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  • The Origin Story: Part 2 of 2

    The Origin Story: Part 2 of 2

    If Part 1 was about where the idea began, this part is the prequel to the origin story. Between 1998 and 2010, the story lived in fragments. Scenes. Settings. I pictured late-night television and grainy black-and-white moments where fear was suggested instead of sensationalized. Most of it played stealthily in the background while life moved…

  • The Origin Story:          Part 1 of 2

    The Origin Story: Part 1 of 2

    Featured Image: Proud Place at dusk: a fence, a watchtower, and a community trying to hold. It was the night before the line was crossed, and there was no coming back. Every civilization thinks collapse belongs to someone else’s century. Before we close out 2025 and look toward the 2026 release of Eulogy for the…