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      • Despair and Die
      • Space Psalm
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      • No Longer Mine’s to Be
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        • Witches’ Desire
        • Gorgon’s Veil
        • Patience of the Skeleton
        • Necromancer’s Song
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      • The Bureau of Clandestine Affairs
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        • Interview of Inmate 37
        • Inquiry Into the Death of Inmate 37
        • Incident Report
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Captian's Log

Rising Sun

26 Jan 2019
While the others lay sleeping, he sat up, gazing out into the eternal darkness, the empty starless night surrounding them, their heaven and their hell, their north and south, their…
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Short Story: Son of Death

21 Jan 2019
Please read: Son of Death Excerpt: None paid attention to the slight glimmer, the haze building around him, as he stepped between the hedges. In another moment, he was invisible. Why?…
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Rough Draft: Death’s Son

19 Jan 2019
With a sigh, he pulled the sock out of G.’s mouth. “Traitor,” G.’s head said from its box in the passenger seat. Shivers ran up and down Pluto’s spine. Reaching…
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Apologies

3 Jan 2019
Preparing for bed, I was gripped by a sudden panic, realizing I hadn’t put together a post for tonight. Scrambling, I cannot think of anything to write on such short…
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Rough Thesis: Lenora Was in the Darkness

6 Nov 2018
Below is a thesis for a possible paper I'll be writing: Science has at times been likened to the mythological basilisk “which kills what it sees and only sees by…
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Short Story: The Giant’s Mouth

4 Nov 2018
Please Read: The Giant’s Mouth I started this story more than four months ago when on a trip, and have regretfully left it unfinished, that is, unfinished 'til now. It originally…
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Rough Draft: Death’s Rail

15 Jul 2018
In the manner of an apology, I present these diverse works, for time like a thief has stolen upon me, and nothing have I completed. They are in rough form,…
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Poem: Glory

10 Jul 201810 Jul 2018
Please read: Glory A short poem about Jörmungandr, and one who stood against it.
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The Chase

13 Jun 2018
“It’s a tall order.” There was no response from the young writer. He sat at his desk, covered in shadows, staring at a piece of paper. A pen rested in…
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Sonnet: Minotaur’s Birth

10 Jun 2018
Please read: Minotaur’s Birth excerpt: A monster grows inside my tender womb; his horns, not dull, already sprout and pierce. No fleshy toes are his, but like my groom —a…

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    • Ash
    • Foul Heart
    • In Shadows
    • Give me Wings
    • A Song Ended
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    • 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
  • Short Stories
    • 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
  • 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
  • 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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