Pre-eminent

Know your enemy. Know his name. Know his family. Know his motives. Know his reasons. Know his strengths. Know his weaknesses. Know his moves before he makes them. Know where to strike. Know you are more important. Strike first.

Inferno

Opening the door, the first thing I notice is the smell. The smell is hard to explain, whereas the visuals are easy, because you can relate to shapes and even sounds so much easier than explaining the intricacies of a single aroma. Initially there was a hint of it, subtle and subdued, timid to the …

Bolt action, single-, double-action, action, re-action.

The hammer falls forward, applying pressure to the firing pin, which taps the anvil, triggering the primer cap, flash fire burns through the web, gas expands forward, propelling the ogive at 800 feet per second, the grooves spinning it through the throat of the barrel, 5000 revolutions per second, the muzzle pulls back from the …

Dispatching a deluge of despondency.

It is mimicry of self. Replacing yourself with another’s thoughts, motions, mannerisms, feelings, quotes, lies, lives, words, voice… The highest form of flattery? Or the lowest form of self-respect, appreciation and depravity of character? It is one thing to look to higher learning through a source of knowledge you didn’t previously know of or understand; …