I will keep this master post updated as I add more.
DREAD Reviews:
Snarky irreverent commentary where I sometimes manage to avoid tangents and actually discuss works I enjoyed reading:
Essays:
An essay on deep storytelling and originality
Bellageist Shorts
My sci-Fi universe. Anything titled Bellageist is a tie-in to my as-yet unpublished novel Bellageist: Burning Angels.
Bellageist: When Angels Sleep
Hardened, fearsome, and somewhat comical mercenaries show up to save a young woman from the worst day of her life.
Bellageist: The Reaperโs Audit
The most dangerous being in the galaxy describes the many civilizations it has destroyed.
Bellageist: By Angels Born
A posthuman entrepreneurial scientist catches a glimpse of his destiny and pursues it recklessly.
Bellageist: An Angel's Descent
The galaxy's most intelligent and powerful galactic tyrant seeks to halt humanity's extinction. A woman leads to his downfall.
Bellageist: An Angel's Armor
A young posthuman is granted awareness and learns the mysteries of her organic ancestors
Excerpts from my unpublished book Bellageist: Burning Angels
Ch.00 Bellageist: Burning Angels
This opening of my as-yet unpublished book happens near-simultaneous to one of my popular short stories. If you enjoyed this, also check out โWhen Angels Sleepโ
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod:
A surreal serial based in the Bellageist universe:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
Part 9 (Coming soon)
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod (Part 1)
A being attains sentience amidst a violent world that operates on logic utterly alien to our own.
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod (Part 2)
Nyl's relentless pursuit of glory and victory continues. Her fourth challenge proves harder than any other and leads to a new trial she could not have expected: one of the heart.
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod (Part 3)
Nyl's feat slaying a dragon is celebrated with tales and a feast. Meanwhile, her heart nears the breaking point. She must dig deep if she wishes to satisfy the hidden objectives of her mysterious fourth trial.
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod Part 4
Part four continues Nylโs journey of raw violence and emotional awakening. From a primal killer who despised weakness, Nyl has evolved to find camaraderie and love. Her visions of a metallic body and the mysterious voiceโs riddles suggest sheโs more (or less?) than a person of flesh.
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod Part 5
Nyl reunites with Arcade, but he's not the same, and the changes go deeper than his blue eyes turning red. Nyl braves a storm of fire and steel to discover the truth - if one can even be had in this constructed, nightmarish reality.
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod Part 6
A macabre reunion and a battle to annihilation. Can Nyl and her companions find serenity? Or, more importantly, answers?
Bellageist: Chains of a Demigod Part 7
Nyl awakens in the modern era and in the eye of the revolution
Chains of a Demigod Part 8
A final battle against AI tyranny looms. The companion's unbreakable bond is frayed by jealousy, guilt, and existential doubt.
Horror
I will do more of these eventually
Poetry & Other
If Toddlers Could Read Substack
Me showing off American Capitalism in Hungary right before they threw out the communists (Bet you didnโt know I caused that)
Box of Haikus
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Box of Haikus 2
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