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		<title>Mirror World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img src="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mirror_world_audette_art.jpg?fit=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A surrealist illustration of a person standing before a cracked ornate mirror that reveals a parallel world with reversed text and eerie amber light beyond its silver surface." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mirror_world_audette_art.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mirror_world_audette_art.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mirror_world_audette_art.jpg?resize=643%2C364&amp;ssl=1 643w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
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<p>What if the laws of physics worked against you—but somehow, nobody got hurt? Mirror World is a place where everyone is left-handed, distances lie to your face, and the mathematics of collision screams for carnage that never comes. Oh, and the portals? Entirely transparent. Appear silver. Don't think about it too hard.</p>
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		<title>Travel Tips for Visiting Aira</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img src="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/travel_tips_for_visiting_aira.jpg?fit=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Travel Tips for Visiting Aira" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/travel_tips_for_visiting_aira.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/travel_tips_for_visiting_aira.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/travel_tips_for_visiting_aira.jpg?resize=643%2C431&amp;ssl=1 643w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Travel guide to Lovecraft's Aira: a city of artistic beauty that probably doesn't exist, but you'll waste decades searching anyway. Pack light, dream heavy.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://derekaudette.com/travel-tips-for-visiting-aira/">Travel Tips for Visiting Aira</a> appeared first on <a href="https://derekaudette.com">Audette-Art</a>.</p>
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		<title>Travel Tips for Visiting Carcosa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img src="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carcosa_travel_tips.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Travel Tips for Visiting Carcosa — As Told by Someone Who Should’ve Known Better" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carcosa_travel_tips.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carcosa_travel_tips.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/carcosa_travel_tips.jpg?resize=643%2C429&amp;ssl=1 643w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>A jagged, surreal travel guide warns that in Carcosa you’ll lose reflections, memories, time, and maybe yourself—yet still be expected to tip.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://derekaudette.com/travel-tips-for-visiting-carcosa/">Travel Tips for Visiting Carcosa</a> appeared first on <a href="https://derekaudette.com">Audette-Art</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Ministry of Mysteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img src="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ministry_of_mysteries_featured.jpg?fit=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Arman Chimere stands on a rainy street at night looking at the Ministry of Mysteries building." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ministry_of_mysteries_featured.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ministry_of_mysteries_featured.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/derekaudette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ministry_of_mysteries_featured.jpg?resize=643%2C364&amp;ssl=1 643w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>The Death of Wonder There is a smell here in my apartment that defies classification: scorched coffee, the metallic tang of despair, the faint ozone of the electrical hum of things long dead but still pretending to be alive, and something else. Something ineffable, as if the air itself remembers forgotten prayers once faithfully and regularly recited to forgotten gods within these rooms. I sit crooked-backed in my chair, one leg wobbling like a drunk acrobat rehearsing for an invisible [&#8230;]</p>
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