IntroThis is a short novel about US Marines in the aftermath of the Second Battle of Fallujah, and about the Palo religion.Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
1To all who shall see these presents, yo digo nsala malekun Kongo, malekun va kuenda nsala. Abrikuto warindinga, ‘cucha cuento que yo emboa.Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
2To snatch an nfumbe from the Just Beyond and stickum in a cauldron you need something deeply personal to them, like bones. The very marrow…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
3When the Second Battle of Fallujah was over the civilians trickled back in from the desert country and found their homes like beehives…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
4Around early February of ’05 we started seeing the first private military patrols. Outfits like Triple Canopy and Blackwater had guys…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
5After our shift ended the sun went down and the muezzin started calling Allah hu-akbar, all the chants overlapping and syncopating with…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
6The next three months were maybe the happiest of our lives. The insurgency was still inactive in the city after we crushed them in the…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
8In the cueva nganga we had to do a ton of religious work. We also had to do a bunch of annoying red tape shit like calling the brass in…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
9To find the sniper we decided to grease the mini-economy of Downtown Fallujah. All those merchants and haji civilians were harboring him…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
