I. The drill bit screams through ice older than human civilization, and Kira feels it in her teeth. Sixty meters down in Europa's crust, the vibration travels up through the rig, through her suit, through bone. She's been on surface for four months now. Two more until rotation back to Ganymede. Her radiation counter ticks. … Continue reading The Separation
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Words & Phrases, 2025
This eclectic collection is a cabinet of curiosities from the world's languages, literatures, philosophies, and subcultures—a mosaic of forgotten words, sharp idioms, and poignant phrases that capture the human condition in all its absurdity, beauty, and precision. Here you'll find ancient echoes (haruspicate, kairos, hamingja) alongside modern coinages (weaponized incompetence, hallucinationship, diarrhea warrior). Some evoke … Continue reading Words & Phrases, 2025
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