Sorry this took as long as it did. I was dissatisfied with a few things in this post. I still am. Unfortunately, if I waited until everything was perfect, I’d never post at all.
When I was in college, one of my profs would often quote the line, “Poetry is never finished, only abandoned.” I try to remember this when I have the temptation to fiddle with things (and not just poetry) past the point when fiddling would be useful.
Another installment in this serial. As ever, it includes things that I’m happy with and a few things that I’d like to fix.
One odd thing I noticed recently is that this story includes a character named Nick and a town named Jericho. Over at Tribe, a story I only began to read within the last couple weeks, I noticed that there’s a character named Nick and a town named Jericho. Fortunately, the characters are utterly different and Tribe’s Jericho is the main setting whereas this story’s Jericho was mentioned once and never will be again.
Well, enough commentary, click through to read the story.
Continue reading The Legion of Nothing–Chapter Three: On Patrol