Letters from Lost Cities: Edison’s Bluff
A place where the glow of invention still hums in the fog
Dear Traveler,
If you ever find yourself drifting northeast in a dream—or on a map that flickers between memory and myth—you may stumble upon Edison’s Bluff. The locals say the lights have never gone out. Not once. Not even during the darkest nights of the soul.
The town clings to the edge of a cliff that overlooks a sea of mist and rust. Every rooftop buzzes faintly with copper coils and glass orbs. Streetlamps flicker amber all day, all night. It is never quite dark here, nor truly light. Only a golden in-between, like the hour before sleep.
You’ll know you’re getting close when the air starts to hum—soft, steady, like an old phonograph turning itself. The sidewalks are still warm from inventions long retired. Some say Edison came here to disappear. Others believe the town dreamed him into being.
Children play hide-and-seek behind antique arcades that still flash “INSERT COIN” though no one has in years. The café on Main serves coffee brewed with lightning. It crackles slightly as it’s poured. There’s an old observatory too, where lovers and loners alike write their wishes onto tungsten filaments and send them skyward.
The current never dies here. The pulse of old dreams still runs through the wires, down the rails, across the minds of those who remember when possibility was electric.
And maybe, if you listen closely under the glow of an eternal streetlamp, you’ll hear the whisper:
You’re not too late. The spark is still alive.
Always,
A friend from the Bluff
About the Edison’s Bluff Print..
The print you see at the top is available from my Pixels gallery or as a printable on Etsy.
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