My family never gave a fiddler’s fuck about me; they were always obsessed with my brothers and sisters. They got priority while I was shoved to the background. It’s probably why I’ve looked to align myself with everyone I … Read More
How to Trust
“Trust is a fickle thing, Harry.” “It’s a bit like a child. At first, you’re supposed to hold it close to your chest, cherish it, and nurture it as it deserves. It can’t grow unless you feed it, and it … Read More
Rise and Fall
It’s an old adage that sometimes there are things you cannot learn without experiencing them. Knowledge from observing or being told how it feels pales in comparison to finding out first hand and the ugly truth of heroes in Arcadia … Read More
Hasty Actions
Being hasty is the recklessness of the youth. It’s been a factor that’s been given again and again from the elderly down to the bright eyed hopeful youth for ages. Don’t be reactionary, take the time you need to think … Read More
Taste Is A Trick
You ever watch a man take pleasure in something ugly? Not tolerate it. Not wince through it. I mean savour it. Let it melt on the tongue like sin disguised as sweetness. That’s you, Anton. Every twitch of pain, every … Read More
You Are A Tool
A craftsman is only as good as their tools. For instance, do you think I could fabricate the most unique garments for the highest of society with an amateur’s array? Hardly. Behold, the tools of my world-renowned trade, the function … Read More
You Are A Gun
“The hand pulls the safety off, the finger pulls the trigger.” “Isn’t it funny how often, what we fear the most is harmless on it’s own? A cowardly wolf with no pack, a hatchet abandoned in the flesh it is … Read More
Only a Man
You know what happens when a Christian dies? I do. I’ve ferried more of them across the river than you could count in a lifetime. Preachers. Zealots. Sinners wrapped in Sunday suits. Martyrs without the war. And they all say … Read More
“Better Out Than In”
Once upon a time, I had a problem. Gas. Not the kind you pump into a generator. Not the kind that powers Arcadia’s systems. No, I mean the kind that bloats you up, that stretches your belly until you feel … Read More