New Name, Same Newsletter
Hello Readers, It’s the new and improved Semiurge! A shift in priorities, projects, and overall goals has led me to decide to change the name and...
ICE and Its Meltdowns: The Gritless Violence of Cowards
(Note for returning readers, Sovereign is still the next fiction issue, as promised at the end of the short story, but these essay type issues might trickle...
Sound Quality (a very short story)
A Madman Butterfly Interstitial The request had been simple. And impossible. The man wanted to hear a new sound. He had gathered hungry young musicians at...
How to Not Talk About Atrocity
There’s something I’d like to say is odd about conversations about Palestine, but unfortunately, it isn’t unusual. The oddity is how few of the conversations...
Madman Butterfly #4
It’s a New Year’s miracle, an issue out on its holiday! What that means is that the serial will continue closer to the next holiday, but you will not be left...
Madman Butterfly #2 and #3
Two new installments of Madman Butterfly for you. I didn’t quite get it in time for Christmas, but it is at least closer than the Thanksgiving issue. It was...
New Fiction
The first issue of Madman Butterfly should be in your inboxes now! There is an attached PDF version for easier viewing. There might be some editing errors...
Madman Butterfly: A Life in Holidays #1
Out of the Mouth of Babes I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now...
True Scotsmen of Christ: Religion vs Faith, and the Special Pleading of Progressive Catholicism
Edit for the archive version: I think it might be good to make a basic point here that readers can carry with them as they read the elaborations and...
It’s The Stupid Economy
Let’s establish this up front, “the market” is a construct. That is not the same as it being fake. Nor is it always unreflective of reality. There are...
Shin Godzilla and Music in Visual Media: A Brief Thought
Note: A lot of this issue is applicable to several audio-visual mediums, but I will be using film as a synecdoche for those at points because the article’s...
A Comic Book Issue, or The Problem With Power Creep, and the Virtue of Democracy
Shout-out to Brian Heinz for inspiring that pun, one of the few Channel Awesome recap style review era guys I can actually stand. Not sure if he does the...
How To Self-Destruct Your Way To Happiness
Note: This issue is something of a follow-up to The Amiable Reaper. You don’t need to have read that to understand this issue, but it is available in the...
Bewere Wolves #1: The Beast Within
Bewere Wolves #1: The Beast Within (2024) or It’s a Metaphor? I Mean, It’s a Metaphor. I had initially thought to begin this series with a more informative...
The Amiable Reaper or We're All Going To DIE, and That's Just Fine
I was told by family members on the night of the 2024 presidential election that I was remarkably unfazed by the event. After this I spent a fair few hours...
MOLOCH RUNS THE WORLD
Moloch never got off his throne, instead he did what a shrewd leader does and learned from his subjects. He learned you can get away with a whole lot if you...