Jack of Harts

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by on January 19, 2024 at 12:02 am
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We found hyperspace in 2105 and the Great Space Race began. Alliances, nations, corporations, and religions reached out for the stars and humanity spread beyond the Solar System. We learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time in 2205. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and we expanded our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Jack grew up in a world at peace, his only interests, partying and girls. But then an alien sneak attack killed millions of Americans, and wiped out almost everything and everybody Jack knew. He volunteered to serve and kick the alien scum back to the other side of the galaxy. But the Marines wanted more than people looking for revenge, and cybernetic partners demanded a far higher commitment. If Jack wanted to earn his commission as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, he had to grow up. He had to let himself be forged into something stronger than he’d ever wanted to be. He had to live up to the name of his squadron.

The Republic of Texas Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 112. The Cowboys.

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Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself?

by on July 14, 2025 at 12:01 am
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Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself has been a meme since the day he didn’t kill himself. Based on all the information we had, we knew he was an intelligence asset of someone who arranged for underage girls to be transported for the sexual gratification of both himself and others. All of this information came from Department of Justice documents or people. We knew all this.

The Right has been calling to release the Epstein List for years, because we wanted to know who was dicking around with little kids. The Left has been largely yawning at the whole affair. The Right knows the Left’s best allies dick around with little kids so it made sense to us on the Right that they didn’t follow it. Now the Department of Justice tells us through a leaked memo that there is nothing to see here. Move along. Move along. And the Trump administration is trying to walk away from the whole thing.

Which leaves all of us wondering what the heck is going on. Is the information that came out before a lie? Or is this new information a lie? Is the real truth some combination of it all? We don’t know, and that is causing everybody to get pissy. Either there’s no evidence of anything, or there is. Which is it? Was Epstein just a pedo with no coconspirators? If so, what about the court filings saying he was? Was Epstein an intelligence asset? And if so, who did he belong to? And is there a ring of pedos linked to Epstein that is being covered up right now?

All the information we had before, based on court filings and named sources, suggests there is. Why does this new information say otherwise? There’s too much conflicting information right now, and I don’t think the Right is going to just shut up and take it, just because the government is doing its best to say there is no story and move along. The Right doesn’t move along very well after they’ve sunk their teeth into something.

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Assassination

by on July 13, 2025 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Assassination. Gunpowder treason and plot. Murder most foul. They shot the Once and Future President a year ago. An assassin climbed up onto a roof with clear sightlines to the podium, he line up the shot, he fired, and he hit his target. The only reason President Trump is alive is because he turned his head at the last instant and the bullet hit his ear instead of blowing through his head on live television. The assassin fired several bullets though, and others were also shot. A firefighter died on the scene. Others went to the nearest hospital where they were eventually saved. President Trump stood back up in front of an American flag, raised his fist into the air, and shouted “Fight Fight Fight!” before moving off the stage and into the protection of The Beast.

What was the response? The picture of that moment raced across the Internet like wildfire. People around the world made art commemorating Trump’s survival and his fist in the air. The Right rejoiced that Trump survived, and said the Left needed to stop calling on him to be killed. The Left rejoiced that someone had finally shot their great enemy. The Left bemoaned the fact that they didn’t kill him. The Left rejoiced that at least one evil Maggot died as he deserved. The government quickly hosed off the roof where the assassin was shot. And then the picture of Trump standing up with his fist in the air started disappearing from the Internet. The Left started saying there was no proof that Trump was even shot. And the Main Stream Media began to memory hole the whole thing. Nothing could be allowed to make their great enemy look good after all.

What do we know now? Not much. A year later, there is still very little we know. But we do know that the government knew about threats to Trump and didn’t tell anybody. We know Trump’s team was asking for more security and were denied it. We know the First Lady was doing some event nearby and sucked off most of the local Secret Service. We know the local team at Butler was new. First time girl in charge. The techie couldn’t make his drone work. There weren’t enough shooters to cover every angle. They didn’t secure the likely shooting points. They didn’t even set up communications with local law enforcement. The assassin walked in and out and did recon and flew his own drone around. People in the crowd pointed the assassin out to law enforcement, but they still let Trump stand out there and get shot. The absolute best case scenario is that it was a case of idiots being stupid and not knowing what they were doing.

But was it worse? Why did the Biden administration not give Trump the protection he asked for? Why did nobody secure the rooftop that had a clear sightline to the podium? Why did they hose down the roof afterwards? Who was the random guy who walked around getting evidence and then disappeared? Why did at least one phone linked to the assassin’s household travel to a park next to a Federal Building where Federal Agents are known to meet their informants? Was the government so inept that they couldn’t protect the Once and Future President? Did the government purposefully leave an opening for some rogue actor to come in and shoot him? Did the government aim the assassin and send him off to do it?

There are so many questions we have about this assassination and we still have them one year later. Will we ever know what happened? I don’t know. But we must never forget this. They shot the Once and Future President. They killed a firefighter. They shot other people. It was a successful assassination attempt. Everything worked except one thing. Trump turned his head. Without that, who would be President right now? Never forget. Never stop fighting.

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Miami Red

by on July 12, 2025 at 12:01 am
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I wrote Miami Red for the Vice Noir anthology. It was not accepted, but I loved writing the story. It’s a very rare story for me, placed in a time in living memory of both myself and the readers I market to. That required a lot of research because I wasn’t creating new vehicles, weapons, or locations. Everything was in a world that people remember, even if it is colored by Ray-Bans, bright suits, neon lights, and synthetic mood music. So I did the research, I talked to friends, and then I went to town. Literally.

Here is Captain William Carter, Texas Ranger, fighting a new kind of monster in the neon Miami of 1988.

Miami Red on Substack

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Vice Noir

by on July 11, 2025 at 12:01 am
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The bright lights. The glitz. The glam. The beauty of daytime in paradise hides a dark underbelly of sin and crime. It’s time to go take a tour of the wild side of paradise. The parts of it that maybe your titular hero might just enjoy a bit too much. Put on your Ray-Bans, turn up the 1980s mood music, and go for a drive with these sweet numbers. It’s Vice Noir, baby, and it looks fabulous…

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The Big Ones

by on July 10, 2025 at 12:01 am
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Raconteur is publishing another cool anthology this weekend, so I’m going to pimp a Raconteur anthology I’m in while we wait for Amazon to publish the new one. The Big Ones is an anthology about the alternate battles of World War II that absolutely never happened. My own contribution tells the story of the Marine Raiders raiding the Asia Express in Manchuria, a battle that every history will tell you never happened. Absolutely not. The Marine Raiders never went to Manchuria, and the government can prove it. But if you want to read about that battle that absolutely never happened, pinky swear, or a whole mess of other alternate histories of World War II, check out The Big Ones. You might enjoy them.

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