The Graveyard of Empires — Chapter 13

Previous chapter Begin at the beginning Support This Project [Content notes:  Contains killing and butchering of an animal, some sexual content, brief mention of CSA] XIII. “That is north,” I said, pointing off into the dark. “To our left, then, is west, from whence we’ve come, and to our right, the east, and that is …

The Graveyard of Empires — Chapter 12

Previous Chapter Begin at the Beginning Support This Project XII. [Content warnings for this chapter:  Violence, bloodshed, medical gore, cannibalism, death, hanging/suffocation, transphobia, mention of sexual assault] “He’ll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you’ve been a good boy He’ll rekindle all the dreams that it took you a lifetime to destroy He’ll …

Essay — Capitalism and Queerphobia, A Materialist Analysis

It goes without saying, I hope, that oppression based on gender identity and sexual orientation is a reality in our society, and as materialists we must recognize nothing exists without cause, and that these seemingly identitarian axes of oppression act in some way as functions of capitalist class society. Liberal identity politics provides surface-level analyses …

Poem — The Changeling

The stars hung in the darkened sky As the corbies eastward fly And forth she wanders, passing by beneath the silver moon The old straight road, she knew it well And as her footsteps softly fell And echoed lightly through the dell she sang a hopeful tune And at road’s end she found him there …

Poem — The Nightlands

He’d packed his bags the night before, to early be away And saddled up his horse to ride before the break of day But his mother woke ere he was gone; his business she would know And he told her, “I can’t bide here; I’ve no time, I must go.” “And whither do you ride?” …

[essay] The Watermelon Manifesto: Solarpunk and a future worth fighting for

  The Watermelon Manifesto (solarpunk and a future worth fighting for) The culture around us, most especially the worlds of speculative fiction and independent music, is replete with trends ending in -punk, representing alternative visions of the world, and one of the newest, having entered the public discourse only about five years ago, is solarpunk. …

The Graveyard of Empires — Chapter 11

Previous chapter Begin at the Beginning Support This Project [Note: This chapter is sexually explicit and contains a brief mention of CSA] XI To conduct one’s own wedding is strange indeed, but what else is left when the last witch takes a man? We hanged three horses that day, not old nags this time, but …

Achilles and the Tortoise [experimental prose]

(this piece was inspired by a line in Sarah Zedig's "A Video About Transitioning" which everyone must watch because it is very good) ********* “I challenge you to a footrace,” said the tortoise. “If you give me a small head start, I will surely win.” “Fool,” said Achilles, “I am the Achilles, son of Thetis, …

The Graveyard of Empires — Chapter 10

Previous Chapter Begin at the Beginning Support This Project X. I found Ibroxim that morning, sitting alone and watching the sun rise. He was a tall man and lean, severe of face, and like most Huns had legs bowed from long riding and a finely groomed beard, though his cheeks were not scarred. I hailed …

The Graveyard of Empires — Chapter 9

Previous Chapter Begin at the Beginning Support This Project [This chapter contains: Intersexism, mention of CSA] IX. That night, I dreamed of war. I saw an open steppe of red sand covered with brown, dead grass, bordered by a black forest to its south and a range of high, sheer mountains in the north. A …