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The Age of Crows: Glorious Yongqui, Part 3

VIII. Duryodan returned with Li Linfu to the same spot where he had summoned him, high atop the mountain overlooking the massive army camped below.…


“Laugh it Off,” “How Do Ya Not See?,” “Oh, the Knots Her Soul May Tie,” and “Why I Hate Working Again”

Laugh it Off sometimes I remember all the hardass “work dads” who raised me when I was a young lad and feel sorry for them because now I understand…


Nurse

Christmas Day, 2020 She had been ordered to stay inside for medical purposes. There was supposed to be no one else because of the virus. No matter;…


Terror House Radio, Episode #49: Man of Culture

On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor go solo to talk about the works of Thomas Ligotti, the Björk stalker, and the…


For I Have Sinned

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” --- Alexander Pope Syracuse, Sicily: 1980 Standing near the phone in his boarding school dormitory, Gregorio…


Ruins XIV i

I take this shortcut from my place to Jeff’s house that cuts my walking time considerably and at the end of it stands a house we call the Fuck Shop…


The Peterson Dedication

It had been a spectacular year for Sarah Peterson, the country’s Chief Medical Officer. Although clearly having the credentials, having graduated in…


The Garden of Eden

The children played by the stream, babbling happily along as it always had done. They played and laughed in the summer sun. They moved under the…


Luminaria, Chapter 5: How it Happened — Adonai

To say I haven’t been happy with what’s been going on lately is an understatement. Lance Rey is out of control. I am one of the few people who knows…


The New Intervention

"It always hurts around this time," Libby told her therapist. "That's when my mother passed. She died in the hospital alone, nothing but a stark ICU…