Monthly Archives: January 2014

You Don’t Even Have Time For Only The Best

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Take this seriously: Read only the absolute best you can find. If a book or story begins to fail you, toss it over your shoulder and find one that compels you to keep reading. You think you have all the … Continue reading →

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Oblique Obligatory Observations

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Gene Stewart

9/11? Demolition. Obviously so. Now drink the fucking Kool-ade and shut the fuck up, you crazies, you conspiracy nuts, you freaks with tin-foil on your head who’d rather believe your own eyes, your own thinking, and physics than us, your … Continue reading →

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Nightmare Color’s Origin

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Gene Stewart

As a child I had a recurring nightmare. I’d find myself crouched in a ditch or trench in eerie teal darkness.  It was always hellishly hot.  Silence held me in suspense for reasons I could not fathom but it felt … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

There are days when love is not enough, when you need justice, too.  Those are the hopeless days when it’s best to hole up in solitude so you don’t hurt or kill anyone you might later regret having hurt or … Continue reading →

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Cthonic Plea Sans Divinity’s Grace

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Spectral stone, striations gradient of shadowed truth Split flat, fashioned into stained stone majesty, Our window into frozen hearts bequeaths us colors Buried under unseen time, uncovered, happy accident, In violent strikes against a stock-still earthen mound; In artifacts lie … Continue reading →

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Whispers From the Alcove

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Gene Stewart

It’s funny, what one is worth, isn’t it? You know the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” but you never know how painful it can be. A masterless samurai is a ronin. What is a knight errant with no … Continue reading →

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