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Friday the thirteenth feels older than it is.

It feels carved into stone, whispered across centuries, passed down as a warning rather than information. People lower their expectations. They postpone travel. They glance at the calendar with suspicion.

But dates do not carry misfortune.

Stories do.

The number thirteen unsettles systems that prefer order. Twelve is tidy. Twelve months. Twelve hours. Twelve disciples. Twelve feels complete.

Thirteen disrupts the pattern.

In Norse mythology, twelve gods...

A Twisted Love Story from the Perspective of Elena Hoyos

I remember the taste of salt on the wind and the way the afternoon sun would turn the ocean into a sheet of hammered gold. I remember the music that drifted from the Cuban Club on Saturday nights, the trumpets and guitars calling to me like sirens beckoning sailors to shore. I remember dancing until my feet ached, laughing until my sides hurt, living with the fierce urgency of youth that does not yet understand how quickly it can be...

The Eternal Bride

A Love Story from the Perspectives of Carl Von Cosel

The first moment I saw her, I understood that destiny had finally revealed itself to me. After fifty years of wandering this earth, searching for meaning in the cold corridors of hospitals and the lonely passages of ships crossing endless oceans, I had found her, my Elena.

She walked into the marine hospital on that April morning in 1930, and the world around me dissolved into insignificance. Her dark hair cascaded over her...

Before anyone asks, yes, this is the same research brain at work. The historical gaps, suppressed records, long-term power structures, and inconvenient facts that fueled the conspiracies in The Fablecastle Chronicles are the very same ones that led me into the BRICS framework and the geopolitical realities behind A New Dawn.

Empires don’t fall in a single moment. They erode.

Not at the borders, but from within, when people stop believing there's a future worth fighting for. When governments keep extracting while offering nothing in return. No security. No stability. No hope.

History doesn’t just warn us. It shows us, again and again, that societies collapse not when the enemy arrives, but when faith in the system dies. When people look around and realize:

I’m not fed. I’m not safe. I’m not free. So what exactly am I...

Elder Abuse in America: A Crisis Demanding Action

The Problem

America faces many divides: economic, cultural, racial, and political. But one often goes unmentioned: the generational divide. With older adults (65+) comprising nearly 15% of the population, and growing, we're confronting a crisis hidden behind closed doors: elder abuse affects at least 1 in 10 seniors annually.

Elder abuse encompasses far more than we typically imagine. It includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse,...

For decades, America has called itself the leader of the free world. But leadership built on moral authority cannot survive when every election turns into an auction. Our democracy and our credibility have been sold to the highest bidder.

Money in politics has always been corrosive, but the scale today is staggering. In 2024, more than $17 billion was spent on federal races. Lobbying expenditures topped $4 billion. Corporate donors and political action committees don’t spend that kind of money...

What is magick? Magick, often spelled with a 'k' to differentiate it from stage magic, is a complex and multifaceted practice that many individuals perceive as the manipulation of the natural energies that envelop us. This concept of energy is deeply rooted in various spiritual and metaphysical traditions, where practitioners believe that everything in the universe is interconnected through a web of energy. Within this framework, spells are utilized as a means to channel this energy...

Introduction: When the Camera Became King

But what if television had been part of the story from the very beginning? Lincoln’s brilliance likely still would have carried him, though not without risk. His gaunt...

Witchcraft has fascinated people for centuries, and one particularly intriguing aspect of this practice is the concept of witch familiars. These beings, often represented as animal companions or spirits, play a significant role in assisting practitioners with their magical endeavors. In this post, we will delve into the origins of witch familiars, explore the most common types, and examine how their meanings vary across different styles of witchcraft.

The Origins of the Idea of Witch...