“Tell me, what stars do you see?” She gestured to the heavens grandly.

“Can you see the Hydra, it’s many heads gnashing at the heavens?  Can you see the warrior, said to face the hydra in the end times?  Can you see the urn, or the river, or even the bloody western guide? No, of course you can’t.  It’s the middle of the day.  The light is strong now.  All is bright.  No, it is only in darkness that a light shines.  If you want to find which lights shine the brightest, then everything else must be made dark.  Then, and only then can you see.”

Continue reading “To see the light…” →

“And this would be where I sleep,” Chuck indicated the room through the door with a sweep of his hand.

“I like it, it’s cozy but plenty of room to study. “  Julie said peeking around Chuck’s frame to see further into the room.  The other roommates had lost interest, Chuck could hear them returning to the PS4.  Laser fire and jeers began to fill the air as the others decided that a deathmatch tournament was the best way to end the week.

“It’s gonna start getting noisy out here,” he chuckled, “You want to come in for a bit?” Continue reading “But you’re sweet…” →

“Oh don’t tell me that. Do NOT tell me that.” Jim had his head in his hands, shaking it at Wren. “They’re sending us with Wolf Squad?”

“That’s what they tell me. I don’t know what’s so bad about them man, I mean, wherever the action is hot, Wolf Squad tends to show up.”

“Yeah, I know, that’s why they have openings all the damn time! Because their men die, constantly!” Continue reading “Friend or Foe” →

It burned going down his throat. He supposed it was the good kind of burn that only the oldest and best caused. Still he couldn’t help but wonder what kind of harm he was doing. The first danger man learned was the burn of fire.  The second danger was trying to harness fire without burning.

“To those we call ‘muse'” he called out, almost ritualistically.  “And those we curse as the same,” came the reply, along with a hearty hand clapping him on the back.

“May they ever lead us astray, o’er rocky paths and true, till at last, broken, bleeding and happy…”

“Our treasure we may find. Salud!” Continue reading “Trading tales” →

Poetry edition:

Continue reading “Thoughts #15” →

We here at Lounge Bear Entertainment pride ourselves in our words.  We have got pedantically interminable words. We got li’l words.  Most importantly, thanks to a patent pending* system, we have determined a way to place those words systematically into what our engineers are calling “A sentence”.  So please, feel free to peruse this site and soak in all the language; so long as the language you’re looking for is English.

All works on this site were written by Michael Van Horn, though this may not be the site of their original publication.

While some day, we hope to offer more entertainment opportunities beyond the simple written word, every bear’s got to start somewhere.  And the bear we have right now is a damn fine writer.  That said, this site is a work in progress.  So keep checking back as we improve and mold the site!

*The patent is pending on us trying to patent it.  Our lawyers advise us that trying to patent the grammatical mechanics of the English language would be “Dumb” and “Impossible”.  We are currently weighing our options.