Unreal Worlds: Herald of the Yellow King

Unreal Worlds: Herald of the Yellow King

Jul 05

It’s only been a few days since we first talked about the mysterious Ambrose Bierce. He was definitely a Civil War hero, an author, a journalist, and a gold mine manager; he might have also been a dark sorceror, a murderer, and/or a witch-hunter descended from one of the earliest English settlers in North America. One thing though, is certain: it is Ambrose Bierce who first brought us...

Unreal Worlds: The Man from Carcosa

Unreal Worlds: The Man from Carcosa

Jul 03

Everybody’s got secrets. Some are told, and become something less than secret. Some, of course, are never told. They are taken to the grave, held tight in human hearts until those hearts stop beating. And then there are the secrets that really matter: the secrets so strange, so terrible, that the people who hold them just disappear, falling out of reality in the infinitesimal space between...

Unreal Worlds – Lines in the Sand

Unreal Worlds – Lines in the Sand

Sep 28

The Middle East has been referred to as the cradle of civilization. This tumultuous region that gave rise to at least three of the world’s most widespread and influential religions; their contacts and conflicts shaping the history of the Western world (not to mention a fair chunk of the Eastern world, as well). Modern society owes much of its form to the cultures and beliefs that emerged...