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A Game of Stones and Questions
Amber & Cedar is around half full, like it normally is this time of the evening. Being Tuesday, I don’t expect it’s going to fill up much...
J. Joseph
Jan 20, 20238 min read
No Matter How Much Ike Wants To
This should be a simple enough conversation, right? I mean, she already knows I’m heading to Europe for the foreseeable future. She’s...
J. Joseph
Dec 16, 20228 min read
A Meeting of the League
My last tutee for the day walks out of the small glass study room in the back of the library. Dixon, not the one in town. I assume it’s...
J. Joseph
Nov 18, 20228 min read
Running Through Greg's Day
My alarm goes off. Seven thirty in the morning. Slowly, I open my eyes and reach for the alarm clock. Pushing the off button, I move my...
J. Joseph
Oct 21, 20228 min read
The Rundown of Potential Mentees
“Do you think it will work, Therese?” Irene asks me. The question resonates in my mind. Slowly, I cock my head and raise an eyebrow ever...
J. Joseph
Sep 16, 20228 min read
One Last Return to Campus
The plane actually arrives early. By twelve minutes. Not sure why, we didn’t leave early, but I don’t mind. Not much anyways. Because...
J. Joseph
Aug 19, 20228 min read
Sasha Kovach: Our First Day
It was finally the day. I had been recruited out of a practically unknown fucking engineering program to this enormous office. I wasn’t...
J. Joseph
Jul 29, 20229 min read
Alina's First Principal Mysticists Convention
For the first time in the last three or four years, I’m doing almost exactly what my parents groomed me to do for all those years. Only...
J. Joseph
Jul 15, 20228 min read
The Plan and an Internship
I sigh as I settle into the train seat. When I first got to that Villa, I had a plan already. It was all lain out, cleanly and neatly. I...
J. Joseph
Jun 17, 20228 min read
Our Final End-Of-Year Evaluations
One thing I like about Sierra, she knows when she’s done an oopsy. After last year’s…I don’t want to say debacle, but debacle, she...
J. Joseph
May 20, 20228 min read
Something Ike Wouldn't Want Overheard
With History of the Magisterial Court over for the day, I leave the place to get back to my real work. Or maybe have fun. Or a drink. So...
J. Joseph
Apr 15, 20228 min read
One Truly Magical Night
It gets frustrating sometimes. That phrase, I put the cart before the horse. Every once in a while I think it applies to me. Because,...
J. Joseph
Mar 18, 20228 min read
What I Need Today
“I know this is his day,” Jase whispers to me as we lie entangled in my dorm room’s bed that’s just slightly too small for two, “But I...
J. Joseph
Feb 18, 20228 min read
A Vacation in Isolation
This arrangement, it turns out, works far better than I thought on the drive over. For two reasons. First and foremost, Cee is a perfect...
J. Joseph
Jan 28, 20228 min read
Pre-Semester Meetings with My Advisees
As I get out of bed, I can’t help but think on two questions. Two questions that have dominated my mind for the last month or so. What...
J. Joseph
Jan 21, 20228 min read
River Casey: Hiring Practices
I first met my boss, Mister Messalinus, during a job fair at my college. He seemed oddly formal and very young. Even younger than I...
J. Joseph
Jan 7, 20228 min read
An Afternoon of Meetings
Our winter break came fast this year. Too much to do, so little time. If I had any sense, I should be relaxing on the other coast working...
J. Joseph
Dec 17, 20218 min read
Planning Our Final Project
I head into the small classroom that we have our Advanced Basics of Sociology class in half the week. Abdul is supposed to meet me here...
J. Joseph
Nov 19, 20218 min read
Spiraling out of Control: A Halloween Story
I should really get up, right? Talk? All it takes is some focus. I should do it. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen if I screw up...
J. Joseph
Oct 29, 20218 min read
An Average Thursday
My alarm goes off. It is mine. I think about what happened last night. I was working all night on a more advanced disguise measure for my...
J. Joseph
Oct 15, 20218 min read
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