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AI slop vs Human slop
We used to call it bad writing. Now, apparently, it’s ‘authentic.’
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The Death of Fantasy
Fantasy is getting embalmed while it’s still breathing.
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The Løvstad Transcripts
Evidence Ref. #JE-2019-0487:
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The Embrace
What happens when we stop resisting the world?
Feb 25
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Jacob’s Possession
Explore Jacob’s Possession, a haunting story where an entity controls a man's body, forcing him into a violent encounter and a web of lies to survive.
Feb 2
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The Death of Fantasy
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I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Before I Published on KDP
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Why Most Writers Never Get Better
Dec 3, 2025
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The Shocking Truth About Grimdark Fantasy
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Africans and the passage of time
African time is a psychological and cultural framework where the abstract concept of the future holds significantly less weight than the immediate…
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The Kalergi Plan
The facts of the Kalergi plan and more of Thorne & Vance's bickering.
Mar 20
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Thief in Ravnvik: Part 8
Explore Odd Halt-foot’s struggle for redemption in a brutal Norse society where legal freedom is a trap and peace carries a deadly price.
Mar 19
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The Civil Wars and the Collapse of DEI
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The Litani Bridge Escalation and Netanyahu Rumors
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
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Thief in Ravnvik: Part 7
In Harvest’s Reckoning, Odd must choose between his family’s winter survival and the legal pledge that secures his land.
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Just in Case the Internet Dies Again
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
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Norway Media Suppression Files (2026)
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
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The Kalergi Plan
The facts of the Kalergi plan and more of Thorne & Vance's bickering.
Mar 20
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The Civil Wars and the Collapse of DEI
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
Mar 16
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The Litani Bridge Escalation and Netanyahu Rumors
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
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Just in Case the Internet Dies Again
WW3 Recovery Archive: Notes, memos, found footage and archival fragments. Not for distribution.
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The Embrace
What happens when we stop resisting the world?
Feb 25
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The Harlow Case
Explore the chilling mystery of the Harlow case, where David Harlow finds his wife Elena dead in a locked room.
Feb 20
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Bleach and Cortado
A story about the psychological cost of refusing to play the social game.
Feb 4
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Jacob’s Possession
Explore Jacob’s Possession, a haunting story where an entity controls a man's body, forcing him into a violent encounter and a web of lies to survive.
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It Pushes Back
Are your words a mask or a bridge? This dark, precise tale of a door that "pushes back" is a merciless mirror for anyone who lives by—or behind—words.
Jan 29
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The Pressing Has Begun
When a journalist misinterprets the "signals," a disturbed bus driver takes matters into his own hands via the dark web. Explore a dark psychological…
Jan 21
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Your Intimacy Has Been Flagged for Review
In a world where intimacy is a liability, Tyler and Nathalia trade passion for protocol. A clinically detached look at sex, surveillance, and "fluid…
Jan 17
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Everyone Thought He Was Fine. That Was the Problem.
A Short Story About Masking, Dissociation, and the Cost of Being Functional
Jan 16
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He Wanted a Perfectly Flat Rug—Then the Neighbor Started Showing Up
A man obsessed with symmetry “fixes” a bulging rug—until a nosy neighbor comes knocking, and the tidy apartment hints at something rotten.
Jan 8
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The Wrong Body
The workers brought the wrong body to the Hall of Echoes.
Jan 8
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Orkish Endeavours (Chapter 6)
A grimdark fantasy
Jan 7
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Orkish Endeavors (Chapter 5)
A grimdark fantasy
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Why You Are Not Ready to Write
Is the "reading is optional" trend killing modern literature?
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Rule 6 – Keep the Rhythm
If your sentences all run at the same speed, your reader is already asleep. Here is why rhythm is the only thing that matters.
Feb 12
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Rule 4 – Stop Flinching: Why Your Writing Needs Risk
When you write something that actually matters to you, it will feel as if you are risking something.
Feb 11
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The Three-Act Structure
Master the Three-Act Structure: Learn how setup, confrontation, and resolution drive narrative tension through precise architectural milestones.
Feb 4
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What “Making It” Actually Means
Explore how modern writers navigate the separate lanes of fame, craft, and income to build a sustainable career without losing their creative spark.
Feb 3
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Fairy Tale
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The Bridenugger
In the gritty folk tale "Brudenuggen," a tailor uses 16 bear hides and a whole lot of salt to pull off one of the most audacious deceptions in folklore…
Feb 13
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The Little Piggy
This is an old Norwegian folk tale of a young girl's naivety.
Feb 12
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The Gelded Bear
A bear who trades his strength for a man's promise faces a trick that challenges the very laws of nature.
Feb 7
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The Path of Needles
A new twist on little red riding hood.
Feb 6
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The Pre-Snorrian Monster Cluster
How Loki Became The Father Of Fenrir, Hel and Jörmungandr
Dec 7, 2025
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Mímir Was Never Beheaded
Recovering the Lost Myth of the Root-Mind
Dec 4, 2025
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YGG
The Norse darkness revealed when you rip away Snorri.
Dec 2, 2025
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Odin: Allfather? More Like Somefather
Everyone Knows Odin Had One Eye… but Almost Nobody Knows This
Nov 28, 2025
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