Dani D. Oakes

Hi! My name is Dani. I am a 27-year-old aspiring freelance author & writer located in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am the mother of a very silly little girl who turned one in January of 2024, and if she could describe me in one word? “Loud!”

Dani D. Oakes

The Minnesota Sunset, And It’s Best, Too

Dani D. Oakes

1 min read

The Minnesota sunset is like eating cotton candy on a canoe in the middle of Lake Superior. Some of the best Minnesota sunsets are that, too, but on an 80-degree day with one heck of a nice cool breeze.

The Minnesota sunset is like walking in to a fire-warmed home after an hour or two of snow blowing into the darkness of 7:30 PM on a Wednesday. And an exceptionally superior Minnesota sunset would...

Poetry

[A Very, Very Short Prologue Of Sorts]

Dani D. Oakes

1 min read

Oh my Gods. You’ve got to be kidding me.

The elevator opened up to reveal a most tumultuous sight, just beyond the now-newfound safety of the flats’ lobby: People of all kinds, from all walks of life, frantically running about as they flail their arms and scream so loudly that all together, they are fully intangible. Even from inside the building — which was purposefully built using materials su...

Science fiction

Fantasy