Christopher B. Wright's Blog, page 38
March 7, 2014
The Eviscerati Coffee Consumption Scale
In keeping with the kind of week I've been having, I present to you the Eviscerati Coffee Consumption Scale, or ECCS. ECCS is designed to measure critical levels of coffee consumption, which in turn is used to evaluate other environmental conditions which may be influencing said levels of coffee consumption.
ECCS Levels are described below. Check with your employer to determine if your company is adequately prepared to respond to these scenarios:
ECCS Level 1
Minor coffee event. Caffeine consump...
March 3, 2014
The Points Between Podcast - Chapter 27
ThePointsBetweenCh27.mp3A Warning Between Friends: Matthew spies on the conversation between Alice and Abel Morris and learns troubling things about himself.
February 28, 2014
Blurred Lines: Part Four
Jacob K. Javits Federal BuildingThe 32nd floor of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City is devoted to the Department of Homeland Security’s Task Force for Metahuman Activity. That’s where Division M set up shop, and when Alishia Webb lands on the roof—the Federal Building is a designated Sky Commando refit and refuel center—she sees one of them waiting for her by the lift.
Alishia waits until the outer shell is secured to the roof, then opens it up and steps out in the tactical...
Blurred Lines: Part Three
EarlierCB leans against the boardwalk rail, looking at the old Hyatt building tenement he used to call home. A few days ago it was. Then someone from his past showed up, and everyone died. That’s the word on the street: no survivors.
The cops have the whole building under wraps—literally under wraps, covered in some kind of industrial-grade cellophane or saran wrap. Police tape encircles the entire building. The only way in is through an isolation tent set up in front of the hole Red Shift put...
Blurred Lines: Part Two
Farraday City Bunker“You’re cheating.”
Jenny tries to wipe sweat off her face with the back of her arm as she glares at Red Shift. He stares back serenely, not even the faintest trace of perspiration on his forehead.
“No I’m not,” Red Shift says. “The whole point of having ‘super powers’ is that they give you advantages. The whole point of training with someone who has ‘super powers’ is to learn how to adapt to their advantages, and to use your advantages in a way that allows you to control the...
Blurred Lines: Part One
Farraday City SlumsWater sprays in all directions as CB misses a step, stumbling into an ankle-deep puddle. He fights back the urge to swear and steadies his pace as he races down the alley. He sees a flash of green—BDU pants—as Bruiser disappears around the corner of a building at the far end.
CB ignores the water seeping into his left sock and runs. He’s fast, but Bruiser has a head start. He reaches the corner and emerges from the alley into an abandoned street. It looks like it was evacuat...
Issue 15: Blurred Lines
Story: Christopher Wright
Cover: Pascalle Lepas
Logo: Garth Graham
February 26, 2014
The Points Between Podcast - Chapter 26
ThePointsBetweenCh26.mp3Windows of the Soul: Matthew goes looking for Alice, and finds her in a very unexpected manner.
January 6, 2014
The Points Between - Chapter 27
A Warning Between FriendsIn the newspaper article that reported his disappearance, Abel Morris looked very much like the classic coffee house musician: lean build, dark clothing, long, shoulder-length hair, and an intense, brooding expression. In the flesh he looked very similar: his build was still lean, his clothing still dark, he still had long, shoulder-length hair. He dressed like the other men of the Manor, in old-fashioned, elegant formal attire, but he didn’t have the eerie, unearthly...
December 27, 2013
A Rake by Starlight - Chapter 12
WHEREIN People Who Are Not Friends Make Important DecisionsMajor Velis Talisha Enge sat in her office, squinting at the display on her desk. There wasn’t any reason for her to squint—it was a top-of-the-line viewscreen, and she had nearly perfect vision. She was squinting because what she was reading didn’t make any sense, and she thought that if she intentionally made it blurry it might rearrange itself into something more comprehensible. It didn’t work. She hadn’t expected it to, but it ann...
