Jun 10The Intersection: A Tale of Cosmic Horror (Chapter Two)Chapter Two The detective felt that Herbert’s eyes were as vast as the ocean and as black as the darkest abyss. For a moment, he thought he saw entire galaxies spinning and twisting within Herbert’s benighted pupils. The detective shook the thought away, and, much to his surprise pushed himself…Cosmic Horror5 min read
May 27The Intersection: A Tale of Cosmic Horror (Chapter One)Chapter One Herbert sat on the edge of the hospital bed, feeling very much like a child as his legs dangled, the tips of his toes just brushing the tile floor. The attending nurse removed a blood-pressure cuff from Herbert’s arm, pushed the machine haphazardly against the wall, and then…Cosmic Horror5 min read
May 25The Intersection: A Tale of Cosmic Horror (Prologue)Prologue There are foul and evil places — locales where hideous gargoyles perch fat and bloated atop blasphemous cliffs, and vile worms carve their way sluggishly through blasted, rotted earth. Fortunately, these places often hide in the far-flung distances of the cosmos, invisible to those of us who live, work…Cosmic Horror1 min read
May 21Embraced by the Loa: EpilogueEpilogue (Taken from the Book of Zia as translated by Harold P. Dunsany in the year 1910). N’thoth and N’thuin, the Servants of eternal Yoth, shall be placed into fleshly vessels. When the time is right and the planets are in alignment, the Loa, the harbingers of Yid, shall escort…Cosmic Horror1 min read
May 21Embraced by the Loa: Chapter FourChapter Four: Rebirth When Samuel’s eyes finally opened, he bore witness to an undulating wave of unspeakable terror. Shadows of all shapes and sizes crowded the inner workings of the farmhouse. He saw a horrific display of madness and grotesquerie not meant for human eyes. There were wild demi-humans that…Cosmic Horror3 min read
May 20Embraced by the Loa: Chapter ThreeChapter Three: Upon the Precipice Samuel and Jesse drove in silence, not saying a word, not admitting to each other or themselves the uncanny horror they had just witnessed. They simply sat quietly, trying to absorb the inexplicable situation. Occasionally one of them would look behind them, making sure the…Fiction3 min read
May 18Embraced by the Loa: Chapter TwoChapter Two: Whatley A million sporadic thoughts ran through Samuel’s head as he saw the hunting rifle leveled at his chest. He wanted to charge, to scream, to knock the gun away and be the hero, but he knew it would be useless. Every thought ended the same — with…Fiction4 min read
May 15Embraced by the Loa: Chapter OneChapter One: Welcome to Sczio. A dark blue Honda Civic screams down a twisting county road. Samuel is at the wheel, and he is taking another long pull from the bottle of Smirnoff that he picked up back in town. He cringes slightly as the perfume-and-gasoline flavor flows down his…Fiction6 min read
May 11The Story of the Brazen BullPerrilous of Athens was a simple man with a keen knowledge of engineering and bronze smithing. Though knowledgeable and even somewhat useful at times, he was still nothing more than an acquiescent slave to Phylaros, the Tyrant of Akragas. As a slave, Perrilous was afforded only the rights granted by…Horror Fiction5 min read
May 10Music Review: IC3PEAK: The Russian Electro-Trap-Metal Duo That Embodies a New Generation of RebellionI have only discovered IC3PEAK recently, but their tracks have been in consistent rotation on my YouTube playlist. I don’t know much about the group, but I know they have a great fucking sound. Composed of members Nastya Kreslina and Nickolay Kostilev, IC3PEAK speaks volumes about the sociopolitical tensions within…Ic 3 Peak2 min read
