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The House
An ongoing serialized adaptation of Aeschylus' The Oresteia, and related works. New chapter every Monday.


6. Set Dressing
Aegisthus sighed, pacing up and down the hall. He was buzzing with nervous energy, he felt it in his bones, but he wasn’t scared. He was...

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Apr 15, 20247 min read
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5. Children
Electra had not been allowed to repaint her pale blue bedroom walls. Her response was to paper over them with posters and throw scraps of...

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Apr 8, 20248 min read
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4. Interlude 1: A Character is An Actor is A Character
Scene 4 They split the seams of the story, a clean cut, it barely bleeds. One by one they step inside until I can only see the grey...

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Mar 31, 20242 min read
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3. Clytemnestra
The room radiated a sort of disregarded opulence that made you sick to look at. A catastrophic glamour. A grotesquery of melted finery....

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Mar 25, 20247 min read
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2. Keeping Watch
Irene stepped into the rain. Anything to get away from the noise. She leaned against a wall, and turned her gaze from the cold and...
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Mar 18, 20242 min read
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1. The House
The House keeps the family secrets, says nothing of the child bones in the garden, and laps up the blood of kings with its long red...
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Mar 8, 20241 min read
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