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"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 24

5 Jun 2024 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“I don’t know…it’s out in the middle of nowhere,” Clay’s telling whomever he’s speaking to on the phone, feet propped on a knotted pine coffee table in the main house’s library, “the closest town? I forget, it’s like…Spinning Rock or some shit. Aren...

The Sacred Temple (Original Poetry)

31 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

We are on the cusp of giving away the very essence of what it means to be human. We think chips, computers, and blockchain technology are powerful, forgetting that we are THE technology. BTW, did you know that blockchain mimics our DNA? Your heart an...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 23

27 May 2024 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  “No…fucking…way!” Emily insists, “No way! There’s just no fucking way that this was here before!” “It does seem…rather unlikely,” Tony agrees with a chuckle, rubbing his chin as he stares down at the water’s greenish black surface. “Well it had to...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 22

25 May 2024 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“So you’re in with the ones starting that school back up, eh?” the old man says to them, then nods before they’ve even responded, “okay, we heard they was doin’ somethin with that property, but we didn’t know what.” After cresting one final steep hi...

"The Doom Statues" - chapter 21

19 May 2024 2 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“Okay, so what kind of tree is that?” Clay challenges, pointing to a gnarled specimen sticking up just a few feet from the creek’s middle. “Those are what’s known as bald cypress trees,” Tom explains, without breaking stride in his furious...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 20

17 May 2024 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  “Have you invited your parents out here?” Emily asks Kay, as they crunch their way through this burnt orange colored carpet of needles, “like, for one of these upcoming tours, maybe?” Harry hasn’t explicitly stated who is and isn’t permitted...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 19

12 May 2024 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Distracted by this pond, Jeremy and company have gotten no further than skirting it. They approached from the left side, nearest the woods, but then rounded the top and have come back around down the opposite side. He wouldn’t consider hims...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 18

10 May 2024 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Sunday morning brings with it more unrelenting gloom, which is somewhat unusual for this state, this time of the year. They’re all still waiting for an Indian Summer that hasn’t yet materialized. Prompted by Emily’s continued sleepless hyst...

Cosmic Chess (Fiction)

9 May 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

“Thank you for volunteering to take part in this linear game. You are the Elite, our absolute best, and you’ve trained for what will unfold for billions of years. Some of you are Starseeds playing your very first live game under these harsh condition...

Write the best Bitcoin short story, win $1000 in BTC!

8 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Schlixxxxxx

Would you like to see a story you've written in a book? Would you like to earn $1000 in BTC for writing 3000 words of financial dystopian horror? Well, now you can. I'm one of the editors and competition judges for Konsensus Network's second-ever sho...