“But it is not specifically in the political institutions that one will observe the effect of universal ruin, or of universal progress — it hardly matters to what name it goes by. It will be seen in the degradation of the human heart.”

The world is ending, and it really seems that the bad guys have won…but don’t count Zuggy and Kathy out of the fight! Zuggy has a plan; it’s just cash he lacks!

Gluck is free!

More foreboding and signals of approaching doom accost our heroes and villain. A demonic sometimes-goose can only mean one thing: the end is nigh!

“You see this truculent character here, with the curly hair and mustache?” Picasso asked about the Vollard Suite, “That’s Rembrandt. Or maybe it’s Balzac; I’m not sure. It’s a compromise, I suppose. It doesn’t really matter. They’re only two of the people to haunt me. Every human being is a whole colony.”

In a darkened jail cell, Gluck confronts his lot in life. Will he sink to the depths of despair, or come out stronger than ever?

And on the fourth midnight the new bride slumbered on the stretch of grass * And in the same breath, I was in the newly sprouted leaves * or in the fluttering breeze * and perhaps even in the deep waters * And the breath of the wind stirring little blossoms on the thick tree wailed in me * and bright streams of rain wept in me. *

Things have gone from bad to worse as a ghostly turkey harkens the arrival of a powerful demon. Is all hope lost?

Gluck is drunk again, this time his intoxication carrying a previously unseen weight. Wendela may be sick of Gluck…but not as sick as she’s going to be!

Poems by Losarc Raal for Tamas Panitz’s Steak Phase

Twist follows twist in this harrowing installment! All the time Zuggy and Kathy thought they were stopping Rooge, could they have been playing into his master plan?

While riding on a wagon west, Gluck finally opens up and lets his feelings be known. Honesty is the best policy, but actions have consequences!

Gilberto Perez’s commentary on history as seen through the lens of the filmmaker duo Straub-Huillet.

Rooge reveals his greatest secret: an incantation of truly monstrous proportions! Will Zuggy and Kathy be able to stop the ultimate evil, or are they too late?

Tension mounts in the traveling players’ wagon! Will Gluck learn some discipline? Don’t count on it!

Shock follows shock as Rooge reveals just how clever he is! As he deconstructs Zuggy and Kathy’s operation, it begs the question: who is playing whom, and is this just another layer of a dark and deceptive game of mental chess?

Gluck’s awake and right back to his old, bristling ways. Will his fellow performers be able to deal with his rude behavior, or will he ruin lunch for everyone?

The wall collapses and reality starts to bend. Can you trust your senses, and if so…who are the REAL villains of this tale?

We’ve seen Gluck perform. Now it’s time to see what his compatriots can do!

The walls are closing in around Rooge as our heroes gather evidence, shut down his operations, and wake him up from his brain scan. What will happen to him now that he’s awake and talking freely, and will he even care?