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Hub City Blues (2) – Religious Affiliations

a tale of hub city As I was ushered into the first entry points at the city’s outer wall, I was impressed with the speed and efficiency of the staff as they coordinated everyone’s entry into the city. Security forces maintained control of the entry point but were cordial and civil to everyone. There was [...]

The Aspect War (1)

Giving Death His Due War laughed. The sound was discordant with the scene of blood and eviscerated corpses all around him. The god of War stood over a battlefield and enjoyed the early morning smell of charred flesh and destruction. The bitter stench of brimstone and gunpowder wafted on the morning breeze, tingling his nostrils [...]

Hyde (1 & 2)

Portrait of a Modern Monster  a tale of Hub City If you commit a crime in Hub City, it’s said the wind will reveal your sin to him. Pray the police find you. Before he does.  I was a policeman in another life. I can’t say I was the best, but I certainly wasn’t the [...]

Hyde: Portrait of a Modern Monster (1 & 2)

If you commit a crime in Hub City, it’s said the wind will carry your sin to him. Pray the police find you. Before he does.  I was a policeman in another life. I can’t say I was the best, but I certainly wasn’t the worst. In Hub City, it was a brutal life, violent [...]

Insurrection (2)

Invasive Species and Supernovas a tale of the twilight continuum Θ Pele Mokoto sat back in the center of the room, trying to make sense of the impossible. Her face was pale, her gaze haunted. She was looking into the Quanta-sphere’s holographic display. Her recliner shifted as her center of gravity moved and she reoriented the [...]

Insurrection: Invasive Species and Supernovas

a tale of the twilight continuum Θ Pele Mokoto sat back in the center of the room, trying to make sense of the impossible. Pele’s face was pale, her gaze haunted. She was looking into the Quanta-sphere’s holographic display. Her recliner shifted as her center of gravity moved and she moved around the image in the [...]

Hub City Blues – 2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 18,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.

The Light at the End of the World

  I woke up excited for the first time in fifty years. It was the end of the world. This time we were certain of it. Scientists confirmed it. I saw it on the news. I got up and put on a nice shirt I stole yesterday. First time I shoplifted since I was a [...]

Autism’s Arrow

When I was growing up, I learned early that I was not like other kids. I did not like the same things they did, did not want to engage in the same activities. They loved to play together and I could not wait to be alone. It wasn’t that they were bad or anything, they [...]

Sisters

An excerpt from a fall to earth Θ 2072 Common Era, five years after the Singularity   The African Continent, The Serengeti  The air was hot and still, not a surprise considering the time of year, but by the Serengeti’s standards this weather exceeded even her hottest, by a wide margin. This year her grasses were tall [...]