Thaddeus Howze's Blog, page 7
August 27, 2013
Breaking Ground
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. — Pablo Picasso “Who has the hydrogen?” the Big Guy asked absentmindedly. “I smell something burning.” The Big Guy was standing pruning a collection of what would one day be called roses and other assorted flowers. With every clip of his shears, insects spontaneously spawned […]
August 24, 2013
Motus Vita (2)
Have you ever worked on-call? No? Never let anyone convince you the money is worth it. Because it isn’t. The people who hired you and told you that you would be getting an obscene amount of money never mentioned how often they would call you at an inopportune time. Meaning every time they called you […]
August 21, 2013
Motus Vita (1)
A Clifford Engram tale “We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing.” – O’Brien, 1984, George Orwell If you are fortunate, you have never seen […]
August 19, 2013
Looking Backward
Somewhere, outside the Universe “Mothers, you promised you would take me out. You’re always reminding me how dangerous some of the recent cross-currents are and how it would be better if I waited for some adult supervision.” “We did, and we’re sorry but we can’t get away from work right now. Ask your fathers, maybe […]
August 17, 2013
Aliens and Demons
By Ronald T. Jones Six years ago I discovered that hell really exists and that demons are real. That was the day I stopped straddling the fence and became a full fledge atheist. At the same time I found out that aliens are real. Aliens from outer space that is. You’re probably wondering how the […]
August 14, 2013
Changing Tartarus
I got a thousand year sentence. I deserved twice that so I didn’t quibble over it. Didn’t matter no way. No chance of parole, so I was gonna be in the pen for the rest of my life. I can do the time standing on my head. Been in and out since I was a […]
August 11, 2013
A Man Who Wasn’t There (10)
Henri’s eyes glinted in the split second before he kicked up a cloud of dust and rocketed toward the brown and leathery body of the elder LeStrade. LeStrade kneeled calmly in a trance state, swaying slightly to an unheard rhythm. The only sound was the terrible claws as they scrambled through the grass and […]
August 10, 2013
A Man Who Wasn’t There (9)
“You were taking so long to get here I decided to go ahead and get started without you. What do you think of the place?” Henri stood in what should have been the middle of the highway and pointed back toward what looked like a bridge, but not the Golden Gate. We had been moved […]
August 8, 2013
A Man Who Wasn’t There (8)
December 1950, Midtown Mall “Hougan LeStrade, how can I be of service this morning?” The Hougan stood there in a comfortable linen shirt and pants with a pair of well-worn sandals. A small man, he nevertheless radiated an inner power, shining from his oh-so black face shrouded in laugh lines at the corner of his […]
August 7, 2013
A Man Who Wasn’t There (7)
December 1950 Dominique and Henri lay in a four post bed with white mosquito netting draped about it. The heat had made their lovemaking an unrushed affair. Sweat flowed freely cascading from one body to the next, drowning each other in their juices, sweating adding just more element to their intensity. Henri bit down on […]
