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January 8, 2014
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many […]
December 8, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (7)
The probe ships of the Prime were immense. Twice the size of the moon at a quarter of the orbital distance meant they were easily visible from the planet’s surface. They meant to surprise us. It worked. But now that I was clear on a plan, I wasn’t about to back down now. The male […]
November 30, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (6)
“Not gonna happen. Not on my watch.” My ring echoed my resolve and I could feel it repeating the transmission to the Oa. Help wasn’t going to arrive in time, and I knew it. The Caretaker looked up at me and while I could sense her hesitation, I also felt her steeling herself for a […]
November 28, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (5)
In those final seconds, I thought of Xanshi and Katma Tui. I wasn’t afraid of dying. I was afraid of failing. I promised myself I would never fail someone who needed me again. That’s when I heard it. A low sound, slow, something part music, part song. It had rhythm and it was connected to […]
November 27, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (4)
The mistake most people make about the ring is the idea you always know when it’s working. Most ring wielders don’t consider this while they are using it. Today, I put the idea of invisibility to the test. There was a reason I opened with an antimatter explosion. It meant the enemy had no idea what […]
November 26, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (3)
The green aircraft flew relatively low in the sky, the roar of its engines, the only mechanized sound heard. The craft tore through the thick atmosphere of the now dead planet. No ordinary vehicle, this one was composed of pure will. The will of it’s pilot intent on understanding an enemy before a confrontation. “Analysis […]
November 24, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (2)
The smoke-like entity was all around me. It obscured the stars in a way nothing ever had. I have used my power ring to look through nebulas using neutrinos for a light source. Whatever this was had less substance than that. Yet, I could not see through it using any technology I knew of. A […]
November 22, 2013
Rebirth: John Stewart of Earth (1)
My name is John Stewart. I am Green Lantern of sector 2814. Wait, let me rephrase that. I am one of four Green Lanterns for this sector. The best known is Hal Jordan, the most obnoxious is Guy Gardner, the most powerful was Kyle Rayner. I am the other Lantern. Rarely talked about except in certain […]
November 13, 2013
Small Fish, Big City (5)
The Grey Man woke at 6:00 AM. He didn’t use an alarm clock. His cool grey eyes snapped open and his augmented awareness absorbed his surroundings. He woke every day at six unless he was required to do some work outside his normal job. The bitter smell of his morning coffee assaulted his senses and he […]
November 6, 2013
Domestication of the Other
Expose yourself to your deepest fear. After that…you are free. – Jim Morrison She comes. Today is the day. We will avenge our kin. The morning fog lay over the forest, deadening all sounds even to ears such as his. But he was not using his ears today. Today, her scent told him she was […]
