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So, weirdly, Google Ads put this one on the site. Now, normally I’m agin’ spreading ads like this around — the last thing any advertiser needs is help from me, especially this one — but the weird connection between this ad and Ch. 15 is just too delicious…

Hell Does Not Exist And you can prove it. Get the facts See for yourself - The big Hell lie bible-truths.com

As I said, Yeah…, but maybe strange truths really are out there. Cue the X-Files music…

This from the publisher today, God bless her:

Thanks for this — I’m looking forward to reading it. Don’t worry about sending a hard copy — this is fine. I’ll be in touch soon about a schedule and an editor etc. Best, M

Nowhere the following could go, but oh, how I wanted to slip these lyrics in somewhere. I got them from the fine folks at Straightedge.com Firestorm from the Firestorm EP The Oath that keeps me Free

Street by street.
Block by block. Taking it all back. The youth’s immersed in poison Turn the tide counterattack. Violence against violence, Let the roundups begin. A firestorm to purify the bane that society drowns in.

Well, it is part fantasy, but going through a final draft of the manuscript, finished last night, I’m struck by the repetition of certain words. Talk about bludgeoning…

weird

pp. 7, 7, 11, 19, 25, 30, 40, 40, 41, 41, 44, 46, 46, 54, 61, 62, 64, 68, 79, 82, 82, 89, 92, 99, 99, 106, 106, 113, 130

strange

pp. 10, 22, 30, 30, 38, 39, 40, 40, 56, 59 64, 70, 82, 82, 84, 85, 101, 102, 112, 122, 130, 130, 134

mysterious

pp. 45, 66, 82, 86

Sigh.