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The Mirror of Understanding

Posted on November 15, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

A parable about how you might become invisible when you get older

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The Library of Quiet Love

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A parable about an authoritarian take over of words and stories

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The Last Gentleman Thief

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

In an age of tech crime the last of the great thieves takes one last job

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The Cottage On the Hill

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A story about a broken man and his journey to understanding of life and sheep

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Forward Post

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A space marine stands guard over a forward command post on an alien planet

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Me and the Void

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

I imagine a conversation with the void, as I examine the Nietzsche quote “if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

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Erinmore Flake

Posted on November 15, 2025November 17, 2025 by admin

Inspired by the smell of pipe smoke, a man remembers his father and fishing trips they shared when he was young

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Dooley’s Cairn and the Dullahan

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A Halloween story about the dangers of being a grouch and annoying the headless horseman of myth

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Seven Ravens on the Malone Road

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A story based around a house I used to live in and the crovids that lived in the trees that I would feed and talk to

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Aine’s Thorn

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by admin

A cautionary tale about Fairy Thorns, bulldozers and not being a complete dick

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