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TDV 99: It Concludes In A Receptacle
Posted: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:08:18 +0000
Crisp, colorful, autumn leaves crunched beneath my footsteps as I walked through the tree archways of my neighborhood on a brisk, overcast afternoon. Every few moments, a gust of wind whistled above me, sending leaves to the whim of the hibernating world. A pulse of soothing electronic music ebbed from my headphones into contemplative thought […]
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TDV 98: Spirit Dispersion
Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:24:11 +0000
You will be with me forever,” Mother of a Thousand Minds whispered into the ear of the man she held within her arms. She pressed herself against him tightly and released us. Go, my little ones, she said in thought as I and thousands of her minds became small spike appendages that extended from her […]
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Halloween Greeting 2016: Cat Parasite
Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 06:52:42 +0000
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TDV 97: The Kids Go First
Posted: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 04:32:40 +0000
Ding-dong. The doorbell rang. I hesitatingly placed a bookmark in my afternoon read, pulled myself up from the couch, and lurched towards the front door. When I got there, I pressed my eye to the peephole to scout the visiting presence. Barely within view were two children somewhere between the ages of seven and nine—a […]
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TDV 96: The Lantern And Its Book
Posted: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:54:35 +0000
While vacationing with friends and family in a remote and beautiful range of densely-forest-covered mountains, I made the bold decision to backpack alone into the wilderness for a night; no one else had the desire or equipment to join me. Being an adventurer, I bought a map, found a region I liked, and decided to […]
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TDV 95: The Midnight Magician
Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:06:44 +0000
The Secronomus, its face and body of black shards jutting forth and its eyes of red crystal, impartially watched from its throne as I performed an act of transmogrifying juggling. Simple, smooth balls of silvery metal effortlessly circled into the air from hand to hand before whirling and warping into different beasts and entities that […]
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TDV 94: The Ruination Die
Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 01:53:38 +0000
There were palm readers, fortune tellers, and clairvoyants, but I was nothing like them. Where others saw auras and energies, I saw numbers. Each and every person that ever entered my view was accompanied by a number—a number that could not be known by the individual it belonged to unless I divulged it. The numbers […]
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TDV 93: Little Angels
Posted: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:54:36 +0000
The pig brain swelled. Fluids popped and hissed from its folds and grooves. Dr. Mayoris slightly increased the temperature inside the incubator containing it. “So are you still set on the placement of your angel?” he asked me. His black and white hound’s-tooth coat offset his ungainly face. “Yes, behind my left eye,” I said, […]
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TDV 92: Infernobot
Posted: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:55:22 +0000
Technology had connected the universe, making space suitable for recreational and residential dwellings, travel between livable planets acceptable in duration, and old age such a slow onset that populations overran worlds. Death was still the unknown, and I wanted to find it–not by dying, but by seeking its destination. The purple sky—mingling with aqua light […]
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Book Giveaway 31
Posted: Mon, 16 May 2016 08:35:59 +0000
This book giveaway is celebrating the awards The Spirit Collectors dark fantasy novel has picked up! Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, May 16th to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: Ten (10) signed hardcover copies of: THE SPIRIT COLLECTORS Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) […]
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Book Giveaway 30
Posted: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:03:08 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, January 18th to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: One (1) hardcover copy of CLASSIC HORROR STORIES (BARNES & NOBLE COLLECTIBLE EDITIONS) One (1) hardcover copy for every 25 entries of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH OR THE […]
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Promo: The Dark Verse, Vol. 1 Hardcover Reprint
Posted: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:04:38 +0000
Help me bring back THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1 hardcover book! I am currently running a crowdfunding campaign to reprint The Dark Verse, Vol. 1 hardcover book. I printed 1,000 copies back when I first published the book in 2009, and five years later, at the end of 2014, I sold out. I need your help to again […]
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Book Giveaway 29
Posted: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:30:07 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, January 4th to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: One (1) hardcover copy of H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION Two (2) hardcover copies of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH OR THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 3: BEYOND THE […]
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Book Giveaway 28
Posted: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:25:55 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Wednesday, December 23rd to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: Three (3) hardcover copies of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH OR THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 3: BEYOND THE GRIP OF TIME THREE WINNERS! WINNER CHOOSES BOOK! Winners will […]
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TDV 91: Costumes Of Reality
Posted: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:45:06 +0000
Outside, frogs croaked by the hundreds. The recent rains had swelled the nearby creek allowing for a brief metropolis of amphibian prolificacy. They had never before caused me much delay when it came to falling asleep, but this evening their raucous sounds were so penetrating that it was too hard to exchange their dissonance with […]
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Halloween Greeting 2015: Choose Your Prize
Posted: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:06:58 +0000
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Book Giveaway 27
Posted: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:00:12 +0000
This is a HUGE giveaway! There will be eighteen (18) winners! Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Friday, August 21st to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: One (1) hardcover copy of H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION Two (2) hardcover copies of my upcoming dark fantasy novel (officially releasing on […]
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TDV 90: The Essence Of All-Sight
Posted: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:58:27 +0000
The steps leading up to the century-old stronghold were like rotting teeth, fragmented and disgustingly whittled. The passageway at the pinnacle of these steps—tucked between the swooping, gnarly trees of the Battlemance Forest—lay open for any foolish wayfarer such as myself who desired to connect the fate of one’s life with the Death Breadths of […]
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Book Giveaway 26
Posted: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:00:18 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, June 30 to be entered in a chance to win: One (1) hardcover copy of H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM PST and will be announced by Sharkchild via email and on this […]
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The Dark Verse, Vol. 3 Gets Gold + Book Giveaway 25
Posted: Wed, 06 May 2015 12:30:56 +0000
THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 3: BEYOND THE GRIP OF TIME has won the gold medal in the category of Horror for the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards! There’s no better day to give some copies of this now award-winning book away! Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Wednesday, May 6 to be entered in a […]
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TDV 89: Omnipotent Ingenuity
Posted: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:30:11 +0000
Darilandria Alrindce Syabeltel.” That was all the gargantuan visitor said after it arrived through a fissure in space and abruptly appeared in the middle of the world. A portal, not so different than a mirror in the sky, appeared without warning, reflecting back the lands before expanding outward to its city-wide ends as an enormous […]
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Book Giveaway 24
Posted: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:30:17 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Wednesday, December 24 to be entered in a chance to win one of two Prizes: One (1) hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION One (1) signed hardcover set of The Dark Verse books, including the sold out Volume 1: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE […]
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Book Giveaway 23
Posted: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:58:56 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Friday, November 28 to be entered in a chance to win one (1) hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION And, for every 25 entries, one (1) signed hardcover copy of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH Winners will be chosen at random […]
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Halloween Greeting 2014: Twist Your Head
Posted: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 02:38:58 +0000
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TDV 88: The Protean Birth Enigma
Posted: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:00:43 +0000
Although I slept and although I dreamt, I was not at rest. My muscles perpetually flexed while the blood surging through my veins heated my damp, rank flesh. My eyes jutted beneath their lids, absorbing an orange light that radiated heat upon me and into the core of my mind’s visions. Time passed exceedingly slow […]
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Book Giveaway 22
Posted: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:42:36 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, September 16 to be entered in a chance to win one (1) hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION And, for every 25 entries, one (1) signed hardcover copy of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 3: BEYOND THE GRIP OF TIME Winners will be chosen at random […]
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Book Giveaway 21
Posted: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:15:28 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Thursday, August 14th to be entered for a chance to win a hardcover copy of: H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION (BARNES & NOBLE COLLECTIBLE EDITION) OR An 11″x17″ DARK VERSE poster (one will be given away for every 20 entries) Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from […]
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Book Giveaway 20
Posted: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:20:42 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, August 4th to be entered for a chance to win a hardcover copy of: DRACULA (BARNES & NOBLE COLLECTIBLE EDITION) OR FRANKENSTEIN (BARNES & NOBLE COLLECTIBLE EDITION) OR A copy of THE DARK VERSE, VOLUME 2 or VOLUME 3 (winner’s choice) will be given away for every […]
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Book Giveaway 19
Posted: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:00:07 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Friday, July 25th to be entered for a chance to win a hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: GREAT TALES OF HORROR AN ADDITIONAL COPY WILL BE GIVEN AWAY FOR EVERY 15 ENTRIES! Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM PST […]
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Promo: The Spirit Collectors (A Novel by Sharkchild)
Posted: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 05:40:08 +0000
In the world of Awya, where cities are scattered across isles in a seemingly endless ocean called the Black Waters, an umyn boy by the name of Amory Demshen is unable to suppress the insatiable longing to explore Tempertime Cemetery—a place forbidden to those without proper training and knowledge. After a spryth guides the boy […]
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Book Giveaway 18
Posted: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:20:47 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, July 1st to be entered in a chance to win one (1) hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION And, for every 25 entries, one (1) signed hardcover copy of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 3: BEYOND THE GRIP OF TIME Winners will be chosen at random […]
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TDV 87: The Apocalypse Bringers
Posted: Wed, 28 May 2014 10:30:05 +0000
A destroyed moon lay dispersed across the sky. Its fragments reflected a pale, red light. In front of these debris, a great multitude of meteors reached the atmosphere, raining across the land in streaks of flame. Concussions resounded in every direction that amplified the pandemonium of this planet’s final hours. “Sidideris desiterkan durs forlektis,” my […]
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The Searing Tongue 2
Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 05:58:23 +0000
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TDV 86: Dominance By Devouringness
Posted: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:00:25 +0000
On an early afternoon as I sat on a bench in Stebly Park reading the book, The Itinerant Life of Triach, and as the glow of sunlight amplified the surroundings—the freshly manicured lawns, the crisp hedges, the brilliant daisy fields, and the flourishing oak trees—giving them a surreal accent, I struck up a conversation with […]
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Book Giveaway 17
Posted: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:08:06 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, December 17th to be entered in a chance to win one (1) hardcover copy of: H.P.LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION And, for every 20 entries, one (1) signed hardcover copy of your choice of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS OR THE DARK […]
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Book Giveaway 16
Posted: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:25:20 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, September 17th to be entered in a chance to win one (1) hardcover copy of: NOS4A2 BY JOE HILL And, for every 25 entries, one (1) signed hardcover copy of your choice of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS OR THE DARK […]
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Book Giveaway 15
Posted: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:29:49 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Wednesday, September 4th to be entered in a chance to win one of tw0 (2) hardcover copies of: DOCTOR SLEEP BY STEPHEN KING (September 24th Release Date) And two (2) signed hardcover copies of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS And one (1) Kindle […]
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Book Giveaway 14
Posted: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:30:07 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, July 1st to be entered in a chance to win one of tw0 (2) hardcover copies of: H.P. LOVECRAFT: TALES (LIBRARY OF AMERICA) And two (2) sets of hardcover copies of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS and THE DARK VERSE, VOL. […]
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TDV 85: A Random Game Of Vitriolage
Posted: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:44:00 +0000
Who sings this?” my grandmother asked as I placed needle on spinning vinyl, bringing to life an aura of music. A soothing and charming voice stirred the heart above a movement of catchy melodies and rhythmic bass. The way the voice careened from lyric to lyric brought the music to life in a story of […]
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Book Giveaway 13
Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:18:35 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, June 11th to be entered in a chance to win one of three (3) digital downloads of: THE WEIRD: A COMPENDIUM OF STRANGE AND DARK STORIES (Choose the Kindle, Nook, or iBook version) And one (1) digital download for every 20 entries of: THE DARK VERSE, […]
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Book Giveaway 12
Posted: Mon, 27 May 2013 12:00:43 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Monday, May 27th to be entered in a chance to win one of two (2) pairs of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS AND THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH For every 30 entries, another copy of THE DARK […]
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Book Giveaway 11
Posted: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:30:09 +0000
The Kickstarter campaign for THE DARK VERSE, VOLUME 3 approaches (May 28th) so I need to get some more books out there! Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, May 14th to be entered in a chance to win one of three (3) pairs of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES […]
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Book Giveaway 10
Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00:50 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Wednesday, April 10th to be entered in a chance to win: (1) Copy: H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION (2) Pairs: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS AND THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH Winners will be chosen at random […]
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Book Giveaway 9
Posted: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:30:59 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Tuesday, March 26th to be entered in a chance to win one of two (2) pairs of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS AND THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from […]
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Book Giveaway 8
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:28:46 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST tonight (March 15th) to be entered in a chance to win one of three (3) copies of: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM PST tonight and will be […]
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TDV 84: Rainsaw
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:25:32 +0000
My son looked so innocent and full of happiness. His wavy, golden brown hair bounced softly while he hunted the red ball that continually evaded his uncoordinated efforts of collection, and the slightly oversized, brown, suede jacket encasing his figure only did him harm on his quest. Every time he missed a grasp on the […]
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Book Giveaway 7
Posted: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:00:27 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST on Friday, February 1st to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: 1ST PRIZE: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 2: IN THE BLOOD OF DEATH (Not available to the public until 3/12!) + 1 Limited Edition Dark Verse T-shirt (M, L, or XL) 2ND PRIZES (1 for […]
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Book Giveaway 6
Posted: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:53:34 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST tonight to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: 1 Copy: H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION 2 Copies: THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM […]
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TDV 83: D.M.V. (Dream Magic And The Vessels)
Posted: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:57:04 +0000
I called my house the Old Souls Orphanage—a haven for the elderly without a place to call home. Those in the latter years of life who had not the funds or family to be given the living quarters of comfort and peace that were deserved came to my abode to receive well-appointed accommodations. I gave […]
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Book Giveaway 5: Thanks Be to the Book
Posted: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:09 +0000
Comment on this post before 9:00PM PST on Sunday, November 25th to be entered in a chance to win one of the following: 1st Prizes (2): H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION 2nd Prize (1): BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOLUMES 1-3 by Clive Barker 3rd Prize (1): IN THE LAND OF TIME AND OTHER FANTASY TALES by […]
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Book Giveaway 4
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:30:20 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST to be entered in a chance to win one of two copies of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS ! Winners will be chosen at random (at random.org) from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM PST and will be contacted by Sharkchild via email. […]
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TDV 82: The Wrong House Of Worship
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:36:36 +0000
His play of the piano was remarkable. The way his fingers careened along the keys was like a swift and gentle stream that invoked the serenity and beauty of nature’s kiss. His melodies, with their masterful fermatas and crescendos, called out in prayers to the ears. The music was a triumph beyond those things known, […]
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Book Giveaway 3
Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:30:51 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST to be entered in a chance to win a copy of H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE COMPLETE FICTION! For every 25 comments/entries, a copy of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS will also be given away! Winner(s) will be chosen at random from the entrants after the cutoff […]
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Book Giveaway 2
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:50:13 +0000
Comment on this post before 10:00PM PST to be entered in a chance to win a copy of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES OF REVENANTS! One winner will be chosen at random from the entrants after the cutoff at 10:00PM PST and will be contacted by Sharkchild via email. UPDATE: The winner […]
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Halloween Greeting 2012: The Doomed Souls Chorus
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:38:33 +0000
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And Then A Book Was Given
Posted: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:51:47 +0000
Post a comment with what you think about THE DARK VERSE (just put whatever comes to mind if you have never listened to it or read it) and at the end of the day two people will be chosen at random to be given a copy of THE DARK VERSE, VOL. 1: FROM THE PASSAGES […]
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TDV 81: Killing Tools (The Glove Of Wires)
Posted: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:48:01 +0000
There was nothing wrong with my childhood that should have ever attracted the blackness that arose at the age where toy robots, slingshots, and water guns were the apple of my eye—I played, I fought, I got hurt, I got in trouble, and I learned. Despite my innocence, the ominous stars aligned and allowed the […]
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TDV 80: Age Of Thaumaturgics
Posted: Tue, 22 May 2012 07:54:29 +0000
With sweaty, trembling hands, I entered the floor of Candure Stadium. Each and every sound of my bodily existence was muted by the humming ruckus pulsating between expectant members of the critical audience. My breaths were hollow, my steps were unheard, and the beating of my heart reverberated within me in empty concussions. The blood […]
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The Unlike Light (Remastered)
Posted: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:34:30 +0000
Indulge in the remastered edition of The Unlike Light. The Ravener has joined the dark forces of this track to bring the best in audio horror fiction to your ears. Click here to download TDV Remastered Episode
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A Note
Posted: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:00:21 +0000
If you are interested in podcasting, there should be nothing hindering you. The freedom of creation is yours if you are willing to have the dedication to unleash it. Whether you want to start a show reviewing indie horror movies or a chat show interviewing the most successful poker players, you can succeed in creating […]
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Halloween Greeting 2011: Cyanide Suicide
Posted: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:13:59 +0000
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TDV 79: The Pendulum Role
Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:18:21 +0000
I emerged from the dark halls of my house and entered the only fully lit arena therein: a kitchen with wide, tall windows that welcomed the rising sun. I sat down at a small wooden table where scrambled eggs and toast waited for me on a dull, silver plate. My mother stood at the sink, […]
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TDV 78: The Rotting Moments Ending
Posted: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:43:53 +0000
Seven demonized humans turned vile creations from wounds inflicted by diseased, unreasoned, and inexplicable time struck an inert man repeatedly with their fists in the corner of the nineteenth floor of a glistening high-rise. In unbreakable specificity, these Henchmen of Rotted Time targeted the man’s face, hitting nothing else. These blows were wild with the […]
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TDV 77: The Changer Box
Posted: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:38:08 +0000
The air was musty and smelled of a compound of fruit and charcoal. A veil of haze shrouded what distances I could see and those distances—that were not of much distance at all—contained the walls, ceiling, and floor of my current world; I stood in the center of a small room—a room that I dreadfully […]
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TDV 76: The Image Of Odd Transaction And Collection
Posted: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:47:03 +0000
Head down this way,” I motioned with my arms, directing the couple before me into the stairway leading down into the basement of my house. “This will be the most exquisite collection you have ever seen. I promise you,” I added. “Very good,” a man, clad in a black suit, an olive shirt, and a […]
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The Searing Tongue 1
Posted: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:00:22 +0000
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Holiday Discount on The Dark Verse, Volume I Book
Posted: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:45:16 +0000
It’s time for a holiday blowout on From the Passages of Revenants (The Dark Verse, Volume I). Buy a signed copy for only $15.99 (including shipping) at sharkchildsremains.com with the coupon code “sharkmas” during checkout. All major credit cards and PayPal are accepted. Let me guide you through my book of twenty-six short tales of fantastical […]
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TDV 75: The Truncation Of Being By Folding Flesh
Posted: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:03:23 +0000
Words hold power of times before, to come, and times unknown. They can exist in form or invisible space. They can exist in colorful sight or invisible sound. Words create and words destroy. They convert the weak and overthrow the wise. It was words that in astronomical infliction determined my fate—just words. But words are […]
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TDV 74: The Cry Of The Crooked
Posted: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:04:27 +0000
Upward I climbed, foot over foot, and hand over hand. Blood pounded at my temples while I strained to maintain strength and focus. Beads of sweat rolled off of my forehead and fell the depths of my course. My sight was set on nothing but the path I had already traveled. My feet were above […]
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TDV 73: Entering Weightlessness
Posted: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:36:11 +0000
The cool, still water embraced me as I jumped into it and submerged within it, leaving the sounds of laughter behind. The water wrapped its ever-changing arms around my shape and held it perfectly. I exorcized air—one quick blast to balance my buoyancy. Then there was the Calm; I did not rise, I did not […]
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TDV 72: Names: Vaucifyr (The Unreasoned Voice)
Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:02:56 +0000
Metek, Alaya, Sturge, and Crim sat anxiously on hard wooden chairs around a wooden table in the basement of the Abandoned House in Semtar’s Forest. The basement was lit by candle-flame, but the moonlit, night sky peeked through holes and cracks in the faltering, aged floorboards above. Animals and insects scurried in the shadows. A […]
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Halloween Greeting 2010: Demon’s Prayer
Posted: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:04:29 +0000
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TDV 71: Names: Craytick
Posted: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:24:33 +0000
Death is but a tangent of existence, for I have lived many different lives in different worlds through death—death being the medium through which I reached these lives. There are different layers of afterlives. They are each unique, and they do not blend. And whether or not all who perish will share with me the […]
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TDV 70: Names: Dietchelnin, Dietchellin
Posted: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:38:04 +0000
The castle of the Lord Brasher stood as it always had—sharply cut black stone jutting upward to create halls and chambers and towers and spires. The front gate, before which I stood, eerily hung open as like a gaping wound run dry of blood. No one foreign to these walls would dare enter, so the […]
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TDV 69: The Demise Sequence
Posted: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:02:56 +0000
I understand many things about life, how it comes and goes and how it exists in the present—in thought and in the unseen. I have the guide of perfect discernment—an immaculate compass of the ages etched into my bone and burned into my breath by a creature of creation long hidden from the eyes and […]
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TDV 68: Filling The Empty Throne
Posted: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:34:34 +0000
I thought I had told the Doctors nothing but the truth regarding my wounds, yet their doubt in my words led me to not wholly believe in those insects of memories crawling behind my eyes. They wanted to know how the rings of flesh were once missing at the wrists of my bloodless arms and […]
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TDV 67: The Summit And The Sacrifice
Posted: Thu, 06 May 2010 12:20:46 +0000
I found the perfect summit to erect the altar for my sacrifice. It was sunken down in a valley surrounded by mountains of tremendous size. Instead of aiding in the formation of the valley, this mountain housing the summit I eyed stood independent within the valley, standing against erosion of age old time—an oddity of […]
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TDV 66: Knave (Part 2)
Posted: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:48:13 +0000
There is such a thing as the chaos of fate—an endless-fingered glove, a maze of only dead-end paths. And there is such a thing as living separated from life—not by the escaping of death, but by the living outside of life in a place where its wholesome reaches fail. There is such living and there […]
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TDV 65: That Which Makes Up The World
Posted: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:24:27 +0000
The articulate sound of the school bell’s conclusive note awoke me from my hazy hell. It came as if with swift reckoning—a domino effect to my distant self that lived the same moment fractions of seconds earlier and fractions of seconds later. Perhaps even a transfer of consciousness occurred, shifting me between universes via the […]
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TDV 64: There They Freeze
Posted: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:43:53 +0000
The Cantlebrin Bridge was high up and made of ice. It connected one side of the Rezlinought Canyon to the other, a railless pathway joining opposing caves that nested thirty yards down from the canyon’s ridges. Although made entirely of ice—ice partially fused, partially wedged—the bridge had been a reliable mode of travel for centuries; […]
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TDV 63: Blood Host Authentication
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:06:58 +0000
The blood determines the majesty of the host. For most, the constituents of blood are—in order of greatest volume—plasma, red blood cells, and then white blood cells. But for those I served, these typical figures were not so. The Templars Aryiglen had a notably higher amount of red blood cells and less plasma, and thus, […]
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TDV 62: The Thief Of Timeworn Lives And His Fortress
Posted: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:32:55 +0000
I sat beside my grandmother, who lay calmly and quietly within her bed. Nothing but her shallow breaths penetrated the atmosphere of her room. I intently watched her chest as it rose and fell. Only by the visual motion could I even discern and align the sound of those faint breaths with my audible perception. […]
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TDV 61: Knave (Part 1)
Posted: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:48:54 +0000
I once had in my possession a unique thermometer I called the Gapetha. Using the buoyancy of five silver circlets in liquid contained in a tall, slim, clear cylinder, it determined temperature. If the temperature was to reach a very specific reading, down to fractions of a degree, these five silver circlets aligned in a […]
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TDV 60: The Stone House
Posted: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:06:01 +0000
From the letter addressed to the Strong, written by the hands of Tinus Perpentin: There is an immovable place at the edge of a far-off, isolated cliff (this is all I can divulge with regards to location). On the outside it is but an enormous rock, seizing space like a gorging wolf. But on the […]
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TDV 59: The Power In A Father
Posted: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:02:27 +0000
It was a fare as ripe as an appetite had ever known. Its short, curly brown hair bobbed innocently. Its blue eyes blinked unabashedly. Its smile cut space curiously. The cheer of its mouth lit the atmosphere with the chorus of purity while it held the hand of its father, who led it in a […]
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TDV 58: The Long Travel
Posted: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:43:35 +0000
There is a hidden labyrinth of pathways linking the worlds of things that can be seen. It can be found with the use of elementary magic. A rune, spoken as a beseecher to the fabric of life, is all it takes to beckon forth the portal and gateway to this land of overwhelming connectivity. The […]
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TDV 57: What The Water Means
Posted: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:13:41 +0000
On the top of a thirty-two foot long counter, I lived amongst a population of two-hundred and forty-three—a civilization wrought by the hands of man in the age of his illustrious prime. Our kind was called humids—life forms birthed from a mixture of DNA and infinitesimal computer processors. Our size was measurably minute, but our […]
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TDV 56: A Lonely, Imprisoned Stranger
Posted: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:15 +0000
I had an aunt who lived in the house beside my own; she was a very peculiar woman. The very nature of her peculiarity allowed me only rare opportunities to see her, although she was never more than a couple room lengths away. She called the inside of her home the Sterile Sanctuary, which, specifically, […]
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TDV 55: In Placing The Titan’s Emotion
Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:17:12 +0000
I sat back in my rocking chair and subdued my thoughts with the gentle swaying of my bones. The chair, as well as my body, creaked with the tender noise of old age. In my vision, flames within the fireplace communed with one another and my son and daughter-in-law played an immersive game of chess. […]
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Halloween Greeting 2009: Cutting Game
Posted: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:34:32 +0000
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The Dark Verse, Volume I Product Video
Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:24:29 +0000
Here is a product video I just put together for From the Passages of Revenants (The Dark Verse, Volume I). The video quality is not quite grand, but I did the best I could!
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Update: The Dreadful Inspirator Contest
Posted: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:38:32 +0000
Unfortunately, I must make an embarrassing announcement regarding the contest: I only received two entries and so there is no way to move forward with the contest as planned. I am still going to reward the two people that did participate and name them both honorary Dreadful Inspirators for 2009. I will construct a story around each of […]
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TDV 54: Soul Divided
Posted: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:55:54 +0000
I stood behind a black, baby grand piano. The instrument was unfamiliar to me and its keys, both black and white, held reflections that heightened their alluring appearance. As I looked upon it, I longed to hear a sweet melody. Surrounding the piano, two rows of seats filled with women arced in crescent form. The […]
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TDV 53: The First Innovation
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:07:37 +0000
If the stars were maps of history, then my heart would have been their maker. If there were a way to look within the earliest light still traveling upon the edges of the universe, then my face would have been the subject there discovered. Bittersweet were the eons of my life. *** In my first […]
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News: Book Special and The Dreadful Inspirator Contest
Posted: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:01:07 +0000
BOOK SPECIAL at SharkchildsRemains.com From the Passages of Revenants (The Dark Verse, Volume I) is on SALE Unsigned Copy: $17.99 Signed Copy: $21.99 FREE Shipping NO Sales Tax Special ends at midnight on October 31st THE DREADFUL INSPIRATOR CONTEST PRIZE 8GB iPod Nano and the creative direction of an episode of The Dark Verse HOW […]
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TDV 52: When Eyes Have Seen Too Much
Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:40:50 +0000
My squad and I were at the end of our assignment. A brigade of three heavily armored vehicles and twenty-four exhausted, anxious men raced through the canyon of Nazlit. Dust churned behind us in wellsprings of the fleeting memories we hoped to leave behind. If the mind could have held its thoughts as lungs contained […]
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TDV 51: No More Resistance
Posted: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:13:12 +0000
I taped her entire body with thick, clear packing tape—every inch. I taped her fingers and toes to one another. I taped her legs together and her arms to her sides. I ran tape from her head to her shoulders, locking it in place. Her eyes were taped open; her mouth was taped shut; her […]
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TDV 50: The Concomitant
Posted: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:40:44 +0000
I was an ancient navigator. My mission was to collect data from the universe and pass it on into the vibrations of existence—stars, planets, moons, meteors—where there it would be embedded for the millions of years it would take until its presence reached an entity worthy enough to be susceptible to its slight, but powerful […]
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TDV 49: The Man Of Letters
Posted: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:04:49 +0000
Words were my masters. Their colloquial voices chattered in my mind, enlivening an unconventional form of command. They had agendas and hate and disgust, all of which brought about a tumultuous ocean of demands within my head, so vast that I drifted upon it as weathered wreckage—for I was but an insignificant muse bent to […]
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TDV 48: Severing The Lost
Posted: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:34:41 +0000
I once had a best friend; I liked to call her Dime. The name came to me when I found a dime in my pocket during a time of need. She was always there for me; she was the “dime” in my pocket. Our relationship was brilliant. We shared secrets, experiences, and adventures. Dime was […]
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TDV 47: Nigh Outlasting The Fear Of Death
Posted: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:00:38 +0000
Tears from the heavens bore death like cannonballs ignited under the misery of hate. Like meteors sentenced to the fate of the world, these burning embers fell—fist-sized, amorphic masses of light ripping through plane. They poured through the hull and people alike with effortless elegance, spewing portions of things into a cataclysmic collage of mingling […]
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TDV 46: The Ilks Of Devotion
Posted: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:16 +0000
Grand castles full of cities and heavy, luscious woods lined the horizon. Their mixtures of grays and greens flooded my sight with thick promise. It was Alvershiven’s Den; the long journey was finally over. “Are you going to do it?” Ten-Men asked while he bent down on one knee beside me on the hill overlooking […]
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TDV 45: Names: Chillanthon
Posted: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:36 +0000
The chillanthon was waiting for me outside of my house, calling to me with its unsettling voice, tearing through my heart with its restlessness. I could hear its arms whip across its torso as they swiveled back and forth from shoulder sockets detested with freakish pivotal ability. It stood in the middle of the street, […]
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The Dark Verse, Volume I Book Promo
Posted: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:26:30 +0000
Here is a promo video John F. Stifter put together for Sharkchild’s book, The Dark Verse, Volume I: From the Passages of Revenants available now at SharkchildsRemains.com. The music was composed by Sharkchild.
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TDV 44: Names: Apherdane
Posted: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:59:52 +0000
On the dull road called Mayberry Lane, I stood at the turn of the evening. I had just flicked a cigarette at a passing vehicle, watching as its cinder flashed into the night. In front of me stood the Cursory—a name given to a house because no one ever gave the place a second glance. […]
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TDV 43: The Hunt
Posted: Thu, 21 May 2009 08:52:55 +0000
An army of ghastly forms waited listlessly at the gates of life. Each entity was unrestrained and raw—knowledge had yet to enter, conform, and orchestrate a platform of thought and personality for its cloudy mind. Step by step, they were pushed forward towards the slim opening in the gates. One by one they popped through […]
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TDV 42: Thirteen Door Roulette
Posted: Fri, 08 May 2009 08:29:31 +0000
I was handed a small, round cage; I curled two of my fingers around the s-hook fastened to its apex. The cage had a minute door fixed with a comparably insignificant latch. It did not—by sound and feel—seem to have anything within its grasp, although nothing could be seen within the tightly placed metal panels […]
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TDV 41: Symptoms Of The Astral
Posted: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:40:30 +0000
Just get inside!” my mom yelled. “But please, let me—” I tried to explain. “No! I don’t want to hear about it. Just go to your room. I’ll let you know when you can come out.” I climbed out of the minivan and went into the house. My body trembled with a mixture of rage […]
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The Changing Feyth (Complete)
Posted: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:38:45 +0000
This is the all-in-one version of The Changing Feyth series, pulling together parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 from the previously published episodes.
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TDV 40: The Changing Feyth (Part 4)
Posted: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:23:09 +0000
A body fell from the opening above me. It fell so fast there was no way to tell if it was living or dead. It crashed upon the stone floor, bones cracking and flesh splitting. And then another fell. And another. And another. And another until thirteen bodies had splattered across the floor in front […]
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TDV 39: Stumbling Upon Preterition
Posted: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:39:59 +0000
There are dismissed places—not forgotten or invisible—but ignored without refrain. The devils of these domains are so vibrant that beings of any awareness trick their minds to see right through them, or around them—anything to succeed with avoidance. Nightmares are detrimental, but to gaze into these aces of sinister rule is to gaze at life […]
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TDV 38: The Taking Of Hallowed Creation
Posted: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:38:56 +0000
The precious silver hovered over the menacingly heated embers. Its surfaces glimmered and sparkled with the reflection of flickering ash. Every curve and groove of this magnificent creation completed in shape to form the perfect fork—the Serpent’s Fork. A long slender handle fell downward, widening at the bottom into a wonder of embossed swirls. The […]
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TDV 37: The Deviations
Posted: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:13:27 +0000
The dreams I had while I slept in the unsanctified darkness of the Slanterhorn Estate mansion’s attic were never pleasant. As I stared up into the ancient rafters, letting my body and mind be overcome by sleep’s oblivion, I sensed that the world of twisted things somehow pressed more mercilessly on such sites—places tucked so […]
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TDV 36: Confronting The Formless
Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:24:18 +0000
The infinite regions within divisibility were my home. I existed in the distances of space—space void of finite ends. In these unfathomable places there was only emptiness; it was all that I had ever known. No matter where I traveled, I could find nothing different—for something boundless could not be filled, and something that could […]
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TDV 35: A Megacosm’s Secret Initiation Of Members
Posted: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:24:27 +0000
Have you ever looked over the edge of the world?” asked the young girl sitting beside me on the train. At the time, we were passing by mountains strewn with large boulders, but my attention was on the features of the girl. Her hair was dark and her skin was light. Unusual rainbows graced her […]
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TDV 34: The Song Of Dusty Hearts
Posted: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:41:07 +0000
When I was young, my grandfather often brought me to the burial grounds of the nethpa, and every time he led me over some barren hill, or down some hidden trail, or through some thick forest, he would share with me how I might find such a rare and extraordinary place. “The resting grounds of […]
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TDV 33: The Road Show
Posted: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:38:15 +0000
Step right up. Come see what ya’ve been waiting for—things ya could never dream of!” The man who spoke these words with such easy excitement was a haggard looking, traveling salesman. His brown, greasy hair was parted to the right and his pants sagged with a loosely fitted belt. His name was Mick Driggler, but […]
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TDV 32: Pathway For The Dead
Posted: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:43:40 +0000
There was a path that led to all places, but it grew weak. As a canyon of only slight width, spreading through the horizons of the universe, it fought to exist between the gargantuan pressures of surrounding landscapes. These landscapes, formed of all things malice and chaos, fought to bring about the end of division, […]
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TDV 31: Mantis, Malevolent
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:10:31 +0000
I vividly remember those things I did on the day of the coming of the Purpose Giver. I was chopping wood in the back of my cabin, preparing ahead of time for the oncoming winter. My arms felt strong as they led the ax through the wood with single strokes. Perspiration beneath my thick clothing […]
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TDV 30: The Changing Feyth (Part 3)
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:54 +0000
My greatest ally and most infernal enemy is time. It can change history and efface memories. It can create life and it can take it away. And to the immortal, time is the ultimate instrument of both plague—the uncanny curse of centuries of wisdom and knowledge and experience and pain—and revision—the gift of the possibility […]
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TDV 29: The Fragmented
Posted: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:34:35 +0000
Pieces here, pieces there—it was one sick, twisted mess. I had never before seen such an awful and visually tormenting way to die. It looked like some almighty hand of gargantuan size had grabbed the poor man along with the ground, the chair he was sitting on, and the desk he was sitting at, and […]
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Halloween Greeting 2008: Candle-Drip
Posted: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:42:31 +0000
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TDV 28: Playgrounds Never Wondered About
Posted: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:19:59 +0000
I awoke in a strange place—a land of repulsive architecture and grim colors. All I had with me were the clothes on my back and my cracked, fragmented mind. When I first opened my eyes, they rested upon a structure similar to that of a monument. The building towered above me with enormous pillars and […]
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TDV 27: The Clock’s Many Hands
Posted: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:22:18 +0000
My hands were always true. I relied on their dexterity for manipulation, their sturdiness for strength, and their gentleness for care. With hands, I led myself forward through the galaxies of all things. Just as an insect’s wings are its salvation from danger and guide to survival, my hands were the guardians and practitioners of […]
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TDV 26: The Something Beyond Silence
Posted: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:29:50 +0000
The sound of a heartbeat is distinct. It is a ticking of time—a lifeline encroaching upon an end. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, this ever-sustaining frequency pulsates towards the boundaries of the unknown. It represents knowledge—whether of reality or sleep it does not matter—but when it stops, the mystery begins. That mystery, which hinges on the […]
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TDV 25: Character Feast
Posted: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:30:16 +0000
There were many sitting around the table in the dining room at Neverlaster’s Inn. All together, there was the blind man, the ruler, the temptress, the demon, the thief, the philosopher, the jester, the card man, the hunter, the seer, the warlord, the ghost, and the masked mute. They were all dressed at their finest […]
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TDV 24: The Coming Of The Unexpected
Posted: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:39 +0000
There were always so many people on the beaches those days of the summer’s heat. They came with umbrellas and coolers and inhabited small squares of sand for the duration of several hours. Together, their grids of spaces collaborated into a small metropolis of unacquainted population. I walked those beaches, but I never took part […]
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TDV 23: The Skulker
Posted: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:01:23 +0000
It came from the distance with patience and dedication. From a point of origin lost beyond the seas of matter, it traveled, setting out upon a path to reach the destination of which it chose—ages before knowledge was an aspect of existence. Once the path was formed, it did not stray—not for time or desire […]
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TDV 22: Finding The Host That Sustains
Posted: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:21:14 +0000
I walked through the truculent sands for many days without end. Their color glistened and appeared to shine brighter with each new dawning of the sun—a sun that radiated and shown power beyond the means of natural, un-orchestrated things. I could feel the sun’s reach and be witness to its breadth. The sky was either […]
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TDV 21: Names: Feltfoldhart
Posted: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:06:25 +0000
The creations of the artisan were always magnificent. Every detail, contour, and finish orchestrated a perfection of visual embrace. The way his completed works mesmerized the most critical of art and the most cynical of achievement proved his worthiness to all who might own—or if but see—a piece of his allotted mastery. Even in touch, […]
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All Are Called (Names Intro)
Posted: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:12:08 +0000
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Artwork: Names: Unsonselvitzsol
Posted: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:46:49 +0000
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TDV 20: Names: Tillalel
Posted: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:31:46 +0000
By a very early age, I had learned the seriousness of sanctity—as far as it goes in relating to things unbound by the compass of the solvable. I knew, in other words, about the astringent potency of belief: what it was capable of and how it controlled and manipulated. There was one event in particular […]
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TDV 19: Names: Unsonselvitzsol
Posted: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:55:41 +0000
An amount of seasons befell me that I could not count before I became free. And surely it was an amount less than I would have thought, for time lingered awfully slow within the cool, decrepit cell of my prison holding. I did not mark the days and I did not note the moon when […]
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TDV 18: Normal Faces
Posted: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:09:52 +0000
My sister and I happened upon the variable of existence by chance. It might have been the way we walked in ghostly indifference under the setting sun’s light, or perhaps it was the way we stared disjointedly across the endless horizon. Nevertheless, we arrived. Like a layer resting between all things, it rested in connection […]
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TDV 17: The Science Of Faith
Posted: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:20:59 +0000
On the softest of days, when the splinters of time bowed to uncanny sounds, I heard the ringing. It came from some region just closer than what could be called distant. As if drifting on a river of sustaining sound, the ringing reached my ears, tickling them like the elegant prose of a poem. When […]
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TDV 16: Time Into Death
Posted: Wed, 07 May 2008 04:01:54 +0000
One drop, three drops, twenty drops—then it was steady. The glass window facing the driveway fogged under my breathing as I watched the rain begin its exotic descension upon the glum spread of concrete and blood. My skin tingled while severe emotion shot through my body, invigorating my keenness during the very surreal moment. The […]
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TDV 15: Bringing Back The Unordinary
Posted: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:01:50 +0000
The Movie Man found me at an awards banquet. It was for my swim team, and it was the last place I expected to meet someone who would change my life. When his greeting occurred, all of the awards and speeches had been given and made, and things had just begun to wind down. Loose […]
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TDV 14: The Captive Inside
Posted: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:24:26 +0000
There were certain shops that had no seizing affects outside of a planned visit, and then there were certain shops that quite brutally tortured if their magical, if not haunting, space was not investigated. Alluring displays, unorthodox merchandise, and toys—these were some of the things that made me curious, but the latter, the toys—those trinkets […]
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TDV 13: The Missing Come Home
Posted: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:48 +0000
I awoke to the severe beating of my heart, which drove throbbing percussions through my temples. Beneath me, a sick, cold sweat lined the sheets. My hands were trembling and my throat was raw. I quickly rose from the bed in disgust and discomfort and stood as if leaving the compound of a putrid nest, […]
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TDV 12: Fate
Posted: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:12:47 +0000
Was I the wish of a demented god? Or was I a god? Or was I the pinnacle abhorrer of malformation? My beginnings were not in my memories and my abilities were not in my mind as an aspect of learning—as I existed, so they existed. The only truths within my knowledge flew about like […]
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TDV 11: Sounds Of The Deliverer
Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:59:34 +0000
The cracking voice of the mild singer brought me back from the depths of a bizarre subconscious. I looked around at the rest of Dim Lit Coffeehouse. Spots of green hovered in my sight while my eyes got accustomed to the ambiance. Everyone else appeared to be awakened from the same archaic sleep. Eyes were […]
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TDV 10: The Changing Feyth (Part 2)
Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:41:54 +0000
While others sleep, the feyth do not. While others dream beautiful and terrifying visions, the feyth always stir in the unrest of consciousness, never to experience the small pleasure of an escape or diluting respite. Memories, emotions, longings, regrets—they all linger in a swirling prison of chaos. All of them prance and prick endlessly, tirelessly. […]
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The Augur’s Scroll: Remnant IV
Posted: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:24:49 +0000
Through my eyes are the peoples of the world. I see them, at night, lying in their beds within the structures that spread over the earth. As if transparency were the walls containing them, I can find them, isolate them, and extract them in my mind, plucking them one by one between the fingers of […]
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TDV 9: The Chambers of Nature’s Machines
Posted: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:02:14 +0000
I would lie in the middle of Turnby Road on those days when the wind would explain the seasons and the cold and the feelings quickly lit and quickly dampened. The leaves from elderly oak trees would carve their sacred fates between the airs, arousing the nostalgic memories of imagined pasts. In this unsettled ocean […]
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The Augur’s Scroll: Remnant III
Posted: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:42:58 +0000
A noble came to me the other day. She was adamant about being released from a turmoil she could not plainly describe. When she arrived, her hair was a mess and her eyes were red and dry; she looked as if she had not slept for days. Before she even explained her situation, she begged […]
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TDV 8: The Phoenix Imago
Posted: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:51:23 +0000
I had heard the sound of a key many times—the way it clicked when it slid into place; the way it, whether softly or quickly, depending on the hand which guided it, crashed into the perfection of angle and craftsmanship of its make. It was the sound of power; it denoted the ability of authority […]
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The Augur’s Scroll: Remnant II
Posted: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:16:52 +0000
I have seen the woman dressed in violet. She came to me, suddenly, in my mind, and devoured my intelligence of judgment. With movements soft as slow moving water, she turned me against myself, indulging my nightmares with the promiscuity of the nations. I became the choice of kings—one small piece of the so many […]
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TDV 7: Between The Corridors
Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:06:20 +0000
My life started to deteriorate in the absence of sensible things. I was a child, and so to me such remedies against the imaginative should never have been necessary. But when the world crashed and became the inferno of death, it could not be associated, however so sadistically, with youthful reveries. Even under the attempted […]
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The Augur’s Scroll: Remnant I
Posted: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:16:47 +0000
I witnessed the star fall in the distance. I saw how it dropped low on the horizon, disappearing beneath the ocean before curving back around and out for but an instant, then vanishing away forever. There was nothing like it; nothing could be more surreal. The wars were on my mind at that time—how strange […]
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TDV 6: The Bearer Of All That Can Be Felt
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:00:05 +0000
Touch—I felt all ways of it. I felt light moving silk, soft fitting cotton, and elegant velvet; I knew the embrace of satin and the weave of polyester. Upon me danced the colors and shapes of the universe. Those hands that pressed and brushed against me told the tales of creation’s wisdom, and I collected […]
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Heartist Carnival: Remnant V
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:28:15 +0000
The playground of sympathetic spirits—listen to their words: Your eyelashes, I rip them out. Your eyelids, I pull them back. White fury bulging forth, black beads expanding out— No veins to carry what the heart cannot bear. Stare back, oh eyes of murder; Catch your last glimpse. Strain for moisture and for the living water […]
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TDV 5: The Changing Feyth (Part 1)
Posted: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:34:07 +0000
I have turned against my brethren and entered a fate that cannot be altered. All that I have been taught—all that I have been trained for—is now the vessel of my retribution. My existence has become a granule glowing amongst the blackness of a lost world, and the life I once knew is but a […]
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Heartist Carnival: Remnant IV
Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:16:52 +0000
The playground of sympathetic spirits—listen to their words: Be wise with all endeavors of the heart. Stand firmly against the unyielding allure of the persuasive dawn. With the stone-written beliefs of your faith, you cannot fail. And if you have none, then you have not sought deep enough into the haunting core of your existence; […]
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TDV 4: Gift Of The Crossroads
Posted: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:42:07 +0000
As soon as I shouted into the vicinity of my home, the outlandish noises in the kitchen ceased. It was nothing more than the slight scuffle of feet, but it was disturbing beyond the sudden sinking of my heart. My breath became short and my hands trembled. I feared that whatever had made the sound […]
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Heartist Carnival: Remnant III
Posted: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:58:57 +0000
The playground of sympathetic spirits—listen to their words: VERSE I Give of your heart To the solstice of your soul, When the goblins dance And sing in soothing seething. Leave for the dead All of withered wonders past While you tread through the black with wings of retribution. CHORUS Build a castle high On rock […]
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TDV 3: What The Flesh Cannot Keep
Posted: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:05:31 +0000
The Haunter Behind Space was there when I opened the back door and stepped out into the fading light of the sun’s decent. The air was shallow, almost brittle, and I felt its coarseness claw at my lungs in breath. Around me, paleness seized the atmosphere like a fever sacks the color of flesh. The […]
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Halloween Greeting 2007
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:57:54 +0000
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Heartist Carnival: Remnant II
Posted: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:01:12 +0000
The playground of sympathetic spirits—listen to their words: Be generous with all endeavors of the heart. Though the transgressions of the damned extend beyond the reaches of remorse, its cavity of fruitful gestures erases all mortiferous debt. Ask and be given, even if the dense poltergeists of decay do not have the eyes to see […]
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TDV 2: Becoming The Sky
Posted: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:47:41 +0000
When we are, we are nothing, and when we are nothing, we are still nothing. We are the in-between, the space unkempt, and the space unseen; we are the vast and the knowing—we are the sky.” These were the words I read every night before I went to sleep in the hollowed helm of The […]
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Heartist Carnival: Remnant I
Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:24:10 +0000
The playground of sympathetic spirits—listen to their words: Be brave with all endeavors of the heart. It is your guide into the unknown and your guardian amongst the eminent. Only but its voice of unceasing song can cradle the lurid dissonance of discord. When the graves are emptied and the tombs evacuated, one resting place […]
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TDV 1: The Unlike Light
Posted: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:10:27 +0000
From the very day we first breathed the dusty air of the keep, I knew doom would plague the innocence of our souls. The sweet, effervescent smell that spread amongst us gave the horrid sensation of life when despair was its true insinuation. Hard floor beneath my feet and cool steel walls beneath my touch […]
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