Jo Nesbo

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Abraham Kim
Jo Nesbo
The weird feeling never left. There was nothing to do. They eventually had to leave. Couldn't stay forever.

At the store they finally got Jerry to call the police. Two men showed up. Were unhelpful.

Elena wanted to go back to the apartment in the night after her shift. But was too...
Bad is not Evil
Damn good passages.

I also don't think evil will conquer. But that's not to say that I think 'humanity' will conquer either

because by (my) definitionĀ 
humanity
doesn't aim to conquer. while evil does.

it's kind of like how the U.S could never 'win' theĀ 
Vietnam War
but it wasn't like the Vietnamese could 'win' either. They could but last and survive and then move on.

I think that's what 'good' or humanity is like here.

Also reminds me ofĀ 
serial killers
-- been re-readingĀ 
Jo Nesbo
'sĀ 
Harry Hole
series.

Serial Killers aim to kill (conquer)

you can't really win against them by trying to conquer kill them. They'll just keep doing their thing or if they are caught a new one will come and take their place.

you can only hope as a the hunted to survive. It would be absurd to think that the way to win is to become a serial killer yourself.

what's happened in theĀ 
macro
environment that you often lament about is i believe people thinking they can defeat evil by becoming another version of evil which they consider good.

this is also why i like the zen buddhist principles of detachment from identity and desire. because it is one of the only codified doctrines of how not to just get into an endless loop of aiming to be more righteous
Abraham Kim

Flash Fiction Practice
Black Blood

Abraham Kim
coffee blood Jo Nesbo urine kidneys
She sat there sipping black coffee , so much of it that she wondered if it would turn her blood black. Black blood was a thing. She read about it in a Jo Nesbo novel. If you stabbed someone in the liver you would watch the blood pour out black.

Apparently...