Vernon Baker's Blog, page 12
October 20, 2011
October 19, 2011
Tale of Two Cities...
THERE WAS ONE MORE STONE FACE TOO MANY UP AT THE CHATEAU.
The Gorgon had surveyed the building again in the night, and had added the one stone face wanting; the stone face for which it had waited through about two hundred years.
It lay back on the pillow of Monsieur the Marquis. It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified.
Driven home into the heart of the stone figure attached to it was a knife. Round its hilt was a frill of paper, on which was scrawled: "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES."
— Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
The Gorgon had surveyed the building again in the night, and had added the one stone face wanting; the stone face for which it had waited through about two hundred years.
It lay back on the pillow of Monsieur the Marquis. It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified.
Driven home into the heart of the stone figure attached to it was a knife. Round its hilt was a frill of paper, on which was scrawled: "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES."
— Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
October 18, 2011
October 17, 2011
October 15, 2011
Learning...
"Genius is less a matter of intelligence as it is a matter of letting a young mind explore and learn."
What to do with the small humanoids?...
Learning
What to do with the small humanoids?...
Learning
October 13, 2011
Limited time offer...Book passage on the Slow Boat To Purgatory for only $0.99
That's right! for a limited time I am offering Slow Boat To Purgatory for $0.99. It is available at the following locations: Amazon.com Barnes and Noble.com Smashwords.comClimb aboard the Slow Boat!
October 9, 2011
Don't forget the Goodreads giveaway...
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Slow Boat to Purgatory by Vernon Baker 
Slow Boat to Purgatory by Vernon Baker Giveaway ends October 25, 2011.
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October 4, 2011
Let me tell you stories...
That feeling you feel on the periphery of your consciousness, the weight, perhaps the light you feel without really seeing, that presence is me. I'm holding your hand, gently, trying to make a connection with you. I know you're in there. I can sense you. It's one of the many gifts bestowed upon me in that moment when I was raised up from the depths. Somewhere along that road I gained that ability to look within the minds of those around me.
Over the years, the hundreds that have past, I have learned to seek out those cracks and crevices in the minds of those who I circle about, never really alighting, just being there.
Over the years, the hundreds that have past, I have learned to seek out those cracks and crevices in the minds of those who I circle about, never really alighting, just being there.
