<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:11:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@mdbrantingham/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The They]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saphora pulled my hand and told me not to be afraid as I followed her down the hallway.  The first thing I noticed was that her voice wasn’t right, even before I understood her words. Her voice was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/4ouykd-the-they</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/4ouykd-the-they</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 08:09:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6Qnbf8RCfUMN5GVRcZeMujSgywNpx96EPqwvkaQLSLk8p3A12a8BgdXQQ4wEdzWzR9RvYrbftwMmA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One, Section Two: "Breaking and Entering"]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Phoebe slowed on Ventura Boulevard behind a gold and black VisionCorp Intrigue that had stopped in the left lane. For some reason, it was waiting to turn into the Whole Foods parking lot despite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-section-two-breaking-and-entering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-section-two-breaking-and-entering</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 12:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPcaitgzfLQ2DokxGgfd5eiQ7UVhvLyTe5osPHfY2KsqaPTr58nCcwUe69EGEZVHWBYHPHaNT9KSY1bp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered about "poet voice?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's an interesting investigation of "poet voice" I found on Minds.com so I just posted the link.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/have-you-ever-wondered-about-poet-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/have-you-ever-wondered-about-poet-voice</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 03:07:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter After a Poor Harvest]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/winter-after-a-poor-harvest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/winter-after-a-poor-harvest</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 21:58:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One: Section One "A Crescendo of Chaos"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Myron Renault leaned against the office doorjamb, surveying his sector on a Friday afternoon. With less than two hours left in the work week, it seemed a managerial type of thing to do—an easy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-section-one-a-crescendo-of-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-section-one-a-crescendo-of-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 08:17:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VSNEiyAJGtud45kD3kTaABdPEjrP2tr74vP3GBWKFFzo5XLSLXpazUF9bLyjKKofdFPtFKjNTZa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[INTERAXIOMS]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/3ymb15-interaxioms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/3ymb15-interaxioms</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 14:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqguXw9VbWhoFz1PKWYwyBc7TZdKwseW2hyFgfwLLurkhiUYWJYeHeJyvujWBTyDsqX9ba6q8D7jHLCMoPPqi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANNA CRONOS]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/anna-cronos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/anna-cronos</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 19:32:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqguXw9VbWhoFz1PKWYwyBc7TZdKeUbqYej9F7LfJEoMrd6U4m6sotFTRbeoKkfUCFksV9nTaojnLrTgCzo4L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park: 2013]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/moro-rock-sequoia-national-park-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/moro-rock-sequoia-national-park-2013</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 23:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMf7k3njXRKoRicZp5TPjokLQ4pTfmxMz28LFwrGT1Z9wsjEiu6s6ZZzbREmN7SeKLWNqsDDEAb5ibvMvi9d8n4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[KAWEAH GAP, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK: 2003]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/kaweah-gap-sequoia-national-park-2003</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/kaweah-gap-sequoia-national-park-2003</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 22:55:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBgjKMvz5mt9jzmECM5GHpEshHD3zMmb22iFLbkd1WppAiqrc6DbRqXDXdLLd7LE1btrX6Z1HpqrYXn32wEeVqG69w5bW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Ten "Settling the Score"]]></title><description><![CDATA[START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION     Soul and Tirion sat at the back of the Tendril Lounge, a high-end nightclub in the port of Ophir, the Empire’s colony on Avareen in the Durne system.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-ten-settling-the-score</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-ten-settling-the-score</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 07:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ELIZABETH PASS, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK: 1995]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working up along the wall of the canyon The sun bright, reflecting off of wet stone, The air cool and dry. Three hours of climbing fell away below Down to the cabin with the tiny finger of gray smoke.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/elizabeth-pass-sequoia-national-park-1995</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/elizabeth-pass-sequoia-national-park-1995</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPcaitgzfLQ2DokxGgfd5eiQ7UWC14kkYwwQv3ef2hMp1Kxoy8sChSSHDimPVGs86F3eZe5G8ZdVE1LU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Nine "The Right of the Kill"]]></title><description><![CDATA[START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION   “Monsoon, this is Fort Wallace Naval Air Control. Over.” Wu’s eyes narrowed, focused on the targeting console. Shannon had served his purpose but returned]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-nine-the-right-of-the-kill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-nine-the-right-of-the-kill</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHITNEY SUMMIT, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK: 1988]]></title><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/whitney-summit-sequoia-national-park-1988</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/whitney-summit-sequoia-national-park-1988</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFyHjpUoit1qNTdy5uHkLPUK1LeNdKkkkqxS1SxtL5fhUNzUXqgw2maUvE1FR7BVYvNwHk4Q1uuA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Eight "Chasing Jester-Bingo"]]></title><description><![CDATA[  START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION   Paris-16 had grown from what was originally just an outpost of Fort Wallace into a major city, sprawling rapidly across the basin of an enormous]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-eight-chasing-jester-bingo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-eight-chasing-jester-bingo</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:15:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNSET ROCK, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK: 1978]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the seventies, before we knew how the Earth would die. The theme was nuclear war and they had us doing drills in public school. I can remember hiding under my desk and protecting the back of my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/sunset-rock-sequoia-national-park-1978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/sunset-rock-sequoia-national-park-1978</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 19:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j5SszZjDrAgViaAYdnvGaBYUVhMvgavHJWvvs4amZodEvdNRQbb2J6GNfHsPFz9eNbANwvSFLfKE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Seven "A Wind from the East"]]></title><description><![CDATA[   START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION Wu Liang sat in the corner of the Grind Down Café with his back to the airfield. He had the corner chair. That was his seat. That was his throne.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-six-a-wind-from-the-east</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-six-a-wind-from-the-east</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:27:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Six "Fade to White"]]></title><description><![CDATA[START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION Armand opened his eyes and the girl was right there with him, the pixie-eyed coed with short red hair and nerdy glasses. Everyone else was hiding but this girl]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-six-fade-to-white</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-six-fade-to-white</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Slow Circle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sitting in the proud old boat Of creaking boards A single oar A weekend sacrificed entire From morning’s dark ‘til dusk shall fall So early? This is when they bite, boy! Indentured to a father’s father’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/a-slow-circle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@mdbrantingham/a-slow-circle</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 04:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su8sXzVDL75B8chWhS1cyoyWF1LG57WeQXsdHEmFL1UY8SZoiHamWLFAs8KXUmrfaAtFjJfzgtHuwSLtXkaye?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part One "The Point": Section Five "Valkyrie"]]></title><description><![CDATA[  START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SECTION   Kel came out of the stairwell at a full run into the first floor lobby in the northwest corner of building R. Somebody had pulled the fire alarm.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-five-valkyrie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@mdbrantingham/part-one-the-point-section-five-valkyrie</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdbrantingham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:32:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAddtGBCR66nkijH7SxRYR7CEiQySuBAUo8vwuA7ch2TUqu3V9SEF1CY9jb7u5aivkseJhzPM2aPi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE VATHIRIEL BLADE: Free on Amazon Kindle Saturday and Sunday.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking for a new fantasy novel to fall in love with? 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