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The Death Of Tales
The mist glistens with false promises. The canopy drips blood of myriad misled bards vanquished by the Mediocre tribe.
The incantation echoes through the rain forest, causing even lianas to cringe. “We have decided not...”
The shaman feels tears slow to a reticent trickle from still-closed eyes. His heart freezes with horror, sharp mind balking from interpretation.
“Vates!”
It takes a moment to understand he is being addressed.
Lids snap open. “Yes?”
“Did the Mystic Mushroom bring wisdom?” The bard asks, handing him a bowl of spring water.
Cathbad rises from the straw bed. “No, Carolan, a warning of ignorance."
From Guest Contributor Perry McDaid
Clean
They were calling it the biggest mass migration in human history.
Millions of Catholics fleeing their home countries and flooding the Amazonian and South East Asian rain forests. Not only were the economies of entire regions being disrupted, but the environmental destruction was unprecedented.
The threats posed by climate change paled in comparison. The false modern idols--money and science, patriotism and Ronald McDonald--proved they were no rival to the power of religion. Millions would die due to the mistake.
All because the Pope, as part of the onset of his dementia, declared that daily rain cleanses the soul of sin.
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