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Hobbes, Nihilism, and Mad Max 2
For reasons long forgotten two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel they were nothing. They’d built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked, but nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. Cities exploded…
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The Door
There are few objects more ordinary than a door. We pass through them a dozen times a day without thought. They separate rooms, mark boundaries, provide privacy. But in horror, doors carry far heavier meaning. They become symbols of fear—of what lies beyond, or of what might cross through when we least expect it. A…
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Conspiracy Theories
How do these things get started, anyway? I suspect they begin with a grain of truth… Back when I was working for the navy, I was the Contract Compliance Inspector for the fuel operation at the big naval air station in the middle of San Diego Bay. We had a number of satellite facilities around…
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MIRROR TEST
The Mirror Test is an experimental technique used by behavioral scientists to help determine whether or not an animal is capable of self-recognition, which is arguably considered to be a sign of self-awareness and sentience. A mark is placed on the animal at a spot it cannot see except in a mirror. If the animal…
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Creep It Real: What Readers Want This Season
What’s the perfect read for the ‘Spooky Season’? For the true horror fans, every season is spooky season. Rain or shine, February or July, there’s always room for something chilling. Horror is our year-round comfort read. But something happens in October. The nights get longer, pumpkins appear on porches, and suddenly even readers who wouldn’t…
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The Nihilistic Void of Lovecraft’s Cosmicism:
Art, Indifference, and Ironic Immortality The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each…
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Take the Red Pill…
Good morning, friends and followers. Today I’m going to provide something different from my usual fare. I’m going to tell you about my other website, my “home away from home” if you like, writing.com. I’m not sure how to classify this post. It’s certainly a promotion of writing.com, but it’s also a promotion of my…
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