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      • Rescued
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      • The Hero Dies
      • See
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      • Power of Darkness
      • Alone
      • Let Us Go On Together
      • Cherished Woe
      • Opened
      • The Reaping
      • Morning Light
      • Heaven’s Touch
      • Ghost Ship
      • Darkest Hope
      • Undying Heart
      • Virtue’s End
      • The Way
      • To See Sun Rise
      • The Deviant
      • Dear Jim
      • No Morrow Brings Day
      • All Dead
      • Of The Dream
      • The Bitter Heartbeat
      • I Must Return
      • Seeds of Dreams
      • The Impersonal God
      • Graveyard’s Crooked Path
      • This Road Leads Home
      • Minotaur’s Birth
      • The Ship Beelzebub
      • New Life
      • Grimsley Hole
      • Dream On
      • The Maniac
      • Depressed Tin
      • No More
      • Sick
      • One Green Leaf
      • The Dog and the Door
      • The Eye of Death
      • Carry On Dream
      • Heart’s Dream
      • Otis’ Song
      • A Bitter Fen
      • A Hare’s Nightmare
      • A Devil’s Son
      • Candlelight
      • No Hope
      • Gouged Eyes
      • Despair and Die
      • Space Psalm
      • The Anti-Fascist
      • The Choice Once Made
      • No Longer Mine’s to Be
      • Monster Poems
        • Vampire’s Remorse
        • Werewolf’s End
        • Journey of the Zombie
        • Monster’s Name
        • Ghost’s Memories
        • Hyde’s Justice
        • Witches’ Desire
        • Gorgon’s Veil
        • Patience of the Skeleton
        • Necromancer’s Song
        • Wendigo’s Feast
        • Gargoyle’s Repentance
        • Banshee’s Wail
        • Jack’s Trick
      • The Sacrifice
      • The Rebel’s Council
    • Short Stories
      • A Cold Winter Walk
      • To Endure
        • Part 1
        • Part 2
      • Achilles Amok
      • Before Life, In Eternity’s Door
      • The Black Castle
      • Stop the Rain
      • Pillars of the Sea
      • Leah for Rachel
      • Dona Eis Requiem
      • Hallowed Ground Broken
      • Fare Well
      • Time and Chance
      • Portrait
      • Smoke in the Stars
      • The Cuckoo’s Toll
      • The Empty Room
      • The Carnival
      • Knight is Falling
      • Children of Decay
      • Willow’s House
      • Let Us Go Into the Light
      • This Day
      • Cold Inside
      • The Engineer
      • To Touch
      • Funeral Party
      • I Would Love Again
      • The Giant’s Mouth
      • Bring It Back
      • Son of Death
      • The House
      • And I Am Alone
    • Serials
      • Wolf Head
        • 1. The Job
        • 2. Foreboding
        • 3. Aftermath
        • 4. Into the Night
        • 5. The Struggle
        • 6. Expelled
        • 7. Out From the Bones
        • 8. Respite
        • 9. Sunset
        • 10. Transformation
        • 11. The Shepherd
        • 12. The Party
        • 13. The Wolf
        • 14. Partners
        • 15. Foreshadows
        • 16. Freedom
        • 18. Resolve
        • 17. Eavesdropping
        • 18. Resolve
        • 19. Men and Boys
        • 20. Caught
        • 21. Rescue
        • 22. Rescue
        • 23. Bough’s Shadow
        • 24. Moon Rise
        • 25. High Noon
        • 26. Dying Light: Doppelganger
        • 27. Dying Light: The Calling
        • 28. Dying Light: Reborn
      • By The Sword
        • How it Began
        • Questions
        • The Blackness of the Sea
        • Locks
        • Out of Time
        • Ariesland
        • Shadow of the Sisyphus
        • Swords
        • The Eagle and the Lamb
        • Confession
        • Compiler’s Note
        • Sermon on a Mount
        • The Pier
        • Mist
        • A Job
      • Post-Death Consciousness
        • Pre-Preamble
        • Preamble
        • Leg 1
        • Leg 2
        • Leg 3
        • Leg 4
        • Leg 5
        • Leg 6
        • Leg 7
        • Leg 8
        • Leg 9
        • Leg 10
        • Thorax
      • Intraworld
        • 1. A New World
        • 2. The Library
        • 3. Fairy Tales
        • 4. Floods of Darkness, Springs of Light
        • 5. Underground
        • 6. Maybes
      • The Bureau of Clandestine Affairs
        • Cryptids
        • Vampires
        • Interview of Inmate 37
        • Inquiry Into the Death of Inmate 37
        • Incident Report
      • By an Idiot
        • Episode 1: Mr. Clown
        • Episode 2: Egg Salad
        • Episode 3: Silver Linings
        • Episode 4: The Southside Strangler
        • Episode 5: The Devil and the Details
        • Episode 6: In the Stars
        • Episode 7: Friday the Thirteenth
        • Episode 8: What Is Love?
        • Episode 9: Going Mad
        • Episode 10: Twilit Musings
        • Episode 11: On Hunting Man
        • Episode 12: All You Need Is Fear?
        • Episode 13: Sayonara
    • Essays & Reflections
      • The Grand Fractal
      • Oh Great Sorrows
      • Materialism
      • Whispers from the Shadows
      • The Stone
      • Newness
      • The Judgment of Man
      • I Know Jesus
      • A Discussion on the Symbolism and Meaning of Christ’s Words to Nathanael in the Gospel of John
      • Sophomore
      • Sunrise
      • My Strength
      • I Couldn’t Hear the Screams
      • One True Christian
      • The Beginning
      • Regarding Writing
      • Death of Hope
      • Just Sleeping
      • Regarding Puddleglum
      • Come!
      • The Horrors of the Invisible World: Searching for Lingering Chills
      • Light in the Darkness
      • Hope Nevermore
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Captian's Log

Happy 2nd Birthday to Tale Told

15 Apr 2019
Wow, it has been two years now since I started blogging. I will celebrate by not blogging! (Actually, it's dead week, and I don't really have time to put this…
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Mystery Blogger Award

14 Apr 2019
RULES Put the award logo/image on your blog List the rules. Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog. Mention the creator of the award and provide…
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Happy 1st Birthday To Tale Told

14 Apr 2018
Wow, this is it, a year of daily posts since the first barely-a-sentence from last April. I suppose it’s time for some self-reflection, some proffering of a directive. However, that…
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YouTube!!

4 Nov 2017
Short Stories Smoke in the Stars: YouTube|Page The Cuckoo's Toll: YouTube|Page The Empty Room: YouTube|Page Essays and Reflections Regarding Puddleglum: YouTube|Page Posts A Friend: YouTube|Post How I Knocked Out My Grandmother Using Jujitsu: YouTube|Post The Mask…
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You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile

2 Sep 20172 Sep 2017
This could be an interesting post. Traveling home from a wedding rehearsal, I found my car no longer accelerated. This revelation came as I was merging onto the highway. After…
By the Sword…

Serious Serial Serials

1 Sep 2017
I've added a new feature to my website. You can now find all the serials—three at the present—I've been writing, under one roof. I've really enjoyed these stories—don't worry, I…
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YouTube

30 Aug 2017
  Essays and Reflections Regarding Writing: YouTube|Page Just Sleeping: YouTube|Page Posts The Budding of Reason: YouTube|Post I Will Praise: YouTube|Post Equus Africanus Asinus: YouTube|Post The Mercy of God: YouTube|Post The Ultimatum: YouTube|Post Don't Panic: YouTube|Post My Friend Mario: YouTube|Post…
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Rest and Peace

17 Aug 2017
I just finished my summer term! It feels really good knowing I won’t have to get up and go to school for a few weeks. No more tests, no more…
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Writing Advice

16 Aug 2017
This morning I received an email asking me for writing advice. That advice, I herein publicize.  I pray a lot when I'm writing. I do this because more and more I…
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YouTube: My Writing in Audio

13 Aug 2017
Short Stories Fare Well: YouTube|Page Portrait: YouTube|Page Essays and Reflections The Beginning: YouTube|Page The Stone: YouTube|Page Whispers from the Shadows: YouTube|Page Posts Of Heroes and Monsters: YouTube|Post Appointment with Life:…

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  • Poems
    • Waiting on Charon
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    • Seeing
    • To a Friend
    • Forgotten Rose
    • Kingdom of Heaven
    • Sweet Love of Tender Vine
    • Reflections
    • Ash
    • Foul Heart
    • In Shadows
    • Give me Wings
    • A Song Ended
    • Rescued
    • The Fall
    • In Parting
    • The Hero Dies
    • See
    • Child in the Snow
    • Night Terrors
    • Heart of Wormwood
    • Power of Darkness
    • Alone
    • Let Us Go On Together
    • The Sacrifice
    • The Rebel’s Council
    • Cherished Woe
    • Monster Poems
      • Vampire’s Remorse
      • Werewolf’s End
      • Journey of the Zombie
      • Monster’s Name
      • Ghost’s Memories
      • Hyde’s Justice
      • Witches’ Desire
      • Jack’s Trick
      • Gorgon’s Veil
      • Patience of the Skeleton
      • Necromancer’s Song
      • Wendigo’s Feast
      • Gargoyle’s Repentance
      • Banshee’s Wail
    • Opened
    • The Reaping
    • Ghost Ship
    • Morning Light
    • Heaven’s Touch
    • In Progress: The Werewolf Epic
    • Darkest Hope
    • Undying Heart
    • Virtue’s End
    • The Way
    • To See Sun Rise
    • The Deviant
    • Dear Jim
    • No Morrow Brings Day
    • All Dead
    • Of The Dream
    • The Bitter Heartbeat
    • I Must Return
    • Seeds of Dreams
    • The Impersonal God
    • Graveyard’s Crooked Path
    • This Road Leads Home
    • Minotaur’s Birth
    • The Ship Beelzebub
    • New Life
    • Glory
    • Grimsley Hole
    • Dream On
    • The Maniac
    • Depressed Tin
    • No More
    • Sick
    • One Green Leaf
    • The Dog and the Door
    • The Eye of Death
    • Carry On Dream
    • Heart’s Dream
    • Otis’ Song
    • A Bitter Fen
    • A Hare’s Nightmare
    • A Devil’s Son
    • Candlelight
    • No Hope
    • Gouged Eyes
    • Despair and Die
    • Space Psalm
    • The Anti-Fascist
    • No Longer Mine’s to Be
    • The Choice Once Made
    • You Were There
    • Imago Dei
    • Until the Dawn
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    • A Cold Winter Walk
    • Achilles Amok
    • Before Life, In Eternity’s Door
    • The Black Castle
    • Stop the Rain
    • Pillars of the Sea
    • Leah for Rachel
    • Dona Eis Requiem
    • Hallowed Ground Broken
    • Fare Well
    • Time and Chance
    • Portrait
    • Smoke in the Stars
    • The Cuckoo’s Toll
    • The Empty Room
    • The Carnival
    • Knight is Falling
    • Children of Decay
    • To Endure
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Willow’s House
    • In Progress: The Eyes of God
    • Let Us Go Into the Light
    • This Day
    • Cold Inside
    • The Engineer
    • To Touch
    • Funeral Party
    • I Would Love Again
    • The Giant’s Mouth
    • Bring It Back
    • Son of Death
    • The House
    • And I Am Alone
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    • Interesting Questions
    • Coming Darkness
    • The Sea was Dead
  • Essays & Reflections
    • Materialism
    • Oh Great Sorrows
    • Whispers from the Shadows
    • A Discussion on the Symbolism and Meaning of Christ’s Words to Nathanael in the Gospel of John
    • My Strength
    • The Stone
    • I Couldn’t Hear the Screams
    • Newness
    • The Beginning
    • Sophomore
    • Regarding Writing
    • Just Sleeping
    • Regarding Puddleglum
    • Come!
    • Death of Hope
    • The Judgment of Man
    • The Grand Fractal
    • I Know Jesus
    • Sunrise
    • One True Christian
    • The Horrors of the Invisible World: Searching for Lingering Chills
    • Light in the Darkness
    • Hope Nevermore
    • Ent-draught
    • Meandering Thoughts on Art
    • Dear Friend
      • Dear Friend: Jesus Died and is Alive
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    • A Closer Look
    • Do Ghosts Exist?
    • A Blurry Look
  • Audio Posts
  • Serials
    • Wolf Head
      • 1. The Job
      • 2. Foreboding
      • 3. Aftermath
      • 4. Into the Night
      • 5. The Struggle
      • 6. Expelled
      • 7. Out From the Bones
      • 8. Respite
      • 9. Sunset
      • 10. Transformation
      • 11. The Shepherd
      • 12. The Party
      • 13. The Wolf
      • 14. Partners
      • 15. Foreshadows
      • 16. Freedom
      • 17. Eavesdropping
      • 18. Resolve
      • 19. Men and Boys
      • 20. Caught
      • 21. Rescue
      • 22. Rescue
      • 23. Bough’s Shadow
      • 24. Moon Rise
      • 25. High Noon
      • 26. Dying Light: Doppelganger
      • 27. Dying Light: The Calling
      • 28. Dying Light: Reborn
    • Intraworld
      • 1. A New World
      • 2. The Library
      • 3. Fairy Tales
      • 4. Floods of Darkness, Springs of Light
      • 5. Underground
      • 6. Maybes
    • By The Sword
      • How it Began
      • Questions
      • The Blackness of the Sea
      • Locks
      • Out of Time
      • Ariesland
      • Swords
      • The Eagle and the Lamb
      • Shadow of the Sisyphus
      • Confession
      • Compiler’s Note
      • Sermon on a Mount
      • The Pier
      • Mist
      • A Job
    • The Bureau of Clandestine Affairs
      • Cryptids
      • Interview of Inmate 37
      • Inquiry Into the Death of Inmate 37
      • Vampires
      • Incident Report
    • Post-Death Consciousness

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