Something Worth Dying For

Something Worth Dying For

They were all dead men. No one entertained any illusions of survival. It was not a possibility; it was not an outside chance; it was not a hope. To even attempt this job required the full and complete forfeiture of their lives. They did it anyway. The Chernobyl...
Outlasting Entropy

Outlasting Entropy

It isn’t going to last, you know. None of it will. It was never supposed to. Everything you see—everything you can touch, taste, hear, or smell—everything around you will one day come to an end. Wood rots. Stones erode. Metal corrodes. Even stars burn out—one by...
The Cost of Vision

The Cost of Vision

Some bad days you can see coming from a mile away. It’s the little things that give it away, usually. Maybe you stub your toe first things after getting out of bed. Maybe you look in the mirror and find your hair looks like you spent last night sticking forks in...
A Blessing for the Tsar

A Blessing for the Tsar

The American political scene is an absolute circus, and the public is eating it up. The frontrunners of this country’s two biggest political parties have repeatedly proven themselves to be habitual liars whose perception of reality can be most generously...