Thaddeus Howze's Blog, page 11

Golden

Three years ago, the doctor looked down solemnly even as he brought us into a room to see the last hope for one of us. It was a promise to one of the four of us, no matter the outcome of this final series of confrontations, three were assuredly going to die. The technology to [...]

Unforgiven

Forget the rage of war, its battles, its bloodshed, know the rage of a single man’s heart may be a thousand times greater; a man afraid, greater still. No man lives well with fear in his heart and will do anything to be free of it. A thunderstorm over Berlin filled the sky with lightning, [...]

Archer (2)

a tale of Mythic Qin Ruo-jian Chao walked slowly down the road in the early afternoon toward a device intricately made; a machine whose origins were of an alien design, one combining the majesty of clockwork mechanisms and the power of steam engines. Though Qin had both types of devices, they were never used together [...]

Star Light, Star Bright (2)

Part 2: Unwanted Visitors Sun-Drinker’s Proxy ran through the superconducting mining facility toward the Darklight Projection tower. The lights in the building dimmed as the external armor was activated and blocked the ambient light from outside. Fiberoptic cable woven into the structure still streamed concentrated sunlight from outside allowing the station lighting independent of power. [...]

A Prison Cell Awaits Execution

From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. – Captain Ahab, Herman Melville I am the only one who knows them. I know all their secrets. They tell me everything. To me, they confess their atrocities, their fears, their deeds, inner darkness and all the truths [...]

Archer (1)

a tale of Mythic Qin “The Great Wyrms of Westerwood were incredible beasts, easily as long as twenty wagons stretched end to end and weighing more than a full grown oak.” My grandfather was a doddering old fool but he knew how to tell a good tale. I had heard this one so many times, [...]

The Corroded Man

I saw the Corroded Man again today. This was one of the things I had enjoyed the most since I was a child of nine summers. It was at my favorite festival here in Madrid. Mom said he was always there and he was legendary, in his way. I was fascinated by him. Such perfect [...]

Anger Without Enthusiasm (2)

The Barghest, as large as a bloody calf, seemed even more terrifying up close. Clifford Engram questioned the decision to offer it a job so soon after finding himself flat on the ground with the brute standing over him. No matter, he needed the help and the creature and his master were uniquely qualified. Engram [...]

Anger Without Enthusiasm (1)

“I haven’t been able to sleep.” Ben whimpered to his psychiatrist who doodled in the margins of his pad. The doctor stopped listening five minutes ago as his client went into his usual rant about his neighbors and their part in his overwhelming depression. “I tell you, they talk about me behind my back since [...]

Anger Without Enthusiasm

“I haven’t been able to sleep.” Ben whimpered to his psychiatrist who doodled in the margins of his pad. The doctor stopped listening five minutes ago as his client went into his usual rant about his neighbors and their part in his overwhelming depression. “I tell you, they talk about me behind my back since [...]