Thaddeus Howze's Blog, page 19
July 4, 2012
Deadspeaker
I know they are coming. I can hear them, a sound, something in the background, like the winter wind, blowing outside the window of my mind. Their constant whispers, their incessant scheming, their plans to make me stay with them. They keep telling me how no one will believe in my gift; they never have [...]
June 27, 2012
Equinox: Homecoming (3)
Ms Hart, The Hell Hart was what she was called over two hundred years ago. Two hundred years ago, no one would have believed she would be tending someone near to death. Her reputation as a swords woman in an age where women did not use a sword was legendary. Her skill with it, impeccable, [...]
June 22, 2012
Only Here for the Food
Mammon ate. It did not really matter what he was eating, only that he did. Mammon was always eating. No, that’s not right. Mammon was always hungry. No amount of eating ever seem to fill him up. He was always engaged in some sort of feasting. And when he was not eating, he was drinking [...]
June 10, 2012
Fallen Angel
Lightning flashed. The Archangel Michael waited. He heard the warning claxons, not heard since the Great War and extended his senses to the Guardians at the Four Gates. Each had turned its attention skyward. They all locked onto a streaking meteor blazing brilliantly over the horizon heading toward the Celestial City. He moved toward the [...]
June 3, 2012
Flying Potion
Lamiarum Unguenta (Witches Unguent): “By boiling (a certain fat) in a copper vessel, they get rid of its water, thickening what is left after boiling and remains last. Then they store it, and afterwards boil it again before use: with this, they mix celery, aconite, poplar leaves and soot. Then they smear all the parts [...]
May 12, 2012
Where the Sun Touches the Earth
A Tale of Cats versus Evil A haughty woman festooned in heavy brass jewelry, the tacky kind, loud, banging and discordant, stands looking at a rhyming dragon who is gazing into a viewing pool with her. The dragon is an unextraordinary member of his species. His scales are dull, coated in coal dust, his musculature, [...]
May 7, 2012
Dark Star Rising
The Kid fell from the sky, aflame. A black energy coruscated and trailed from his unconscious form. He fell limply, silently, helplessly. His explosive impact drove shards of concrete into the air and an exploding crater released a tower of flaming gas as his powers ignited an underground fuel main. People retreated into whatever cover [...]
May 5, 2012
“Kelp”
I thought it was the cry of a bird. Sleeping on a beach for a year will do that to you. They cry out all the time, especially near dawn. I was cold and thinking slow. I was hung over too, so sue me for not paying attention right away. It was warm and the [...]
April 8, 2012
Insurrection: Out of Time
a tale of the twilight continuum Θ Time. When you are an AI Complex or more commonly an Image, you have lots of time on your hands. Okay, technically I don't have any hands, but you get what I mean. What the fleshies call seconds, I can call days. Sometimes when they are talking, I have [...]
April 6, 2012
Dark Harvest
a tale of technological excess The conference hall was brilliantly lit. As we waited for the first speaker of the day to deliver the keynote address, I marveled at the fantastic location for the conference. This was the first conference of this type and they spared no expense to buy the entire building for a [...]
