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Month: September 2023

Blood-colored raindrops splashing against puddles on the ground.

The Church of Cleansing
by Zachary Robert Long (1996 words, estimated reading time: 10 minutes)

Posted on September 3, 2023June 5, 2025 by Zack Long

“And nay, Brothers and Sisters, shall we deny that the time is soon,” the man at the altar roared as he wiped blood from his hands. “For we know the truth. We know what the future holds and we shall be the ones who inherit, for we have seen that truth with our own eyes.”…

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I make all my decisions on intuition. I throw a spear into the darkness. That I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.

— Ingmar Bergman

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