The generation of feminism clashes after the truth behind a malicious lie comes to light. But the outcome of the ordeal is something that neither party can really avoid.
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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
The duality of truth and lies.
So, remember my thirteenth short story, The True Color of Karma, where I introduced a creature of my own creature for future projects (click here for the post and here to buy the story). I wanted to have a healthy source of creatures, beings, and demons I can callback to for future. But this particular time around, I wanted to create a creature that was very personal to me and that could be virtually indestructible. That may be a something of a mistake for a writer but let me explain how Mirror, Mirror came about.
She is a monster born from the vengeful heart of a scorned woman. Luckily, she was locked away to protect humanity. And yet, humanity is ever so curious regarding her existence and power. That’s going to be a mistake.
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When a country with less than five percent of the world’s population has nearly half of the world’s privately owned guns and makes up nearly a third of the world’s mass shootings, it’s time to stop saying guns make us safer.
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What if the American people had enough of the NRA?
The duality of the NRA/gun control.
I cannot tell you how much I dislike the NRA. Why? It’s not for the reasons you think. It’s not because I don’t like guns. I mean…I don’t like them although I am capable of using them being trained by my uncle. No no. I don’t like the NRA because they can’t seem to keep themselves out of grown-up’s conversation. My country has the highest number of mass shootings in the world by a colossal margin and the NRA has the arrogance to still spout out their nonsense while intervening in the path of progression towards America’s safety. They are doing more harm than good and I wanted to convey that message through Enough Is Enough because, seriously, enough is enough.
Some organizations just can’t seem to stay out of government affairs. They even think that they are exempt from such a rule. That is until they met a pissed-off father.
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We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.
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What if you could actually give a sociopath/psychopath empathy?
That”s what I began to ask myself after watching an episode of Charmed. More specifically, the sixth episode of the third season of the original series entitled “Primrose Empath” (click here). The episode, and the series as a whole, got me interested in the whole aspect of the mind. At the time, I didn’t know about psychology but it still intrigued me. Fast forward to 2019, when I started working on the outlines for the forty-five short stories, I decided to revisit that episode and do a deeper dive while reading up on the core aspects of empathy. And that was only the beginning of my research.
Not the best idea to piss off women, especially a coven of them. A lesson a corrupt banker is about to learn in the worst way imaginable.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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The duality of karma
This is going to be the funniest BTP (“Behind The Pen”) segment that I have ever written. I had so much fun creating the backstory for the main character of this story and, in a beautiful twist, I didn’t even use him that much. And yet, The Jamaican was still managed to pull all my test readers in within the few pages he was introduced in. I count that as a win in my book and for good reasons since I will be using him, again. But, of course, I’m getting ahead of myself. Allow me to explain how The True Colors of Karma came about.
He is called by two names. However, what he is called to do takes on one form but many words. Either way, he is a true nightmare for his targets.
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we were like crabs in a barrel, that none would allow the other to climb over, but on any such attempt all would continue to pull back into the barrel the one crab that would make the effort to climb out.”
― Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
Have you ever been ostracized from your community? Was it because of something that was out of your control? Or, better yet, was it because of your harmless ambition for something precious or greater? This is why Crabs In A Barrel is so important to me. I have been a victim of such ridiculous notions. And it’s not too much of a stretch to say that it has been happening all my life.