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This is a prologue to a story I'm working on that's a mix of Lovecraft and Stranger Things
If I get some funding, than, I'll finish the piece: On the shores of Hali’s lake Forgotten souls twist and ache Men come to whither in Carcosa Twin moon pearls along the water Brought by the Hyades daughter They light the path to Lost Carcosa Camilla she still waits there Cassilda the maiden fare She gave Haita to Dim Carcosa Broken body, broken mind One follows the other kind To greet the King in Lost Carcosa —- excerpt from “Cassilda’s Song” in The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2.
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Greetings, New Short Story: Better than Onions. I'm hoping to combine this with Dr. Winsome's Clinic and a few others to make a volume called Men of their Time. Over the next year or two, keep your eyes peeled for more stories for that volume! Short story about the forum Sanctioned Suicide. This is in my tradition of writing speculative ficiton about real forums. I'm hoping to write a longer piece about Gaurav Tiwari. I'm a person with a disability and I believe Tiwari was the victim of an honor killing. I'm hoping to research this and synthetize it into a piece. For now, hope folks like this piece. It's called Dr. Winsome's Clinic. 
Selling an NFT and the Copyright for this script. It's called The Prisoner's Dilemma.
I wrote a true crime novella. Hope folks read it and get some useful information from it!
Greetings,
A recent article in Boulder's Daily Camera (linked below) indicates that the 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office is charging roughly 50 individuals with felony sex assault on a child each year. Is that number too high?
First off, individuals who violate children, regardless of their motives, are truly disturbed. These folks need to be identified and placed into some sort of treatment program so that they can never harm a child again. Yet, how do we identify them? And, how do we protect innocent people against unduly harsh penalties? Sex assault on a child is a serious offense. Individuals sentenced for this crime face "indeterminate sentences." This means that they could spend anywhere from a few years to life in prison, with no guarantee of ever being released. Although individuals can take classes within the department of corrections to become eligible for release, these classes have long waitlists. Many inmates are competing to be enrolled in these programs which are understaffed and under funded. Offenders are also subjected to lifetime supervision and sex offender registration upon release. These punishments should make district attorney's offices think very carefully before moving forward on charges of sex assault on a child. Boulder county is economically advantaged, yet, it's not that densely populated. Denver and it's surrounding counties (Jefferson, Arapahoe, and Adams counties) all have populations of about 500,000 people. Boulder county only has a population of about 300,000. Yet, Boulder's office has more resources to allocate towards sex assault on a child investigations. I wonder how Boulder's charging numbers compare to other more densely populated counties in the metro Denver area. Is Boulder making a wise use of its resources? Or, is Boulder overcharging these cases? |
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