fiction

  • The Limits of Jaspersian Patience

    Philosophical faith and dialogue might seem hopelessly inadequate. “Playing the long game” can also feel inadequate when people are being threatened, disappeared, or killed.  Here I attempt to outline why Jaspers was no fool about this. Continue reading

    The Limits of Jaspersian Patience
  • 12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories

    More than a few of these 12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories.made me cringe… one even made me look over my shoulder and check the dark room behind me. You can read them all at the above link. To whet… Continue reading

    12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
  • Irrationality: Factual Fictions

    irrational (adj.) late 15c., “not endowed with reason” (of beats, etc.); earlier (of quantities) “inexpressible in ordinary numbers” (late 14c.); from Latin irrationalis “without reason,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + rationalis “reason” (see rational). Meaning “illogical, absurd” is attested from 1640s. via etymonline.com… Continue reading

    Irrationality: Factual Fictions