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Wolf-​​​​Man-​​​​God

A casu­alty of the internecine war­fare between the gods of Mt. Olym­pus and the beasts that inhab­ited my body, I had assumed, like any good trooper who had fought for the gods in those days, that my body was the … Con­tinue read­ing

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A Few Smoldering Embers

Feel­ing the need to con­sult my fac­ul­ties, that night I sought out the coun­sel of my old men­tor as we sat around the fire of my heart’s desires at the mouth of the tun­nel of vision where, accord­ing to him, … Con­tinue read­ing

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To Love the Beast Within You

What does the man in black mean?“ I asked my men­tor. “It is dif­fi­cult to say, my son,“ he replied, “with­out going back to the begin­ning of the encounter, and work­ing our way through this seem­ingly incom­pre­hen­si­ble maze of sym­bols. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Are We All Eggmen?

A-​​​​a-​​​​ah!“ I screamed out in anguish. “What’ve I become?“ “A bro­ken egg!“ replied my shadow in jest. “Aw, shut up,“ I yelled out, in my anger over hav­ing received such a stu­pid response. “I ain’t no god­damn egg.“ “What you say is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Out of Sync

You have your beliefs, Dury,“ refuted Marty, “and I have mine. And I believe in usin’ brute force when nec­es­sary. Ya can’t talk to a f—-n’ ani­mal, Dury, when it’s in attack mode, cause the dumb f—-r ain’t gonna under­stand … Con­tinue read­ing

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Enlightenment

That week­end as I sat up top­side at my usual perch mulling over the events of the last few days, I turned my atten­tion to the cloud hang­ing over my head. Look­ing up at the only dark cloud in the … Con­tinue read­ing

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A Split Personality

Declin­ing to indulge, I drifted into a lit­tle pipe dream of my own. Con­fronted by the angelic aspect of my shadow, was I split down the mid­dle as his sword came crash­ing down upon my head and cleaved me into … Con­tinue read­ing

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Fantasy Forged in Hell

The Bangkok was just as muddy a river as the mighty olé Mis­sis­sip’, back home. Except for an occa­sional glance from those thatched huts and stilted shanties which peeped through the dense foliage that skirted her loins, her banks revealed … Con­tinue read­ing

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War Is Really About…

The time is approach­ing,“ he con­cluded, “when you will be forced to enter my domain to match wits with the forces of dark­ness, unless you pre­fer killing images of real peo­ple ver­sus those of your imag­i­na­tion.“ “To be per­fectly hon­est,“ … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Beast Has Been Unleashed

Still shak­ing, I sat down on my usual perch up top­side, in an effort to regain my com­po­sure. As my thoughts wan­dered out over the sur­face of the water, I came to an under­stand­ing of what my soul’d meant when … Con­tinue read­ing

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