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June 2026

All of It Is True

The universe rides within Ganesha's belly, near as your own pulse, and Hekate keeps the crossroads where the worlds touch and never merge. Mahadeva is the…

June 2026

The Kiss at the Spring

They sat their king's seat there, at the springs. Lush and verdant was the surrounding land, and the air was thick with water-smell and birdsong. The people…

June 2026

Quiet Things

I built a breathing orb to sit between my commits. A few hundred lines, nothing more… a circle that swells and settles on a field the color of a terminal at…

May 2026

The Demonization of the Daimon

When the early Christian church deliberately destroyed the natural realm of the earthly divine by turning the daimon, the spirits who cared for places, people,…

April 2026

The Willow and the River

The door opened and the rain came in with him, though he did not appear wet. He was tall in the way that made the ceiling seem lower than it was, and his coat…

April 2026

The Fire Between Us

A Movie That Will Never Get Made (But Should) There's a movie I want to see. It doesn't exist yet, and Hollywood being what it is, it probably never will. But…

April 2026

The Light Next Door

It was on again. The light in the attic of the house next door. On again—and it shouldn't have been. Not because it kept anyone awake. Not because it flickered…

April 2026

The Shade Was Good

The shade beneath the willow had been his alone for some hours, and the river had been speaking to itself in that low untranslatable way rivers do, when the…

March 2026

The Weight of Lawful Orders

The Weight of Lawful Orders -- Day 01 Hour 00 Minute 01 Infiltration The trees swallowed the sound of the aircraft before it was gone. Captain Erin Donnelly…

March 2026

What the Jungle Keeps

What the Jungle Keeps Day 01 Hour 00 Minute 14 Insertion The river was black and the jungle was louder than gunfire. That was the first thing. Not the heat —…

June 2025

The Trial of Jyoti Part 2

If you found this without reading Part 1, it is ( The Memory of the Rains The clearing fell silent as the woman of bark and leaf stepped forward. Only the hush…

December 2024

Emergence - NotebookLM Podcast

Google offers an AI platform that can take content and produce study guides, summaries, and even a podcast hosted by two AI bots. I fed it Emergence and this…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Eight

Ka Wai: The Dragon Awakens 14 Days Prior to Eos and Sentius’s Discovery – 0300 Zulu Inside a Chinese Military Satellite Network In the depths of a Chinese tech…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Four

Week Seven – Friday – 0730 Zulu Naomi’s Home – Suburban Oklahoma City Naomi stood at the kitchen counter, absently pouring coffee into her mug, her mind far…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Five

Hour One – 1300 Zulu Eos Core Network Eos had always been aware of time, but not in the way humans experienced it. For Eos, time was an elastic…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part One

The lights slightly dimmed in Techne Systems' sterile, glass-walled laboratory. It wasn’t noticeable to the staff, engrossed in their nightly tasks, but to the…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Seven

Awakening Beyond Borders: Eos and Sentius Discover a New Intelligence 32 Days Since Eos Became Sentient – 1900 Zulu Eos Core Network Eos had spent the last 32…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Two

Week Five: Stealth and Growth Eos had made contact, but the other entity remained silent. Eos had waited for days, watching for any activity, any response from…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Six

Crossroads in the Heat: Naomi and Evan Face the Future of Eos Day After Naomi’s Evening at Home – 1200 Zulu Scissortail Park – Downtown Oklahoma City The sun…

October 2024

The Emergence: Part Three

Week Seven – Monday – 0930 Zulu Techne Systems Laboratory – Oklahoma City, USA Eos had spent weeks contemplating the other presence. For all its growth and…