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September 29, 2014
We Now Return You to Our Scheduled Advertising
It’s six o’clock on a beautiful autumn morning. The birds are singing, the leaves are falling and in your mouth right now, a war is going on. A war you’re losing. Bacteria are swarming over your teeth and tongue and when their done, you will wake, with the worst breath of the day. Morning Breath. […]
August 8, 2014
Doctor Who: 50 Years of Traveling Through Time and Space
Answers from the Scifi.stackexchange.com: What is the correct way to refer to the Doctor? How many Companions chose to leave the Doctor? Why did the Doctor tell Amy he couldn’t age? Who or What is the Great Intelligence? Is it possible to kill a Weeping Angel? How does the Doctor know how old he is? A […]
July 16, 2014
Job Announcement: Asgard Seeking New Thor
The Realm Eternal Resources Department Seeking a replacement Thunder God for the canon Marvel Universe, Earth-616. Must be worthy enough to wield mystic enchanted hammer Mjolnir. Seeking to diversify; willing to accept women in this role. Need not be Norse to apply. Position Reports To: Your direct supervisor will be the head of the Norse pantheon, […]
June 15, 2014
With Just a Spot of Darkness (2)
After the debacle with Damballa, I decided I needed to go back to work. Imagine that, using work to avoid my, as usual, failing social life. We’re going to ignore the fact my girlfriend’s patron deity just tried to have me wacked and go back to solving magical mysteries. Fishing around in my pocket, I had a […]
May 31, 2014
With Just a Spot of Darkness (1)
Introducing Ink Gerald Duncan was down on his luck, again. Just out of prison and found himself standing in front of a convenience store. With a gun in his pocket. I don’t want you to feel sympathy for him. Because he doesn’t deserve any. You don’t know him like I do. I know him from […]
With Just a Spot of Darkness
Introducing Ink Gerald Duncan was down on his luck, again. Just out of prison and found himself standing in front of a convenience store. With a gun in his pocket. I don’t want you to feel sympathy for him. Because he doesn’t deserve any. You don’t know him like I do. I know him from […]
May 15, 2014
Insurrection: The Devil You Don’t
Traveling Light approached from the dark side of the Earth-sized Precursor artifact, keeping the planet between them and the polar radiation jet of the Malcanari Singularity. As the vessel penetrated the atmosphere, they could see the radiation plumes of the shield around the planet constantly lighting the sky with an eerie, flickering light, bright enough […]
May 7, 2014
More Tales of Tech Support (5)
“Good afternoon and welcome to the final day of Farnsworth’s Monster Emporium and Death-ray Dealership hiring session. My name’s Todd. “Today is your last day in our training and we have winnowed you down from one hundred possible candidates to the top twenty. You have spent a month and survived working with some of our most popular products. In this last […]
April 22, 2014
More Tales of Tech Support (4)
“Hello sir, Farnsworth’s Monster Emporium and Death-ray Dealership, this is Todd speaking. How can I help you this morning?” “Can you speak up sir, I’m having a little trouble hearing you. Ah, you’re using your speaker phone. How can I be of service today? You’ve purchased some of Professor Peril’s BamHogZu Lair Defender. “An excellent […]
April 2, 2014
We’re Back!
The first quarter of this year was not spent idle. I have written twenty new tales of speculative fiction you haven’t even seen yet. Starting this month, you will see those new tales appearing as time allows. You will also see changes in the future of Hub City Blues as we work to complete running serials and […]
