🎙️ H.C. Ricci

Read H.C.'s story, NO SOLICITORS, now!Do you have any desire to live out in the middle of nowhere?I think it’s no secret that the idea of solitude in nature possesses a strong romantic appeal. There’s a reason that the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog has been used as a bookcover for some of the most seminal works of the nineteenth century, including both Frankenstein and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Wilderness and desolation provide scope for the uncanny and otherwise unimaginable to occur. They also serve as romantic backdrops for adventure stories and useful literary devices for exploring the depths of a character’s psyche. From Heart of Darkness to The Mountains of Madness, and from The Shining to The Lighthouse, remote wildernesses allow us to ponder our place in the broader universe while also examining the human condition.I myself have spent many glorious afternoons wandering through lonely hillsides or exploring empty coastline, and many weekends driving down desert roads into the…