A winter lullaby, commissioned by oceankat8 for his beloved.

Thank you, oceankat8, for commissioning me for this work! It was a joy working with you, and I loved seeing your art come together! The cover art is a fraction of what you made, and I am continually amazed by the rest of that piece!

Fire sound effects (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9tN-VBGeg) made by @sfxworld (www.youtube.com/@sfxworld)

Wind sound effects made by me, bibliophilea.

1. From a Dream
   This is inspired by music I actually managed to retain from a dream I had!

2. A Ghost Story
   Written for a ghost story that never left the ground. You could say this is all that's left - a ghost of the original story.

3. In the Face of Uncertainty
   Written for MUS 107 - Guide to Music Theory at DePaul University. Thank you, Dave Reminick, for the awesome class! This one was born of my love for odd time signatures.

4. Join the Galactic Military! We Have War!
   Written for MUS 107 - Guide to Music Theory at DePaul University. Thank you, Dave Reminick, for the awesome class! This one is a study on how every aspect of war fuels the war machine, up to and including the folks who die for it and because of it, as well as their voices.

5. Tension
   Written for MUS 107 - Guide to Music Theory at DePaul University. Thank you, Dave Reminick, for the awesome class! This one came from my desire to build on a funky beat in a funky time signature. Can you guess the number of beats per measure?

6. Guilt's Vendetta
   Inspired by the idea of a podcast about a kid who lives in a town full of ghosts and cryptids, who is actively trying to figure out who is and isn't a cryptid, as well as who is and isn't a ghost in his town and school.

7. Carefully Down to Hell
   Written for Alexa Piper's transformative fiction, "The Way of All Flesh", which can be found here:
   ffn: www.fanfiction.net/s/13944320/1/The-Way-of-all-Flesh
   ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/33448597

8. Running
   This was an attempt at creating a song for my podfic podcast. Who knows - I may still use it!

9. Autumn Wind
   Written for MUS 107 - Guide to Music Theory at DePaul University. Thank you, Dave Reminick, for the awesome class! This one was written with the vibes of "Rain" (at the end of the album) in mind. Some of the structure parallels that song!

10. Something Strange Yet Calm
    Written for one of my early attempts at starting my podfic podcast. The podfics with this opening are still floating around on the internet, if you wish to find them!

11. Long Journey
    Written for MUS 107 - Guide to Music Theory at DePaul University. Thank you, Dave Reminick, for the awesome class! This one felt like I was juggling the perspectives of the different cellos as I went - but always with that same drumbeat underneath, guiding the song step by step on its long journey.

12. Rain
    Inspired by the idea of rain as not a drab thing, but a thing to be celebrated. Also inspired by the colors pink and gold.