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Hello & Welcome!
Let us begin with a DISCLAIMER: My brain afire makes me do it.
To continue, my name is Adam Posadas. I am determinedly wishy-washy because of the sky when I was born* and not really as emo as all that and also, I am a Writer. This is my blog. I know all of this business takes loads of practice and I am too comfortable letting words in my brain go ( Read more... ) -
Special Post: Serendipity!
This week, Jeb says, "For this assignment, write about your own serendipitous life. Document a few vicissitudes and demonstrate their consequences. ...blah blah blah 1000-1500 words." I revised an email I had lying about. Without further ado:
Private Podass and the Good AdviceI’ve been talking a lot about my Army experiences lately. It’s been ( Read more... ) -
Dissonance in the Key of Us
An Enchantress’s word, her will enforced, is charged with energy and intention. Verily Ka, twenty-five years old, urban magic practitioner extraordinaire, knew the dangers of inertia. From a completely mundane standpoint, if she continued to lie on this low, yellow couch for very many more days, she would lose her coveted day job and also begin to ( Read more... ) -
It Begins with Blood
What is the price of things as they used to be? A single phrase. A single gesture. Even just a single drop of blood. That is all I need to know that magic hasn’t deserted me.This late at night, desert heat still fills my place. I squat in an unfinished basement unit of a condemned apartment building. The air conditioner pumps in air that is only ( Read more... ) -
The Proving Ground Ground Rules, 2011 ed.
a la the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and other founding legal documents, I give you
( The Ground Rules, 2011 ) -
copa casandwich
young men jostling in line ( Read more... ) -
"The Princess and the Pea" by Edmund Dulac
in medias res
It isn't that I'm a princess, really, but more that everybody just instinctively knows to approach me with deference. Additionally, I'm not saying that you're all entirely wrong, but I prefer to think of myself as a fairy faggot boy with an highly calibrated sense of discernment. One of the things you don't realize is how much ( Read more... ) -
my first kiss wasn't yours
took minutes to tie
will take hours to undo
just a little knot
just a little bit of silk
just a little cord to bind my heart
but more than that
midair
blindfolded
twitching at every feather-light caress
i recall
the first time i found refuge in release -
Hey Fat Girl!
You are beautiful ( Read more... )