The Eldritch Path

  I consider myself to be an adventurous drinker. My taste-buds are in an endless pursuit of new and exotic flavor profiles that grow more manic as I grow older. Being quite the aficionado of spice and soda, I heard mention of a certain beverage making its rounds across social media. The concept of making a spicy drink has been around for ages. Ghost pepper vodka, for example, is a beverage enjoyed in certain godless cabals of the Northeast. The unique experience of flaying your taste-buds while pouring capsaicin into the open wounds is a harrowing foray into the world of extreme cocktails. But that’s not what we’re talking about today. Today we talk about a marriage made in hell, an uncivil union of a 406 billion dollar industry and the Redditor shitposters that revel in it. Today we gather to tie the binds of carbonated soft drinks and gamer memes in unholy matrimony. Speak now and you may forever hold your peace. I encountered mentions of this abomination on Twitt...

A couple of weeks ago, I posed a challenge to myself:  create a short story every week and publish it on the internet.  Initially, I chose a platform called Medium to do this, but this comes with some pitfalls: 1. Medium allows a limited amount of views for free accounts.  This means that the eyes on this platform are quite limited.  2. The website's algorithm seems to favor self-help articles far more than any other topic.     After some experimentation and research, I've decided that I'm going to mirror the content here in this blog.  Of course, any suggestions for a proper hosting platform are welcome. That being said, how's it going?  Sorry for being away for a bit.  I'm trying to be more visible on the internet and have been tweeting a lot more (Twitter @MadZoob).  New posts will be up shortly.  The swamp grows.

 So, this is the beginning of the road. For years I danced with the idea of becoming a professional writer and now, the time has come.  As of this writing, I've completed my first manuscript of my debut novel and am now awaiting response from my beta readers.  It's strange to see years of work now brought to life, congealed into a hundred plus pages.  So with that, thanks to those that have dedicated their time and energy to make this book a reality.      It begins.