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Does Amazon Have My eBook Shadow Banned???

Update:  Some people were confused when I say that the keywords on the page source show differently, depending on how you reach the page.  If you reach the page through the amazon search, the only keywords that will show on the page are the keywords that you entered in your search.  Those are the only keywords that will show in that case.  However, if you you go to the page from a general click from your website, you should see the keywords that might bring a person to your book if they use the search function on amazon.

Someone suggested that amazon might not fully show the keywords (though not suppressed within amazon search) for indie writers because they don’t want google to provide search to indie books but allow search from google to publishing house books because publishing houses might pitch a fit if they discovered their books were being suppressed from google.  In other words, maybe I am wrong and that is quite possible.  I looked over many indie books and saw their books also did not show keywords similar to the way a book from a publisher shows keywords.

Note that google does NOT necessarily care about keywords in the meta tag but searches the page for relevant words and how people link to the books also provides keywords to google.  Putting words on the page, including the title is important and I have not been doing that.  Amazon’s suppression of keywords from the pages created on the fly from their database may not mean a whole lot as far as google is concerned.

I think the suppression of keywords in the meta tag does point to the eBook is being suppressed within amazon’s system and is not about google or bing or other outside search.  But I could be wrong.  I often am.  And the truth is that I am frustrated that I can’t generate sales.

Many people say it is very difficult to generate any sales without advertising on amazon and that pushing advertisements is really what the keyword suppression is about.  Advertising on amazon is proving to be a mine field for many writers, but I am not going to go into that.  I will just say that you should use extreme caution if you decide to advertise on amazon and to watch your ad budget very carefully.

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This is what keywords look like on a regular book that I have listed in the store here on sayata.net. This is not my book. It is written by someone else.  I clicked the book from here.  Note that how keywords show up on amazon to some degree depends on how you reach the page.

<meta name="keywords" content="ebook,Edward Jay Watts,Mortal Republic: 
How Rome Fell into Tyranny,Basic Books,ANCIENT ROME - HISTORY,GENERAL,
General Adult,HISTORY / Ancient / Rome,HISTORY / Military / Ancient,HISTORY /
 World,History,History/World,Italy,Non-Fiction,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics &amp;
 Citizenship,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions,POLITICAL SCIENCE / History &amp;
 Theory,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy,Political Science/
History &amp; Theory - General,Rome - History - Republic, 265-30 B.C,Rome - 
Politics and government - 265-30 B.C,Rome;History.,Rome;History;Republic, 
265-30 B.C.,Rome;Politics and government;265-30 B.C.,United States,books 
about rome; books about roman republic; roman history books; 
what happened to rome; how did rome fall; roman senate; books on roman empire; 
reasons the roman republic fell; augustus; ancient civil war; mark antony; 
cleopatra; books on ancient government;,books about rome; roman history books;
 what happened to rome; how did rome fall; roman senate; books on roman empire;
 reasons the roman republic fell; augustus; ancient civil war; mark antony; 
cleopatra; books on ancient government; books about roman republic" />

 

Now this is how the keyword search tag looks on the book “No Condoms” that I recently published.

<meta name="keywords" content="ebook,Charles Peters,No Condoms 
(Hearthville Serial Book 2),Fiction / Thrillers / 
Suspense,Fiction / Literary" />

These are words that I entered in the seven boxes.

“racy, small town, contemporary, scary, organized crime, love, friendship”

My words were not that great but damn. Unless someone is actually searching for my book, there is no way that anyone is going to find it.  In a different test a few weeks ago I searched for my books with “Charles Peters” which you will see in the keyword list.  None of my books showed up when I searched using my name.

So am I going to publish anything again with amazon? If I do, with the next book I may stuff words in the title to risk getting banned, but otherwise what is the fucking point. I will publish on amazon again. I will publish the next Hearthville Serial book on amazon. I will not make it exclusive to amazon. And yeah, I will put keywords in the title but hopefully not be accused of stuffing the title.

I spend money with amazon. I promote amazon. And I am treated like shit by amazon. I am sick of being treated like shit by these internet companies. Hell, if someone from this site were to buy the book, I do not even have confidence that I would get credit for the sale. Do I get credit for affiliate sales where I promote products? I don’t know.  I do think sales are correctly reported.

I know my over all internet traffic is bad.  I understand that.  And I’ve tried to use that reality to explain why I am doing so badly. But I do have some traffic. I have some fans. I just don’t know.  I am so angry right now I could chew nails, even with my bad teeth.  Maybe I am overreacting.  I just don’t know.  Maybe I will calm down and think that maybe I stand a chance of ever selling anything with amazon again and keep trying, but I doubt it. I have changed my mind.

Note that I have sold eBooks and had page reads in the past.  But not now.

I will NEVER buy ads on amazon.  That crazy shit is not happening.

Rant is almost over. But I just wanted people to see this.  And don’t tell me the search words show up differently depending on how you reach the page. I know that. But I did test with different books to see what the view source looked like. I have a pretty good idea that when I say I have been being fucked by amazon that I am probably understating the situation because I know the full history.

I do realize that amazon employees have treated other people even worse. A lot worse! That does not comfort me.

What will I do with the Hearthville Serial?

I will NOT publish the rest of it on amazon unless there are sales or page reads on the first two books.  It is that simple.  There is no point in thinking the situation will change with more books added.   Change in thought, I may very well put it on amazon because why in the hell not.  I will not make it exclusive to amazon.  I will not put it in Kindle Select/ Unlimited.  I think if I make any sales there, the sales will be correctly recorded because arbitration will not protect them from fraud charges if they are caught defrauding creators.  I realize that borrows and page reads are not correctly recorded but their user agreement pretty much has them covered on that shit.  I don’t believe the same is true for sales.

 

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Victor pictured Jossette as he had held her close. He remembered all the equipment in the hospital room. He wished for the feel of her in his arms again.

Victor grabbed his head. He said, “Man. I can’t talk about it. Please don’t have me break down crying here in public.”

Jerry saw the tears streaming down Victor’s face. He looked at Jack.

For a moment Victor relived being in the hospital room. He saw Jossette laying in that awful bed surrounded by equipment and with the oxygen hose in Jossette’s nose. He thought how she had begun to cough and struggled to breathe. Still, she had kissed him and it was a kiss he would always remember with love. He touched his finger to his lips.

Jack said, “I am sorry.”

Jack saw that Victor was starting to tremble.

Victor remembered Jossette’s words. “I love you so much. Why did I ever believe that you had stopped loving me? I am so sorry.”

Victor said, “I don’t want to think. I’ve got to swim. I’ve got to get out of here.”

Victor remembered Jossette’s last breath. He remembered their last kiss. He remembered the look of death in her eyes.

Victor shrieked and moaned in tears as he dove into the water and started swimming. At times he swam above the water. At times he splashed the water hard with his feet as he dived into the depths of the lake. Jack and Jerry could see that Victor was swimming farther away from the shoreline and toward the more deadly clutches of the lake’s deep center.

Jerry said, “This is not good. He is upset and he is swimming toward the middle of the lake. Is he planning on drowning himself?”

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Chapter One – Billy Bingo: Sexual Blackmail (Original)

Billy Bingo: Sexual Blackmail (Original)

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Chapter One

Mary Aghar manages the household of the rich Jenkins family. Her daughter Rachel jokingly calls her a maid. That term mainly pisses her off because there is some truth to it but she is a very well paid maid.

The first time Mary Aghar laid eyes on 17 year old George Destone, she knew he was trouble. Watching him on a study date with her daughter Rachel and Rachel’s friend Bess Bingo, Mary considered how she might get rid of George and keep him away from her daughter.

Mary is in the kitchen trying to take her mind off George hanging around the girls when here he comes walking up next to her standing at the stove. “I saw you watching me,” he tells her. “You don’t much like me near your daughter but still you want me near you, don’t you.”

“Conceited assholes don’t impress me. Get over yourself.” Mary likes the sound of her words though in truth she does feel a disturbing attraction to George.

“How long has it been since you have had sex?” George ask.

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Stewart said, “Shut up. I may not be a freak down there like you but my cock is big enough.”

Harry slapped Stewart on the back. “Right. The first time I saw Victor naked in the shower after gym I had nightmares about Big Foot chasing me around with that thing.”

Stewart said, “It is a scary looking cock.”

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Mary stares at George. “Maybe too long,” she says. He is just seventeen but in Georgia he is of legal age. She licks her lips. She calls to her daughter, “Honey, I need some things from the grocery store. Can you and your friend Bess be dears and go shopping for me?

Rachel comes into the kitchen to get the grocery list. She stares at George with an expression that reveals an extreme dislike. Bess follows after Rachel and takes George by the hand. “Sure Ms. Aghar. George, you want to come with us to the store?”

Mary quickly states, “No. George is going to help me with the garbage disposal.” She then hands Rachel an old grocery list that she hasn’t thrown away.

Talking about Bess’ brother Billy sneaking out at night, Rachel and Bess look for their pocketbooks. George hears Bess say, “Sometimes it is like my little brother is channeling the ghost of a James Dean character or something.” Bess laughs as she picks up her pocketbook. “I blame Billy’s behavior on him hanging around with that Harris family.”

Rachel finds her pocketbook. “I think Clarice Harris has a crush on Hutch Cassidy.”

“Oh my God!” Bess closes the door as she and Rachel step out on the porch.

Mary grabs George by the arm and quickly escorts George back to her bedroom. “Let’s see if you are man enough for a real woman.” George watches as Mary quickly gets naked.

They hear the front door to the house open. Rachel screams, “Mom, do you know where … oh, never mind. I found it.” They hear the front door close.

George laughs as he looks around Mary’s bedroom. “Someone really likes the sex.” He stares up at the mirrored ceiling. He examines the dildos and other phallic toys, body oils, scented candles and a hot-tub right there in the bedroom.

Mary picks up a vibrator and rubs her fingers over it. “To me you are just another sex toy.”

George starts taking off his clothes. “That suits me just fine.” George takes the vibrator and with an insulting look puts it down on the table. George quickly gets undressed.

Boldly, proudly George stands naked in front of Mary as she picks up a long feather. He tries not to laugh as she tickles him with the feather. Then she grabs him by the balls as she kisses him on the neck. “You aren’t hard yet.”

George sticks out and flicks his tongue. He grabs Mary and kisses her on the breast. He feels the shiver run through her body. He drops to his knees and starts to suck on her pussy. She moans as she pulls on his ears and begins to hump at his face. Then Mary jumps into her bed. She motions with her finger calling for him to climb into the bed with her. George gets on the bed and crawls doggie style toward Mary. She pulls a vibrator shaped like a penis from her bed stand and George stops in his tracks.

“I don’t know about that,” he tells her.

“I’ve seen you standing outside that gay biker bar with your friends,” she informs him.

George swallows hard as he takes a gulp of air. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“I might drive the girls, Rachel and Bess, by there some time when they might see you.”
George starts to back off the bed. Mary throws the vibrator at George and giggles. “Just kidding. You silly boy. The vibrator is for me.”

George picks up the vibrator and turns it on. He again starts crawling into the bed. He lays on his side next to Mary. He places the buzzing vibrator “penis” next to her pussy as he kisses her on the neck and then he kisses her naked breast. She reaches over and massages his cock. She whispers in his ear, “You do know what I am talking about. I am not mistaken about seeing you.” She touches his face. “I’ve been with women before. There is no reason to for you to be ashamed.”

George smiles. “Just because you’ve seen me at the bar doesn’t mean I have sex with men. Good drinks. Good music.”

“Have you ever taken Bess there?” Mary mocks, “You know, for the good drinks and the good music.”

“So you weren’t kidding. You are threatening to have Bess see me there.”

“I don’t want you to hurt that girl. I don’t want you to hurt her.”

George shakes his head. “I might take her there. Trading kisses for drinks; that is all we do there and she wouldn’t even find that out.” George tosses the vibrator aside and climbs on top of Mary. He holds her arms down as he roughly kisses her. He rubs his only slightly hard cock against her pussy.

Quickly, George discovers that Mary is stronger than he thought. She takes control and rolls over so that it is now him beneath her. She moves down and puts his cock in her mouth. While she is sucking on his dick he moans and closes his eyes. She wonders who he is imagining as she works on his cock: man or woman. While he is lost in imagination she grabs the vibrator and with her mouth on his cock, she shoves the vibrator up his ass. He opens his eyes and screams, “Stop.” He starts to pull the vibrator from his ass but then he feels a bit of of tooth against his cock. He stops. Still, she pulls the vibrator from his ass and he smiles. She now licks on his cock. He moans. Then she shoves the vibrator back into his ass. He screams as if in displeasure but his cock tells a different tale. He has grown much harder than he was. Mary slowly fucks George with the vibrator while sucking on his cock. She looks up to see George smiling. She places his hand on the vibrator and he now moves the vibrator in and out of his own ass. She crawls up and slides George’s rock hard, throbbing, wet cock in to her pussy. George can’t believe how fast and furious she is riding his cock. He can’t believe the energy of this older woman who rides his cock for a good 30 minutes. As she starts to feel his cock twitch, she jumps off. George’s cum shoots all the way up to his own lips.

Mary takes her finger and wipes some of the cum into his mouth just as she hears Rachel scream, “I’m back. Bess’ mother called and I took her home.”


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Mary hollers back to her daughter. “George was running late for something or the other and left.”

“Good!” Rachel yells. “I can’t stand that pretentious creep.”

George grins as he gets out of bed and starts getting dressed. He whispers, “I will slip out the back way.”

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Actor Luke Perry has died at the age of 52.

Luke Perry of “Beverly Hills, 90210” fame has died from a massive stroke.  (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) On 90210 his James Dean type personification helped to make the edgy character Dylan McKay popular among the show’s teen and young adult fans. The show was on from 1990 to 1995. Perry was married to Rachel Minnie Sharp from 1993 to 2003. The couple had two children, Jack (born June 15, 1997) and Sophie (born June 7, 2000). His son, Jack, is a professional wrestler known by his ring name “Jungle Boy” Nate Coy, who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW.) His fiancé Wendy Madison Bauer was at his bedside along with his x-wife and other members of his family along with friends at his passing.

Like many actors of his generation, his first success came from daytime soap operas. Perry’s earliest roles were in the daytime soap operas Loving (1987–88) and Another World (1988–89). From there his career blossomed and as far as I know he worked fairly steady in the industry. That is not always an easy task.

He was a good actor.

At the time of his death he had a steady role as Fred Andrews on the CW show Riverdale. He had a net worth of around $10 million.

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Twitter is Evil

Update:  It does look like the trending topic was demoted.  It has vanished from being visible on the side.  That is a good thing. So maybe I overreacted but it was a crappy situation, and it happens too often with those top tweet list.

 

If I had any doubts on how evil Twitter and the Ecosystem it has established is, then those doubts were ended today.  Alabama and Georgia were devastated by tornadoes.  Both facebook and twitter intentionally demoted, if not shadow banned, content related to that devastation.  Then on twitter a trending topic developed called FEMA that blasted Trump for saying FEMA would give Alabama first rate treatment.  Actually FEMA doesn’t give anyone first rate treatment but that is a different subject.  Under the FEMA trending topic the top tweets blasted Trump for saying he would help Alabama.  The ignorant shits (I include Jack Dorsey in that number because his people seem to encourage ignorant trending topics … opinion) inserted the word whites in Alabama.  Actually blacks make up 25% of Alabama’s population.  Some of the ignorant shits suggested how the brown people of Puerto Rico had not been helped.  Actually only 12% of Puerto Ricans identify as black though most are mixed race. (Many people are mixed race in Alabama as well.)  But besides that, the Trump administration & FEMA have spent roughly $3 billion to help Puerto Rico.  But Twitter doesn’t think we Southerners deserve to be helped.

Seriously Democrats who run twitter, go fuck yourselves.

So anyway, at this point Twitter is obviously evil.   That is my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

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“I wish him luck, Trump said. “It’s going to be a beauty.”

And who was President Trump talking about? He was talking about his seeming “enemy” Jeff Bezos and Jeff’s impending divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos . Whether a marriage ends with a fizzle, as the candle of love has slowly burned out, or an explosion of emotion where the people still have strong feeling of love and hate for one another; it is a sad thing.

Somewhat oddly Jeff Bezos chose the social platform that Trump seems to most enjoy, Twitter, to announce Bezos’ impending divorce. At the time of the tweet few people knew that the reason for the announcement was that the National Enquirer was about to release a major expose on Jeff Bezos and his “mistress.” Although it had been kept fairly quiet–I didn’t know :(–in truth Jeff Bezos and his wife had been separated for quite some time. The National Enquirer had learned of the separation when they were doing their piece on Jeff Bezos. The coming Nation Enquirer article will include 11 pages of pictures on Jeff Bezos and his mistress.

Now that the piece is known about, there are questions on whether the National Enquirer did the piece because Bezos is Trump’s perceived “enemy.” The National Enquirer is said to have buried some articles that would have made President Trump look bad during the election. President Trump has had a friendly relationship with American Media Inc. boss David Pecker for decades. (American Media Inc. is the parent company of the National Enquirer.) But most people believe that the National Enquirer is simply doing what it and its employees ( and stringers, regularly paid freelancers) do best: dig up dirt. Fairly beat up through the years from Hollywood and with various other problems, they had almost fallen to becoming little more than an echo chamber for highly spun press releases with little real information. But now with this coming National Enquirer article on Jeff Bezos, sort of speak, yeah, “the bitch is back.”

The Enquirer and other outlets identified the woman with whom Jeff Bezos has been having an affair as Lauren Sanchez, a former anchor for Fox’s local station in Los Angeles. I have no idea on whether the affair began before or after the separation of Jeff Bezos from his wife MacKenzie Bezos .Most people know that even though I don’t agree with President Trump on everything, I supported him and continue to support him. Even though Jeff Bezos at the Washtington Post has been fairly anti-Trump, I still like Jeff Bezos and his wife for what they accomplished with Amazon. I have promoted Amazon from just about the very beginning and I will continue to promote Amazon. Some people, who have been strongly anti-Trump, have not just attacked Trump but all of us who have supported Trump. As far as I know Jeff Bezos has never crossed that line to any large agree. To whether any of his writers at the Washington Post have, I don’t know and don’t really care. Jeff Bezos has a conservative side. He is like a lot of us where his politics are mixed based on issues. I, myself, have a strong liberal side and a conservative side depending on the issue–and sometimes depending on just my mood at the moment.

I wish both Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos the best.

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In this video I discuss an example synchronicity that happened Thanksgiving.  I believe synchronicity lends credence to the idea that this world is computer like.  That does not mean this world is not real or is virtual, it simply mean that when the ancient ones emerged from the void as intellectual energy, the world they (the God Complex) created was computer like.


In this video I also discuss an odd thing in one of their chat rooms and I discuss idea that this world might be Purgatory or Hades.  That idea is rather out there but the notion has been part of the Mandela Effect early on since it was first discussed in forums.  It ties into the phenomenon that some people believe the world/earth we came from was  described as being in Sagittarius  but now earth is discussed as being in Orion.  That belief gives rise to the notion that somehow we were moved from one earth to another.

Although not mentioned in the video when I went back to find the profile I could not find it in my computer history or locate the profile.  For the life of me I can’t remember their profile name.

The video is dealing with a weird subject, I realize. 


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Chapter 8 – Billy Bingo: A Different World

Billy Bingo: A Different World

Previously Billy Bingo: Sexual Blackmail

Copyright 2010, 2018 Charles Thomas Peters Jr.
All Rights Reserved

This story takes place before Billy Bingo: The Forgotten Past and before Billy Bingo: When The Legman Comes & the rewrite may change dependent plot points.

This story is fiction.

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Chapter 8

Phil Clyde sneaks up on his wife, Alice Malokey who is standing on the balcony of her Penthouse on Tybee Island out from Savannah, Georgia. It is where she goes when she wants to get away from Atlanta and Hotville.

Phil grabs her from behind and hugs her close. He places his head on her shoulder and snuggles his head next to her head. He whispers, “You knew I was sneaking up on you?”

Alice rubs the side of her face against the face of her husband. “Of course. And I smell the outlands on you so I know where you have been. Do not lie to me.”

“I went after the Legman.”

“By the order of someone or on your own?”

“Sabian Blackrock and Madison Grant didn’t exactly give me the order to break the law and go into the outlands. It was kind of a dare.”

“You are an idiot.”

“I know but I am glad I went. It was scary. The Legman caught me. He put me in a cage which is what I was trying to do to him. I was trying to cage him.”

Alice starts laughing. She breaks from her husband’s hold and turns around to look into his face. “You seriously thought you could put the Legman into a cage. I may put Sabian and Madison in a cage.” Alice kisses her husband. “Did you manage to escape or was there a deal?”

“Do you believe we are on Lucifer’s Earth right now?”

“We are on Lucifer’ Earth right now, but do not go around telling people that. They will not believe it and they will not like it. Not even the witches.”

“So what the Legman revealed to me is true?”

“I do not know what he revealed to you but that is true.”

“What people think is a conquered heaven on Pluto Viso is not really heaven?”

“Wow, he wants you to totally understand. I wonder why that is.”

“He said he doesn’t want you married to a stupid person.”

“Interesting. Did he try to pit you against me?”

“No. He wants you on his side.”

“That is interesting and scary. I don’t want the Witches Council turned against me.”

“I know. He wants me to help protect Billy Bingo.”

“I think Billy Bingo should be protected but again, that is dangerous for both of us.”

“I like the Legman but he is dangerous to us.”

“He is important to the humans and to the Earth Witches. He may be their only hope, except of course if they get help from God himself.”

“But God wants them to be stronger. He wants us to be stronger.”

“Yes, up to a point. But God also likes a balance of power. He always interjects when he thinks it is necessary, even on Lucifer’s Earth.”

“So what are we going to do?”

“My dear love, we have to walk the walk along that chalk line very carefully. I am glad you met the Legman and had a dialog with him but still this is a dangerous turn for us; especially if you start protecting Billy Bingo. How is it that you are to protect him?”

“I was in robot dog cage. I was to become Billy Bingo’s dog. The way it is now though, the AI has control of the dog cage and will contact me when it needs my help to protect Billy. I can of course enter the dog cage any time I want.”

“That is good. We probably can protect Billy without being caught. But if we are caught, the Witches Council will have a fit.”

“But you are agreed?”

“I am agreed. And I am very glad that you are not a stupid person.”

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure you would be on board with protecting Billy. I understand that Sam wants Billy dead and the Legman caged and maybe Billy also caged.”

“So going after the Legman, on some level, was to please Sam Bigalo.”

“Maybe on some level though I wasn’t exactly thinking that way. He wants General Gorgan caged and from his thinking I thought he was right. He grieves for his sleeping, former wife, Amelia. I know how much it would grieve me if that should happen to you.”

“Understand that Sam does not currently understand the true nature of this world. General Gorgan probably does. Still, he wants the keys to open and restore the God Complex of Pluto Viso.”

“But it is not the true heaven. It was always a fabrication of Belial. Right?”

“Right. But it is complicated. It is a way to gather the souls who want to go to the true heaven and may even be deserving of the true heaven. Without Belial’s fake heaven there is no gathering place on Pluto Viso. There is a duality in Belial just as there is a duality in Lucifer. There is a part of him that took great pleasure in the destroying of the fake heaven but there is another part of him that wants to be like God and to be like God he needs the fake heaven. Neither Lucifer nor Belial are Satan. Satan has no duality. He is just fucking evil and takes pleasure in evil. He is the force that most wanted the fake heaven on Pluto Viso destroyed.”

“So you are saying that even in General Gorgan wants the God Complex on Pluto Viso restored, he may still be taking orders from Belial. And the Legman knows this.”

“Sure. But the Legman may also want the God Complex restored as a place for the souls who are not yet ready to go to the true heaven. Even the fake heavens are an important gathering place to move souls toward the goodness that is inherent in the true God.”

“The Legman’s Iapetus Jr. in the Outlands is being used to help souls. I didn’t expect that.”

“But you always have to remember we are on Lucifer’s Earth and the fake heaven is Lucifer’s heaven. It is a path to God’s Earth and the true heaven but it is not the true heaven. Here on Lucifer’s earth we all tend to have a duality where we are all capable of both good and evil. We choose our own path but the temptations are always here. The Legman is more consistently on the side of God but…”

“He told me that he is conflicted.”

“His honesty with you puzzles me.”

“Me as well. On God’s Earth is good and evil and people as complicated as they are here. Are there fewer gray areas on God’s Earth?”

Alice laughs. “God’s Earth is less complicated but not as much as you might think. People are more content and less driven. Those of us who are more easily tempted to hurt people based on our emotional needs or just uncaring ways are no longer there. There are a lot fewer people capable of badness there and in need of a spanking there. The people are better there and that in itself makes it a better world. Lucifer and Belial both love to moan as they look at what their worlds are populated with and remind those who might listen, ‘Look at what we have got to work with.’”

“I wonder what it was like when we fell. What were our greater sins, our most evil deeds, that caused us to fall here into Lucifer’s Earth. Were we judged by the true God and cast here, one by one?”

“It is not that simple.”

“I understand the world is computer like. I read that God can present himself as one person or a million people. Some might be true spawns or others more like a hologram of the computer system.”

“So yes, we are judged by the system. All our deeds are there recorded in the system. There are no secrets from the system. But we are given choices by the system. We can’t relive the same life in God’s system and can not change time in God’s system, but here time can be changed. We can live the same life more than once. So there is a reason that some of us chose to come here even though this puts us much closer to the true hell, Satan’s hell.”

“So I chose to be here.”

Alice Malokey answers her husband, “We all chose to be here. It is choice among other choices.”

“Such as. What might be an alternative choice?”

“In one decision the God Complex offered me the choice to be born as a chambermaid on earth after having been Alice Malokey. Lucifer offered me a chance to continue being Alice Malokey which would have been impossible in God’s Universe since Malokey had been destroyed by the Martians.”

“So in the real world Malokey no longer exists?”

“You must not look at this world as unreal and God’s world as real. All worlds are real and in part Lucifer’s World is in fact connected to God’s world and God does have power here.”

“But Malokey can’t be restored in God’s world. It only exists in this prison, this Hades.”

“I don’t think of this as a prison.”

“So you came here by choice because you didn’t want to stop being Alice Malokey. You didn’t want to be a chambermaid. But can you leave? Isn’t this basically the Eagle’s Song, ‘Hotel California?’ Isn’t this basically the INXS song, ‘The Devil Inside?’ God’s world is the real world. It is the living world. This is the world of the dead. We have all chosen to delude ourselves into thinking we are incarnating into a living world but no, whether you want to call this world purgatory or Hades, this is the biblical world of the dead. We are dead.”

“No. By what you are trying to suggest, only the Garden of Eden was the real world and when God kicked us out of that world, we all became the living dead, and maybe we did. But I choose…”

“Our memories are so fucked with, we are so tripping on some kind of light fantastic, how do you know that you chose. How do you know that the idea of choice isn’t just to make we prisoners blame ourselves?”

“I don’t know. I just know I don’t want to fall into that sleep. I don’t want to give up on trying to make sense of it all. I don’t want to give up on being allowed into heaven; the true heaven. But I do know that hell is closer to my reach than heaven. I know that.”

Phil sees that his wife is about to cry. He grabs her and holds her tight. “It is going to be okay. I may not know who I am or from whom I was spawned; my higher self, but I know that I love you. I may not know for sure where I am or how I got here, but my love for you and our love for God will always be our compass. We will find our way out of Hades; out of purgatory.”

“The Legman might be the way or even he might be a lie.”

“I’ve considered that but I think he is real.”

Alice says, “We must protect Billy Bingo for the Legman. The Legman must not become our enemy. Except for God the Legman may be our only way out of this place, whatever this place is.”

“I agree.”