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Jesus Is My Loa
What foot traffic there was in the warm afternoon saw Bad Bill coming and steered well clear, other than a wizened, coffee-colored crone, head tightly wrapped in bright silk and shawl bouncing wildly about her shoulders as she trotted up … Continue reading
Family Is Complicated
“You can,” Thalanes agreed, and he lay down on the roof of the cabin. “It gives me great comfort to know that I’m traveling with such a powerful visionary. So much comfort that I’m not … Continue reading
Witchy Newton
Thalanes dug into Calvin’s pack and pulled out his powderhorn. He shook a pinch of the gunpowder into the palm of one hand. “I want you to use this gunpowder as a material component of the gramarye. “Just like you … Continue reading
Iron Andy’s Reputation
Bob clucked like a chicken. “Po’ little Angus, gettin’ scairt by a girl!” “To hell with the girl!” Angus barked. “I’d chop her to pieces right here and now and eat her heart raw and not miss a wink of … Continue reading
Trail
Google+ Writing Circle ProjectChallenge Word: Trail Obadiah returned with his simple wooden bowl and Ezekiel took it. “Let us contrive a tool,” he said to his servant, and he laid the hairs into the bottom of the bowl and … Continue reading
Witchy Hillary
The Kings of Cahokia (and its Queens, of which they have had many, for Ohioan rules of inheritance, including its laws of royal succession, do not favor the male of the species over the female) have long had a mysterious … Continue reading
Witchy Tesla
Not as much is known about the power that fuels gramarye as laypersons may believe. Whatever one calls it—mana, essence, chi, spirit, energy, power—it appears to be tied to the phenomenon of life itself. We will adopt herein the technical … Continue reading
Witchy Propaganda
!! ~ Men of the Ohio ~ !! Do not believe FILTHY LIES that are told by seditioneers and regicides lurking in dark corners. HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR THOMAS PENN is your Friend. His Heart is full of Love … Continue reading
Witchy Crowley
The first prerequisite for any practicing magician is arrogance. This is because the magician presumes to join the Creator in His great and ongoing work as co-Creator or sub-Creator, and what mortal man or woman could aspire to such heights … Continue reading
Witchy Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln: But Your Honor speaks very harshly of Wisdom, even, some might say, to the point of defaming Her. Was She not the serpent that Moses raised on a pole in the desert and healed the children of Israel? Douglas: … Continue reading
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