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Cliff Jones Jr.

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in Houston, The United States
November 20, 1982

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Cliff Jones Jr. is a Watty-Award-winning dreampunk/irrealist author and editor with a background in linguistics and software development. His stories tend to tackle heavy philosophical and spiritual questions using pulp genre tropes and absurdist humor. ...more

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Cliff Jones Jr. Walking along the woodside path in the early morning dark, your footfalls grow lighter even as your pace quickens, approaching runaway panic. Ashamed …moreWalking along the woodside path in the early morning dark, your footfalls grow lighter even as your pace quickens, approaching runaway panic. Ashamed of such baseless infantile dread, you stop to catch your breath a moment...(less)
Cliff Jones Jr. I haven't had to deal with any significant case of writer's block yet, just instances where I had an opportunity to write but didn't have anything in …moreI haven't had to deal with any significant case of writer's block yet, just instances where I had an opportunity to write but didn't have anything in particular coming to mind. I've never viewed that as a "block" exactly, just part of the creative process.

My favorite solution so far has been to take long walks at night with my smartphone. I have my work in Google Docs, and when I have an idea I'll just stop walking for a sec and write directly on my phone. (Sometimes I'll actually read, edit, and write one-handed while walking, but I can't say I really recommend that.)

I think it also helps that I'm in the habit of listening to audiobooks while I walk. It helps to keep me in a certain frame of mind so that when I'm not listening to a book on one of these walks, I'll probably have an urge to write.(less)
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A Few Thoughts on Religion

The flip side of “All religions have something of value to teach,” is “All religions have a distortion of reality baked in to serve the ruling elite.”

It may be a comforting idea like karma. The flip side of people eventually getting what they deserve is that it allows you to ignore injustice.

I'm using the term “ruling elite” very loosely here. For a micro-religion (like a cult), the elite may be a

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“He was a straw man in a suit, a walking false flag. Ninety percent of everything he said was crap, and the remaining ten percent was sprinkled in there just to rub his stink on it. The question of whether he himself actually believed the things he said was irrelevant. He was a puppet in a long line of puppets. He played his part just as his so-called opponents were playing theirs.”
Cliff Jones Jr., Dreck

“So Flip would just have to go on, trying to do more good than harm, day by day. He couldn’t undo his wrongs, but he could recognize them and try to guard against adding on more.”
Cliff Jones Jr., Dreck

“He probably wouldn’t do any jail time at all, not with the perennial War on Drugs in full force. Too many dope smokers and pill poppers to lock up instead.”
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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
Mark Twain

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
C.S. Lewis

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell

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