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Personality Test – What do your Movie Titles say about you?

If your life were a movie, which one would suit it best? Please don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it, deciding from your gut will provide the best assessment. The Phantom of the Opera 300 Spartans The Hangover Titanic The Wolf of Wall Street Interpretations: Deep down you’re a scholar and a fine […]Read Post ›

The Picture of Kieran Slate – Ep. 38 of “The Marquis”

“All weakness of the flesh passes on to the voodoo picture,” the young butler mutters to himself, staring in awe at the portrait of Zed that blackens and crumples with the pestilence that until now had been eating at his body. The meaning of all this sends my neurons spinning, making me barge out of […]Read Post ›

Personality Test – What do your Reflections say about you?

For this one, we’re going to need a moment of introspection. Take a deep breath, keep it in for just a bit, then release the air slowly, looking at the image. As you exhale, the fog clears. Which of the following words best describes what you see with your mind’s eye? Past Young Forever Future […]Read Post ›

Personality Test – What do your Captions say about you?

What can One Image and One Word alone say about our personality? Image and Word are two representations that can take us very deep in our subconscious (Freud takes a close look at this in “The Ego and the ID” – among others – and Carl Jung in “Man and his Symbols”). Now let us […]Read Post ›

Personality Test – What’s your Life Purpose? – Part 1

What is your purpose in the world? Let us come a little closer to the answer – please read the quotes below and choose the one that you feel resonates more with your deepest beliefs: “Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” John F. Kennedy “The whole purpose of education is to […]Read Post ›

The Magic in Our Blood – Ep. 37 of “The Marquis”

Vivien is much too weak to move. But she’s back to herself, she’s cold, and dependant on me to cover her nakedness with thick duvets, and to arrange her pillow. “How could that possibly help?” I inquire, still unsure of what I heard. “Please, just trust me Saph,” she says weakly. “But I –” “Their […]Read Post ›

Personality Test – What do your Death quotes say about you? – Part 2

Last week part 2 of the personality test series “What do your Death quotes say about you?” was promised. And, as promised, here it is. Please read the following quotes and let yourself feel which one best resonates with who you are: “Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” Benjamin Franklin “Be […]Read Post ›

The Executioner – Ep. IX – Hellish killing techniques

I froze. “What?” “Yes. The police ascribed the massacre at the inn to a criminal corporation, BioDhrome. They allegedly dissolved soon after the R.I.S. started on their trail, but Marius is convinced that’s bullshit. They were a corp, much too big to evaporate in thin air just like that. He’s convinced they used their power […]Read Post ›

Superpowers – Ep. 36 of The Marquis

Zed is on his knees, head bent, still cradling Vivien on his thighs. There’s blood on her arm. I can’t tell if it’s hers or his, but the man looking closely at Zed’s wounds springs back as if burnt with red iron. “Shit, it’s expanding!” Kieran hurries over, still holding my hand and therefore pulling […]Read Post ›

Personality Test – What do your Death quotes say about you?

Last time we looked at what our Love Quotes say about our personality, and I promised that today a personality test on Death Quotes would follow, since Eros (Love) and Thanatos (Death) are so closely related to each other. This is the first of a series of two personality tests based on your Death Quotes, […]Read Post ›