Fading Suns re-ignites!
For those of you who may not remember, I may have had a hand in this It was a great delight to work on that project… holy hells… almost 20 …
My Bright Full Moon
This week, a friend linked me to a song and after I heard it, I couldn’t stop crying. After that, I had to look up the lyrics and even though …
Bog-bodies? Or bog-zombies?
So, I’m reading up on ‘bog bodies’, which are basically Northern European folks from the Bronze & early Iron age. Due to specific features in bogs (highly acidic, low oxygen, …
Thematic Resonance in Civilizational Superstructure
The human story, at its base, holds a fairly simple framework. An ape-ancestor, both a puzzle-solver and obsessed with time, stumbles over persistence hunting and ends up inventing both a …
New Flash Fic: Where the Food Goes
Xanhur sighed. “I couldn’t get past the first conclusion.” “I thought the report was clear.” Squipsep came up short. Primarily because he was hyperventilating with the stress. “Go through it …
The Reality of Being “Human”
Every culture on the planet has an origin story, a way they describe how things came from not-being to being. In this, they often have a mythic narrative that also …
On the anniversary of Zombie Patient Zero
I want to offer the following suggestions: If you see a zombie (patient zero), immediately and publicly declare it as risen / a messiah / a deity / a demigod. …
In Ice, She Sleeps
So one day I’m in this discussion about how the prince in Cinderella is obviously under the effect of fairy magic and why didn’t his parents figure that out? That …
On Appropriation
1) I am not a fan of civilization. That might be apparent from me being on -rewilding- boards and transition movements. 2) Some folks have asked if it’s okay to …
And a Time For Grieving…
have it marked in my calendar, right or wrong, that today is the birthday of my friend. The one who died 7 months ago. I’ve lit a candle, sage, prayed, …