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The Babelites, Chapter 5

I cancelled all my plans. My day was nothing but preparation. My account had enough money to pay the bills for a few months, so I wasn’t worried. In fact, I wasn’t worried at all. I was going to make the best decision of my life. Yet, as I stuffed another pair of clothes into my suitcase, a nagging feeling pulled at me from the back of my mind, whispering its toxin into my ear. Wasn’t this too…

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The Babelites, Chapter 4

The next day, I woke up to the sight of my friend John sleeping on a couple blankets on the floor. Good old John. Never left my side the whole night. As for me, my headache had subsided into a minor tingling in the back of my brain, but that only worried me. The dreams from last night had died, too, which was a nice counterweight to the worries. Hell, I couldn’t even remember any of the contents…

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The Babelites, Chapter 3

The next day, I woke up early. My alarm cut an aggressively cheerful tune through the air, and I fumbled my hand along my nightstand next to me until I pressed the small snooze button on the top of it. It was rare to see threads of sunlight peeking through my blinds thanks to the skypiercers and airways, but I was lucky enough to be graced by them. Thank goodness. I reached my hand under them and…

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The Babelites, Chapter 2

Usually, I let my television continue its proud duty of gathering dust, but for my off-day, I decided to clean it off and take a look at what was on. Last time I looked, I was inundated with at least a million advertisements, all trying to sell me on some new headset meant to simulate whatever dream vacation I wanted. Once, when I was desperate, I stayed up till 3 a.m. to see an infomercial about…

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This is a little something I've had in the works for a while. A month, to be exact. Here is the first chapter of what I hope to be my first-ever novella about a sci-fi dystopia about cosmic horrors and one man's struggle to maintain his humanity. I hope you enjoy it!

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I need to address something.

I didn’t want to have to dust off my barely used blog for this, but I have to put this out there. I feel so much sadness and anger over the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Many more things are churning inside me right now, like some vomit-green stew filled with horror and fear. Knowing there are people out there celebrating the death of a good man, who only wanted to bridge the gap between those…

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What I intend to do with this blog.

Oh goodness. I haven’t written anything on this blog in such a long time. I initially intended to use it to post all my short stories or whatever musings I had, but life has taken such a toll on me lately I forgot to keep on posting. I don’t even know if anyone here remembers me on this site at all if I had any following. But I suppose this is what happens when your own mental health is a mess…

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The Imposter

I am nothing. Nobody knows that yet, but they will soon enough. For mine is the business of packaging the same stale lies and truths in all kinds of boxes, shipping them out to anyone who will listen, to any who will curse these words. No one really has any monopoly on these truths whatsoever. No artist can. But I am writing this not merely for my own edification. I am writing this as my…

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Unlikely Conversion...

I must admit, as someone who left church as a child when I didn’t believe in Christianity, coming to this faith again is something I find rather unnerving. Strangely, it never really left me; I wonder why? Something in me must have held on. Something inside me must have believed, deep down, that God truly exists, and he’s always here. I’ve felt it for a long, long time, even when I thought for…

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A Short Hymn

Our Father, who art in Heaven, May the days ahead be blessed with golden spears of sunlight Lancing through the darkness to drive the demons back to Hell. May our lands be fruitful and our promises kept, That from the ashes of yesterday’s sorrows Rise The sounds of joyful laughter from the children, All of whom carry the voice of God with them. May demons know the fires of Hell Burn with…

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Commission: Whoops!

Yura stared at the airlock and tapped his foot impatiently. Patted all of his tiny leather compartments to make sure everything was in place. Looked up and wondered when God was finally going to let them out. It had been sixteen minutes and there was no signal, where were they going anyway— “Yura, Yura! You’re talking to yourself again! Why don’t you stop drowning in your brain juices and…

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Prompt: Living Forever

Do you want to live forever? There’s a lot of things to think about for that, but I guess the answer I pick is: not really. Don’t get me wrong: I wish to learn as much as I possibly can! But once I’ve learned everything I can learn in life, then, what’s left? Creating problems, as far as I’m concerned.

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A Modest Letter

Dear Jesus, I know it’s been a while since I wrote back to You, but I’ve been doing much better lately! I only watched two porn videos instead of three today! That’s got to be a new record, right? Not to mention I managed to donate to at least three charities and managed to help six homeless people! Yeah, I’m doing real good, aren’t I? Now, I know what You’re thinking. Well, no, I really don’t,…

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50 Views!

Wow, I didn’t think I’d achieve 50 views on this blog, but I’ve been proven wrong! Thank you to everyone who came by to look over here. I really appreciate it!

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The Need For Stillness

The Need For Stillness

As I’ve come to realize my own position in life, as a 29-year-old still living at his parents’ house, broke and unable to get my own place, I’ve tried to make the most of things and improve as a person. And one of the things that I’ve had to look at is my own attitude toward happiness and relaxation. I would not call myself a very calm person. A lot of the time, I get anxious about a lot of…

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Breath of the Heart

Breath of the Heart

She stood on the stone balcony for what would be the final time. Staring up at the tapestry of stars woven by angels, Bianca felt her brown skin grow rife with goosebumps, her black wavy hair tossing in the winter wind. Down below, the guests for her party arrived, primly and properly dressed, and let her eyes droop. And then, he appeared. With a voice like a smith’s hammer slamming against an…

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Book Review: Ready Player One

Book Review: Ready Player One

(I’m trying a little something different with this review, and as someone who loves books a lot, I’m hoping this comes off well.) As someone who grew up in the 90s with both a Sega Genesis and a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, my nostalgia was more rooted in games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario, none of which come up here. Having said that, none of the nods to Atari, coin-op arcade…

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