Ragnarok - XXVI
#27 of ragnarok the final confrontation draws to a close. the sulfur carrier had dug its claws into the cliff face, on either side of the shallow crevice where the old man stood at bay. the rock walls were collapsing in.
Ragnarok - XIX
#20 of ragnarok shane looks about at the world he has reached, to find he recognizes it. journey to the underworld is a common characteristic of the epic as a poetic form.
Ragnarok - XXIII
#24 of ragnarok cw: violence, death klau makes his last stand against the soot, and the old man arrives for a final reckoning with the sulfur carrier.
Ragnarok - XXIV
#25 of ragnarok varr and the old man weather the sulfur carrier's attack, as elsewhere shane hurries to return. it grinned. it ripped a fist of mangling claws down like a meteor.
Ragnarok - XVII
#18 of ragnarok as the sulfur carrier's final assault begins, shane and varr try to get the young girl to safety. if i'm remembering right, this was where progress on the poem stalled for a long time while i was at grad school.
Ragnarok - XXV
#26 of ragnarok cw - death, animal cruelty, torture, claustrophobia, online harassment, multiple sclerosis in order to reach varr and the old man, shane must force his way through the sulfur carrier's soul.
Ragnarok - XX
#21 of ragnarok shane's ghost wanders the city, invisible and intangible, and finds himself listening to man - seemingly rehearsing a lecture - at the edge of a cemetery.
Ragnarok - IX
#10 of ragnarok shane is introduced to some of the inhabitants of this world, the witchfolk, and hears disquieting rumors which leave him unsure. somewhere dusk was settling.
Ragnarok - XXI
#22 of ragnarok shane meets the old man in person, at last, hidden from the sulfur carrier in the mortal world. and from there he goes to finally say farewell. i'm reasonably proud of this canto, even if it is straight.
Ragnarok - VIII
#9 of ragnarok after a night of strange and cryptic dreams, shane arises to see, and fight, the soot for himself. this canto is how i know my dad, a literature professor, was lying when he said he read these when i was first writing them.
Ragnarok - XV
#16 of ragnarok as the witchfolk depart for other worlds, king roam and the young girl both come to speak with shane, ere a further calamity befalls. i'm still pretty proud of the dialogue in this canto.
Megalopolis - A Father's Visit
The norse gods are calling their warriors for what they fear is the final battle of ragnarok. their avatars and chosen here on the earth are receiving similar warnings to what i am giving you."