Tag Archives: war

Valhalla

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Tietsu

Slothing through the field, our swords meet, I stab the guy, his buddy eyes me, but it’s like, “Why?”, you know? Whatever, he’s dead. I don’t care. I doubt he does either. It’s like, yeah I get it we’re at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Tietsu

In an interview, Wright mentioned that he was using three tome-filled bookcases in order to do research on the book that would eventually become The Looming Tower. Now, I’ve never written a non-fiction book, hell, by any reasonable standard I … Continue reading →

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Bodies

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Tietsu

Dead men. Dozens of the them litter the street, eyes hollow like the blackened core of rotten trees. Some still twitch others, fester quietly in the wet chaos of the road, oblivious to the mounds of traffic racing past them … Continue reading →

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Ruminations #6

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Tietsu

Is it okay to spend hours looking over old notes, marveling over the fact you managed to come through the event in one piece while being awestruck at how stupid you were to do it to begin with? My notes … Continue reading →

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Book Review: @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex by Shane Harris

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Tietsu

@War suffers not only in its kitschy title, but in its wee-haw, all hail the Military Industrial/Internet Complex viewpoint. I read this book as tentative research for a project and early on it became clear that my only option to survive … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Tietsu

This is a book about war. There are people, too many people in fact, but only four or five of them feel like they stand through the cardboard test of character. The world is well-worn, colored and sunbaked as it … Continue reading →

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Untitled Short Story (Excerpt)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Tietsu

It was 7am and they were eating breakfast. Cheerios if you care. It’s not important, but maybe you’re the type of person who inexplicably links favorite foods to stores of empathy, I’m not here to judge you, I’m here to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Tietsu

This is an excellent book to start with if you are curious about the bombing of Hiroshima and have little historical context for it. As it stands though the book falls a bit flat on a historical narrative and instead … Continue reading →

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Revolution

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Tietsu

The city rings with the thunder of gunfire. Men guarded with backpacks and steel shields that protect like cardboard lay scattered across the street. They’ve been here for hours, pinned behind trees, building edges, and hastily repurposed detritus. As men … Continue reading →

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Have and Have-Nots

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Tietsu

During the summer it was always easy to find food. It was everywhere, a call back to the habits of nature and ritual that kept their bellies full and their hearts focused on things greater than simple survival. But summer … Continue reading →

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