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CRON: Episode 2 (a serialised short story)

Emperor Cron, ruler of one of the Nine Worlds of FAMBER, has sought refuge and exile on a backwards planet in a distant galaxy. Persuading the natives to admini...

She Was Leaving! [from The Chronicles of Gus the Bastard]

Sat in my living-room, dressed and primed to venture out of doors, I was waiting. Again. She? Well, she was leaving. Finally. However, in truly typical style, s...

The Road to Inspiration

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CRON: Episode 1 (a serialised short story)

Emperor Cron, ruler of one of the Nine Worlds of FAMBER, has sought refuge and exile on a backwards planet in a distant galaxy. Persuading the natives to admini...

The Way it Works Sometimes

The Song. When I first heard it, I was alone in my bedroom in my parent's flat in London late at night, and it came on the radio. I can't remember why I was bac...

DEMONS

The demons are brothers. But they are unequal in stature and ferocity. The Poor Man goes out daily to face Despair. The World is not of his making, and it bends...

Someone To Talk To.

Fine. I admit. I talk to myself. I think that everyone does it to some extent, although I could just be excusing my own insanity. But I mean, if you're working ...

Past Ikem: TAXI!

[DISCLOSURE: Things have changed, what with Uber and its ilk. And I'm no longer such an asshole (I know! I'm disappointed too; life wears down even the worst of...

JOGGING: Perspective of a Lazy Bastard

It's shite. Really. You see people doing it. Quite regularly in fact, at all hours and in all weathers, and your first thought is that they're insane. Go with y...

Villains

Not every story has one; at least not embodied in a single entity. Yet every Villain has many stories. Recall, if you would, the immortal Wolf who terrorised bo...

Why is propaganda effective? How does mental corruption take place?

I am a big proponent of critical thinking. I talk about it fairly frequently here. Recently I encountered a new steemit user who indicated that "Voluntaryism do...

Messing About With Fairytales

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Dam's Reaction to excitement for WAR.

"Calm yourself." "Despite the teachings of your most popular entertainments, there is no glory in war. Only Death…and deeds by the Living that warrant such. It ...

Suffering

Suffering Did you hear the story of Odysseus? He that went to war for his king. Did you hear of the heinous misery one simple curse did bring Ten circuits round...