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The Last Monarch

Rls has no kings. Not anymore. The last monarch was no bloated leech, no decadent reveler like his predecessors. Nor was he a fool, an inbred wretch who earned the throne only by being born in a castle rather than a barnyard. Instead, he was a noose. Not a constrictor, because a constrictor tries toContinue reading “The Last Monarch”

The Algorithm

Day 1: After many sleepless hours, after months of planning, after calling in every favour I had ever accumulated, I have finally found it. The key to the algorithm. From here, the world is my domain. I can pull every lever, every string of the swarming masses. They shall dance, my army of puppets, asContinue reading “The Algorithm”

What Are You?

What are you? “Human, last time I checked” “The last thing you will ever see” “”Ixia Canarcerot, Last of my Line, Condemned” “I’m still human, right?” “Witness my majestic glory and despair” “First Witness, Heir to Seven Empty Thrones,” “please tell me I”m still human” “Gaze upon my unending radiance as it bleaches your mind”Continue reading “What Are You?”

Nowhere

The ringed city of Nowhere exists in a state of constant motion-it is always exactly 14 miles away from you. This is achieved through a constant monitoring of your mind, and through the city’s great phase-wheels, which allow travel through solid matter or empty sky as though nothing was there. As such, Nowhere can onlyContinue reading “Nowhere”

How to eat the best Yorkshire Pudding

1. Find a car for the journey. Silver is best. Never green. They will see green. 2. Collect provisions for the voyage north. Your second sharpest knife. A stolen dream. Two lengths of twine. Perseverance. 3. Head northward until the sun scratches the horizon. Do not worry. It cannot get out. They promised. 4. TakeContinue reading “How to eat the best Yorkshire Pudding”

Five Five Eight Two

Five Five Eight Two is the name it is most known by. It has many others. The Drink of Gods. The Nectar of Finality. Sommelier’s Arrogance. Molten Hope. On every world, in every system, rumours of it circle. It is the most valuable substance known, by volume or by mass, and holds the prestigious titleContinue reading “Five Five Eight Two”

What They Saw

This is what Lucifer saw, they say. (Before the sky broke open) This is what Icarus saw. (Before he ran a knife across his wings and fell) This is what Oppenheimer saw. (Before he tied himself to the tower and detonated Trinity) This is what the crew of Apollo 19 saw. (Before they removed theirContinue reading “What They Saw”

What is this?

Basically, a friend kept pestering me to share my writing with the world rather than just their discord at midnight, and I finally relented. The reason this is .music.blog is because that URL was free and I decided that was more important than having a sensible URL “Words from other worlds” is just because mostContinue reading “What is this?”