Tag: prose

  • Boiadeiro (The Cow Herder)

    #thoughtcatalogue An excerpt from ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium. “I still don’t really understand this whole *boiadeiro* thing.” “Of course not. To truly understand the boiadeiro, you need to listen to ‘On the Western Plain’.” A *boiadeiro* (*boia* for short) is a cow herder from upstream Magritte, the great steppes of Northern Mesque. He is a rugged…

  • A Warlord’s Vision

    A poem on the fervor of battle. Inspired by Warhammer 40K, The Horus Heresy. My sight disallows me to see the present. I can barely see its stain, its carnage, all the resentment. I only see absolute triumph, mine over thine fallen enemy. I see utter glory. The heavens grace their divine hand upon me.…