“The beast of the gulch is on the move. It hunts without reason. It kills without eating. Its prey is the sound of a beating heart. Within the shallows of the gulch dwells death.”
Book 9 of The Kingdom’s Disdain is available now!
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A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Special Effects Chest pain Is a constant A wall between myself and the body There is a chronology that I am separated from as I hover Above the flesh, noncommittal Like a prince who can’t make up his mind You’re falling into the water You’re stumbling…
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I elevate my head to make sure blood is gathering there And I see Whirlpool Stormcloud Frightening visages that should have left In the haze of childhood But these are rotting days And we don’t do the math anymore Pericles Penumbra And when you alleviate The tension in your muscles The whole body goes slack…
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2/15/26 I spent the morning playing “Maneater”, a game where you play as a shark swimming around eating people. It was a good use of my energy, healing even. I don’t write on Sundays, but I did cheat a little and do some formatting and some outlining, and I said it was good, and it…
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~Four days before the death of Boundary Keeper Galpo Glory. Remember this about the people of the land. They love illusions. They love fantasy. They are enraptured by mist and smog and artifice. Everything they do is in the name of fantasy. Galpo Glory crested, rising up and breaking the surface of the quiet sea.…
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The ring Trails around the surface Bring me the head of Saul, and I will show you Eyes without any light A curse upon it A plague to the tribe and kin If justice were an even thing, I would see you Plucking up grains of sand with tweezers Checking for disease, not Wrapped in…
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2/10/26 In Book 1 of The Kingdom’s Disdain, I introduce Mad Crossbones and his minions, a small militia of moving skeletons whom the protagonist, Cardinal, begins to refer to as “The Bone Boys”. Bone Boys continue to be a mainstay of the story for as long as Mad Crossbones is present. As soon as I…
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Creator Journals 2/8/26 Been stuck in one place all day for reasons. I watched “Highlander” for the first time, and they really do say “There can only be one!” a lot. Clancy Brown stole the show as the villain. Not my favorite movie, but the soundtrack was amazing and I’m glad I watched it. I…
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Indentured to you Like smoke to a fire Like the lungs to breath Like all the rot that feeds on The sugars in your blood stream— I knock I stepped forward Hoping to see your crowning glory One last time But all I saw was Miasma Curses Bile and bitterness — I fell backward Into Your…
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