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The Queen of Truth

by Thomas Lux
Issue #117
Spring 2012
If torture is the Queen of Truth then what is the King of Truth? Could it be the Black Dog, ennui, accidia, can the King rule by the weight of the ink (oh, I pray not the pixels!) on an...

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