One day, Bub, Babi, and Ber sat at the breakfast table having dinner…
“There nothing in life like six-week rotted holehog,” Bub said. Drool streamed from one corner of his mouth. His clublike fingers clenched the torso of an animal best described as part boar and part walrus, accessorized with four pairs of enormous tusks and extra whiskers.
Bub smiled at Ber, his toddler in training. “You want take bite, Ber? Holehog yummy.”
Ber wrinkled his nose and shook his head. “No no! No hog.”
“What...
Hello, Dear Readers.
This is the first entry in the new Simple CuRes series, a spiritual offshoot of The CuRe All Letters with Cultural Restorationism (CuRe) at its heart. These pieces will be short and lighthearted. This initial one, especially, is meant to offer readers a quick sample.
To that end, the author would like to jump in and introduce you to three cave trolls: Bub, Babi, and Ber.
Bub, Babi, and Ber are trolls that live in a cave. Obviously. More importantly, they are a family.
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Reflections
2025 was an eventful and lesson-filled inaugural year for Finch Fries.
Light’s Shadow, my debut novel and first in the Raiders of Light series, released in early December 2024. I had written it feverishly while “newbing” through newborn care. A time when sleepless nights and the blessing of paternity leave prompted me to—at long last—...
Originally Written: Sep 2007
Edited: Sep 11 2025
Kyle Patton sat stalk still, his internal barometer feeling the intense pressure building in the interrogation chamber. A grin spread across the face of one of his two captors as a bead of sweat crawled down his brow, his senses screaming at him to wipe it away. As he reached to end the miserable tickling sensation, he found himself drawn to a pair of blue eyes. A fatal mistake. Menacing, penetrating, cerulean spheres of judgment bored into his...
Robert Finch
Nov 30, 2003
Mrs. Johnson
Period 5
And the third part begins with the son of Algarsyf and Theodora, widowed emperor and deceased empress of Tartary, who is on a quest to discover the meaning of a vision his father saw in the magic mirror.
Dismounting from his horse, Dendala methodically gathered the clothes and other things he would need during his stay. When he finally had everything, he reached up to his steed's ear and turned a small pin. Slowly, the horse faded until it had...
Last of the Legends manuscript
Written Ca. 2000-2001
Note: Edited mainly for syntax and flow of ideas. The manuscript was 99% as-is, excepting my terrible grammar back then. There were also some oddities when I pasted this text in from Word, so please bear with on that point.
Prologue | The Lion
Once, long ago, a boy wished to seek the answers to his questions. He “wished to know the truth,” and unfortunately, he found that which he sought.
"Why in the world did I have to be blessed with...