Bacchanalia

Synopsis IThe year is 2014 A.D. The Dark Ages have persisted for so long that they have not been named,ERROR: REALITYmerely witnessed. Western Europe kneels beneath the shadow of the Maccabean ConfederationERROR: THEY’RE COMINGand its Vicar King, who reigns through Holy Mandate, in return for offerings of blood and theERROR: STORY WILLbroken bodies of stoned heathens. Meanwhile, to the East, the Council of Equals rules in secrecy,ERROR: FOR EVERY, FOR ALLa collection of secular republics whose leaders claim to be the next step in human evolution,ERROR: BE TOLDsupported by advanced technologies and superior philosophy. As these superlative individualsERROR: DESERVE, I DESERVEtranscend humanity, however, they begin to question the laws that supposedly govern them.ERROR: TANDEM AND RIDING AND FLAYINGAs these two cultures prepare for full-out war, a new movement is bubbling to the surface. SomeERROR: IT ISN’T ONLY, IT ISN’T JUSTcall it a cult. To others, it is a rebellion. But according to the Sentinels of Nihil, they are nothingERROR: VISIONS OF DIRTat all. Bacchanalia is an artifact of this world, the published and distributed scripture detailingERROR: IT WILL NEVER END IT, PLEASEthe Sentinels’ unapologetic rise to power. Sacrifices will be made. Minds will be lost. Cities willERROR: THIS IS WHAT YOUbe burned. But as the Saviour always says, “Every tombstone is a stepping stone.”ERROR: ARE YOU READY TO BEGINBio ILee Markham Shaw is a mental health communication scholar and psychiatric survivor living in Dallas, Texas.Synopsis IINOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.NOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.NOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.NOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.NOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.NOTHING MATTERS. NOTHING MATTERS.Bio IILee Markham Shaw writes, and he does not matter.Synopsis IIIDr.Tigani,I am becoming increasingly concerned about the deteriorating mental state of . He burst into my office WEdnesday morning absolutely raving about a conversation he had with someone called “The Lunatic.” I told him not to refer to his fellow patients this way. He would not focus on a word I said. Instead, he told me that the Dark Ages never ended. He spoke of Western Europe erupting into a holy war, spurred forth by the “Maccabean Confederation” and its “Vicar King,” who “feasts on the blood of innocents and the broken bodies of stoned heathens.” Meanwhile, the “Council of Equals,” a secret coalition of secular republics to the East is steadily manipulating it ALL, utilizing advanced technology and philosophy that allows them to transcend humanity. He said he would transcend as well. That there were no rules for him anymore. We were forced to restrain him. As we did so, we found this book, which is all he happened to HAVE in his possession. I do not recognize it from our library, and I checked his intake form, he did not bring it in. I cannot make any sense of it. Something about a “Bearer of BURDENS” and a cult, the Sentinels of Nihil. But of course, they’re not a cult, are they? A rebellion maybe? They would say that they are nothing at all. There is illogic in it, otherwise. To believe anything else other than. Please, I need you to take it from me. Maybe we can discuss it TOmorrow. I begged him to tell me where he found it. To explain it to me. To explains the Gospels of Canvas, the Queen, the Father, the Lunatic, and the Acts of Psychosis. But he won’t speak to me anymore. He won’t tell me the Saviour’s plan for us or how to bring it to this world. I fear I have already lost myself.It is more than I can BEAR.Yours,Dr. Don J. Pleck,Clinical PsychologistJPL Emergency Psychiatric ServicesArlington, TX Read more