Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Ch.22 GOODBYE TO THE FAMILIAR It was a full three days before Jeremy was summoned once again to McAllister’s office. He used the time to rest and recuperate. The strange experience of sitting around, inactive, in a mess with a war going on, made him go deeply introspective again. He had many serious conversations, as…

Ch.21 THE CHASE   Dawn came slowly, and found Jeremy sitting on a fallen tree trunk, barely alive. He was utterly exhausted. He had tripped and fallen many times, and he was quite unsure of the direction in which he had traveled. The ground mist had thinned out a bit during the night, enabling him…

Ch.20 CRACKS IN THE GABLE   Part of the problem was that they talked and thought too much. He would listen to the conversation at mealtimes sometimes, and pretend to be lost in his own thoughts. His mind was razor sharp however, and he excelled in the quiet comment from the top of the table,…

Ch.19 STRANGE AWARENESS   First came the slow awareness that something was going on. Something… was most definitely occurring. Something which warranted his attention, only… At times it was like a dream tossed sleep. A knowledge that had not yet achieved the awareness of self. A consciousness that tried to grapple with that which seemed…

Ch.18 STRAWBERRY JAM   Mr Armstrong Senior (‘Thomas’ only to one or two old friends) was annoyed. Very annoyed. Lunch at the club was not the same. He cut at his steak with wanton ferocity, as if it personified the very devil he loathed so much. He would have to have a word with the…

Ch.17 UNREALITY   The day it happened, it couldn’t have occurred at a more unreal time. He was returning home alone from a late evening patrol which had been more or less uneventful. He had checked his guns, which had promptly jammed. Pointing in some disgust at the stupid things, he had waved at Owen,…