The Sins We Remember Fondly, Part 2
IV. I believe that confidence in social situations usually stems from a lack of introspection. The more you think about any given topic, the more you…
A Waking Nightmare
"Life is more like wrestling than dancing." --- Antoninus, vii. 61. Jared had always been a strange man. Not in a bad way, mind you: just a curious…
The Sins We Remember Fondly, Part 1
I. Loneliness is quite possibly the worst emotion we can experience, especially if it becomes habitual. This is all the more true if our loneliness…
Wayward Youth
A Father’s Memoir to His Sons, Drawn from the de Blois Family Archive and Translated from the Original French Please try to understand: when my…
The Cards You’re Dealt
“I think this gentleman is waiting, ladies,” the man said. I was caught a bit off-guard by this. I had been watching the bearded man read tarot cards…
A Troubled Mind
“The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.” --- Stephen King, Bag of Bones My fascination with the macabre is absolute. This is what…
Samhain in the Desert
The wisest of Earth’s sages have hinted at the fact that our planet is under quarantine. It is not coincidental that our attempts to explore outer…
The Smoking Nun
“There is Christ, or there is death.” This was an odd thing for Andrew to say, given the man’s generally jovial character, and was sufficiently…
Modern Life and Other Bad Jokes
Chekhov hit the nail on the head over a hundred years ago when he identified the social causes of mental illness. The human mind is not meant to live…
Working the Night Shift
Burke hated his job. He was a security guard for Preston Hall, a private institution dedicated to promoting science education at the high school…
