Valley - their journey south takes them through a dark canyon full of unexpected dangers.
Episode Eight: The Secret in the Barn - a place of respite reveals a sinister secret.
Episode Nine: Coulee - escape is attempted, and illusions are challenged.
Episode Ten: The Highway - memories are unearthed, and the survivors find unusual hope.
Episode Eleven: The Last City in Washington - the survivors are cared for in a newborn city and Jenny is given a difficult choice.
Episode Twelve: (Interlude) On Helenâs Wounded Side - a pair of beleaguered engineers on the slope of the mountain wrestle with despair in the face of madness.
Episode Thirteen: In The Hours Before Dawn - Jenny and Lula follow their renewed sense of purpose toward its inevitable conclusion.
Episode Fourteen: Speak-Thief - an encounter at the foot of the mountain threatens to end the journey.
Episode Fifteen: The Unwounded Eye - a small reconciliation, and a new resolve.
Episode Sixteen: Patchwork Girl - a gathering against the dark.
Episode Seventeen: To The Tower - Jenny leads the engineers up the mountain.
Episode Eighteen: Repair and Revelation - what is broken finds repair.
Epilogue: Union - a midsummer day, two years after.