"Imagine Honor Harrington meets Discworld in a DNDesque setting on shrooms. The Gods are long since soupcanned and their bosses are forced to rely on very imperfect tools to fix the mess. Imagine a Mary Sue finding out that she's actually a lovecraftian starspawn but for magic"
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
[Poem] Chat PJB
by Emmit Other
Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi
Justifies redacting the Epstein Files
(Illegally)
With a spinning top LLM defense
"Why did you redact the files?"
The robot answers
"Why arent you clapping for leader Trump harder?"
A representative asks,"Who do you work for?"
The automaton from the Hall of Presidents replies
"Buy tickets to Melania today! 95% on Rotten Tomatoes!"
An exasperated representative finally asks
"are you even human?"
The Sex Doll says
"I am whatever Daddy Trump wants me to be
In a Barbie World
Its fantastic
To be fasc plastic!"
Pedo Jim Jordon defended
Pedo Defender Bondi
By saying
"Leader Trump let me take a turn with her
Fair is fair,
Your time may not be reclaimed"
Bondi replied
"The Stock market is high
Just like I am!"
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Matthew 7: 21-23
King James Version
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
[Poem] Obi Wan Without a Luke
by Emmit Other
My life has been harsh
My roads winding and twisted
Hidden and obscured in the mists of Samsura
I am not a Guru
But I do feel Power to My Name
The Solidity of Who I Am
I Echo Lessons Learned
A few scraps are perceived
But I hear the final scene of the Death Star
The moment where I'm supposed to say
"Luke Use The Force"
"Let Go"
And....then two photon torpedoes go into the thermal exhaust port
But there is no Force
And there is no Luke Skywalker
Only the Music
And the Empty Air
And I certainly dont have an X-Wing
Lying Around
Do you?
Friday, January 23, 2026
Status Update - 2026
First off all the easy stuff: Word count
Grenademan vs the Lich: 18K
Armor of Stone: 36K
The King is Dead: 9.8K
I have also started two new projects: An adaptation of Poetry of Elmer Gantry called "The Women of Gantry" and dusted off and restarted "I Asherah" which is likely to exceed "I, Odysseus" in length covering prehistory; old testament, new testament, the middle ages and "revelations" and the aftermath. She is a powerful figure and clearly has a lot to say.
The bigger update is once I have a full day "day job" I will contact the artist I've already paid a down payment on "The Queen in Blue" for the kickstarter and will publish there.
Great things are coming.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Amazon Ask a Book
Amazon is feeding my IP in violation of the TOS I signed when I agreed to publish into an AI that lets people ask LLM about my property in a way I cannot vet; as a result of this decision, all Red Anvil Publshing proprties have since been removed from the Amazon website. While I had a plan to stop selling anything NEW there; my existing books have also been removed because I will not sell with a company that profits from the theft of my work or the work of anyone else.
Watch this space for new places my works can be sold.
Friday, January 9, 2026
[Poem] Ya Say Ya Are a Rebel
by Emmit Other
Ya say you are a rebel
yeah yeah yeah
you say ya gonna change the world
ya say you gonna rumble with the man
when the shit goes down
according to their shadow plan
yeah yeah yeah
well honey let me tell you
a thing or two
about what i see
and who it is
you choose to be
You know Zuckerberg is evil
yeah yeah yeah
But you still got ya insta
You still using your whatsap
You even have your facebook
To keep in touch
While Mark still lets you
To coordinate the resistance
They wont see
Cause the algo hides it
Lock and key
You aint organizing crap
On the zuckfuck app
yeah yeah yeah
You say you are a patriot
dont you see
they're still using Oracle
In your company
Ellison gets rich
And theil mkes his panopticon
And musk takes Doge
And makes the government gone
But you're still on X
lalalalal
yeah yeah yeah
These men are gonna fall
That is true
Cause they are all
Sniffing glue
but honey while you buy your book
On amazon
I can safely say
the chance is gone
that its gonna come from you.
Monday, December 29, 2025
100 Reeds
A collaborative poem by Swirling Leaf, Take a Breath, Swagtastic and Emmit Other about martial arts, pirates, samurai and Japanese Gods.
Friday, December 12, 2025
[Poem] Project 14
by Emmit Other
We All Want to Change the World
Sometimes
Unemployed
Discontinued Disowned Disavowed
Too Old
Not What You Once Were
So the Poet Donned Black Cloth Robes
And a Facemask
and 14 Arrows Did he Quiver
To Change the World
Ideas for their Own Sake
Long Odds Every One
To see
Maybe
if the World Could
In Fact
Be Changed
Thursday, November 27, 2025
[Poem] Ohenton Karihwatehkwen
by Emmit Other
Words Above All Else
Is what the Mohawk say
For Thanksgiving
And I thought
It was not
Witness:
The Mohowk still celebrate this event
A profound gratitude for Mother Earth
And what is provided
Gratitude is where humility and kindness meet
Under the eternal sun
Witness
Ronald Raygun introduced the Turkey Pardon
As a gag with later full pardons
And cute names
Conservatives project
Did you know that a Presidential Pardon implies an admission of guilt?
What is the turkey guilty for?
It isn't.
But I am sure it is grateful for its life.
Witness:
Of 574 Recognized Tribes in the US today
We have broken our word to every single one of them
Massachusets celebrates indigeneous people's day
But still doesnt recognize besides a footnote
That the Wampanoag and Mohawk
Had traditions years and years before the Puritans
(Never call them fucking Pilgrims)
Aeons before the colonizers
Witness:
The Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Substack 100
I have been silenced or censored by
-Bluesky
-Mastadon
-Youtube
But you know who hasnt?
Substack. It does allow disgusting content there....but it also allows mine.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
The Queen in Blue - The Five Faces of the Dreamer
Opening Hook
"Welcome back, fellow travelers of the weird. Today we're diving into the final three stanzas of the poem 'I, Hastur' - arguably the most dangerous piece in the entire Emerson Portfolio. This is where everything comes together: the Shepherd, the Darkness, and the Yellow King converge in a dance that literally shaped reality itself."
Segment 1: "The Yellow King Speaks" (Stanza 3)
The third stanza reveals the Yellow King's own perspective - speaking in first person about its nature as a living idea, a memetic force that has corrupted civilizations throughout history. Key discussion points:
- The Yellow King's claim to have "always been" yet also having an origin point
- The litany of fallen cities: Dilmun, Atlantis, Troy, Iram of the Pillars, El Dorado
- The revelation that the King exists in a temporal loop
- The twisted love story at its heart - the King's obsession with "Her" (the Queen in Blue)
- How the King describes itself as simultaneously hate incarnate yet capable of love
Analysis: This stanza humanizes the cosmic horror in the most disturbing way possible - showing that even entities of pure corruption can experience genuine emotion, making them more dangerous, not less.
Segment 2: "We Are Hastur" (Stanza 4)
The fourth stanza shifts to the original Hastur - the Count who became the first Yellow King through autogenocide (destroying all alternate versions of himself). Discussion includes:
- The aristocratic origin story in Carcosa
- The child who played with spiders and learned dark magic
- The Phantasmagoria Ball as the ultimate ritual
- The disturbing mechanics of becoming the Yellow King through self-annihilation across infinite realities
- The [REDACTED] play section that was literally torn from the manuscript
Listener Warning: Rhombus Ticks himself warned that this section nearly cost him his sanity. The memetic infection is real, folks.
Segment 3: "The Queen in Blue Opera" (Stanza 5)
The final stanza presents Scriabin's operatic translation, allegedly from Sanskrit found in Etruscan ruins. This is where we get:
- The dual narrative structure following both the maid Boquet and the cosmic entities
- The famous refrain: "Thou shalt dance with the queen tonight boys"
- The Dreamer/Hound's declaration of power over nightmares
- The convergence at the Phantasmagoria Ball where King and Queen finally meet
- The paradox explained: "The Dreamer is the King / But the King is not the Dreamer"
The Core Revelation: The Queen in Blue tamed the Yellow King through a combination of love, strategy, and the deployment of the Ethan Baton bloodline as a "check" against the King's power. She founded a lineage specifically designed to produce someone who could focus the Dreamer's power against the King when needed.
Closing Analysis
These three stanzas complete the cosmic chess game:
- The Shepherd/Haita provides the white light of protection
- The Darkness represents entropy and the void
- The Yellow King embodies corruption and ascension through hubris
- The Queen in Blue uses love and strategic patience to maintain balance
- The Dreamer/Hound acts as enforcer of the balance
The poem suggests all five faces are aspects of Hastur, operating across different layers of reality simultaneously.
Final Warning
Remember Dr. Bathory's forward: read this material once if you must, but protective rituals are recommended. Rhombus himself became infected and had to journey to Carcosa seeking answers.
As always, stay skeptical, stay safe, and remember - some knowledge comes with a price.
[End theme: discordant strings fading into static]
Episode Notes:
- This material is from the Emerson Portfolio, translated by Dr. Persephone Bathory
- Multiple scholars report temporal anomalies with this text
- Carbon dating results are contradictory and "supernatural"
- For mental health resources, please see our website
Saturday, October 18, 2025
[Poem] King Trump
By Emmit Other
There is a king who isnt
Who think he is but wont
Admit it
Cause he is Donnie Dont
He admit guts like Hitler
And has a Cabinet full of Bats
Dude cant keep his underwear
From soiling like the box o cats
His minions are not cute and yellow
But red faced drunk and angry
But totally not SS Hello!
For a guy that needs depends
He uses the Constitution for TP
Rumor on the street is
He has a tiny mushroom peepee
Rumor also lets us know
There is a buncha protests
No Kings No Kings No Kings today
Or know nothing like Jon Snow
Sunday, October 12, 2025
The Queen in Blue - I Hastur - The Unspeakable
The shepherd’s quiet guardianship meets its first true resistance as the ancient dark stirs—and what creeps within it becomes the Unspeakable. The shift is gradual: things “crept into the Darkness / and became something Unspeakable,” until the shepherd realizes the void is awake and fighting back.
The Queen in Blue - Deployed
The clash rips the spirit-realm’s middle lands—especially the Dreamlands—into shreds; the shepherd’s pain echoes across creation, but the Unspeakable suffers more.
The Queen in Blue - Deployed
It isn’t a clean victory; rather, the shepherd barely prevents the Unspeakable from rousing the elder powers “when the stars were not right.”
The Queen in Blue - Deployed
Then the Sign arrives, branding the world in three hues—Black (Unspeakable), White (Shepherd), Yellow (Carcosa)—stabilizing the realm even as it deepens its corruption.
The Queen in Blue - Deployed
The roar of whispers that once promised the Old Ones ebbs to a faint hiss; for a time, balance holds—but only as a war of attrition.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
[Poem] Deacons Little Finger
By Emmit Other
Dis is complex
But I willz simplifies
Authority is a spiritual drivers liscence
A church uses to say
How you connect to Gawd
Catholics claim tis Peter
The Rock and Line of Christ
Protestants say its da Bible
You has a direct line to Gawd
Mormons say Gawd waited
1700 years
To reconnect da phone
Cause the True Church needed
Mericuh
Der is an LDS joke
That a deacon
(A 12 year old boy)
Has more Authority
In his little finger
Than da Pope
But last I check
The Pope is condemning Nazis
Dallin H Oaks?
Crickets
And the prophet before him
So do you believe Gawd loves nazis
Or maybe
Just maybe
Jospeph Smith
Was lying
Sunday, October 5, 2025
The Queen in Blue - The First Shepard (I Hastur)
In this opening stanza, the story pulls us back to a primordial time—before the moon cast its shadow, before Carcosa, even before humanity’s discovery of fire. We meet the figure who would become known as the First Shepherd, a good man who loved his sheep so deeply that their bond transcended the physical. Together they dreamed, and in those dreams, he stood guard.
When nightmares threatened his flock, he discovered fire—not as a tool for cooking or hunting, but as a weapon of protection. Fire here is cast not as mankind’s first technology, but as a spiritual gift: a beacon to guard innocence against the darkness. This act transforms him from a simple caretaker into a mythic figure. The stanza closes on a warning—fire protects, but fire also burns. Its power is double-edged, foreshadowing the ambivalence of every gift that comes from beyond
