<![CDATA[A Disaster in Many Parts: 1000 Words]]>https://www.disasterparts.com/s/1000-wordshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cuj0!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F23f31663-26a7-4114-a31d-774caeb18251_750x750.pngA Disaster in Many Parts: 1000 Wordshttps://www.disasterparts.com/s/1000-wordsSubstackWed, 08 Apr 2026 10:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[The Everwood]]>https://www.disasterparts.com/p/the-everwoodhttps://www.disasterparts.com/p/the-everwoodSat, 04 Feb 2023 16:00:23 GMT
landscape photography of stream surrounded by trees
Photo by Oliver Roos on Unsplash

The Everwood is sacred. The Everwood is vengeful. The Everwood is night and day, good and evil. It is everything, and it is nothing.

The forest is alive, but its origin and its nature remain a mystery. The only thing we know for certain is that the Everwood is fickle. There is an energy that flows within you as you pass th…

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]]><![CDATA[Caged]]>https://www.disasterparts.com/p/cagedhttps://www.disasterparts.com/p/cagedFri, 06 Jan 2023 17:00:30 GMT
Photo by Brice Cooper on Unsplash

The Federation compound in the capital was strong. We all knew it. They built it when this shit show started, and it was one of the only places from the old world that was still standing.

There were plenty of outposts and settlements scattered around, and a few of them had a reputation for being safe, but the compound wa…

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]]><![CDATA[Glass]]>https://www.disasterparts.com/p/glasshttps://www.disasterparts.com/p/glassThu, 29 Dec 2022 17:00:51 GMT
a view of a city at night from the top of a building
Photo by あま あわれ on Unsplash

I remember sitting in the chopper above downtown when it happened. It looked like another sunset. Ordinary. Safe. That was the worst part—that it looked beautiful. It wasn’t right.

I don’t remember everything they said when the camera started rolling. We had it all planned out, but in the moment, it was just so—so hollow. The …

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]]><![CDATA[Big Pictures, Short Stories]]>https://www.disasterparts.com/p/big-pictures-short-storieshttps://www.disasterparts.com/p/big-pictures-short-storiesWed, 28 Dec 2022 22:52:19 GMT
piled books on brown wooden shelf
Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. It's decidedly cliché, but it got me thinking. I have a dozen big projects floating around in varying stages of development, and sometimes it's just a little too hard to gain traction.

All the moving parts can get a little overwhelming, but staring at an empty page isn’t good for …

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