Author Archives: Sir EJ Drury II

About Sir EJ Drury II

Having grown up in eastern Missouri, Sir E.J. entered the Navy after a brief stint at the US Naval Academy. For two long years did he struggle, in and out of sleep, with the true enemy of mankind--the Beast. And for the past twenty has he struggled to give form to his latest book, A Different Kind of Sentinel, that you, the reader, might decide to join the fray to save humanity from its self and the destructive side of its animal nature.

The Real Hidden Within the Imaginable

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

While an ani­mal encoun­ters no one, not even its own self, we humans are more for­tu­nate, or unfor­tu­nate depend­ing upon how you view the mat­ter, in that we can encounter our Selves on four dif­fer­ent lev­els. In encoun­ters of the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The True Meaning of Forgiveness

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

“If I had it all to do over again,“ pro­claimed the cor­po­ral, “I, who never once thought I’d choose jail over tails—or the wail of my soul over the tales of a good fight—would refuse to go. For am I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Transcending the Meanness of Our Animalistic Materialism

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

“…That’s when I saw her,“ pro­claimed the young cor­po­ral. “Saw who?“ I blurted out as I was pulled back into his world at the mere men­tion of her. “As I held him close,“ the cor­po­ral went on to say of his … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Work of Art of Indescribable Beauty

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

[Drawn back to the final scene of my con­fronta­tion with the Fat Man, I found my self stand­ing beneath the cross of Christ as the sol­dier thrust his lance into Jesus’ side. Drenched in blood ’n’ water, I saw the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Beast In Us

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

“…Angered at the loss of yet another mem­ber of my pla­toon,“ con­tin­ued the cor­po­ral, “I’d go wild with hate, killin’ as many gooks as I could to avenge this death and assuage my fear of dyin’ if I didn’t start … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A Pocket of Turbulence

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

[Hav­ing suc­cumbed to the sud­den swell of a ring­ing sound in my ears, I found my self stand­ing out­side my body, look­ing a bit like the Lil­liput­ian who first dis­cov­ered Gulliver’s pon­der­ous body lying ship­wrecked on the isle of his … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Memories That Haunt

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

Forced by a lack of suf­fi­cient funds to rely upon the mercy of the mil­i­tary to get me back to the main­land, I man­aged, after a brief wait—in mil­i­tary parlance—of sev­eral hours, to land a seat, for next to noth­ing, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Single Most Important Archaeological Dig

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

Hav­ing com­pleted most of the first year of my enlist­ment, under any­thing but ideal con­di­tions, I was granted per­mis­sion to take thirty days leave on the sixth of Jan­u­ary, just one month to the day shy of my anniver­sary date. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Pain of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

Hav­ing grown weary of try­ing to free my fac­ul­ties and this recal­ci­trant self of mine from their impris­on­ment in nature, I flipped a coin and decided to go back to ship instead of jail when it came up tails and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Rightful Heir

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

“Is not the essence or soul of the beast the very map you seek, to help you locate the trea­sure of your own immor­tal­ity?“ asked my men­tor. “Seek then to under­stand the sym­bols on the map, lest you be led … Con­tinue read­ing →

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