She stood, very still, in the shadow of the ruined tower. The massive door was now wide open, no light came out from the depth of evil inside. There, through corridors guarded by hideous titans, she knew the God King would be waiting, a corrupting and seductive smile on his lips. There too, in the … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction – Ruins
Technology
Against Evil
"And the hard part is that she knows better, knows that beneath the high-cap scumscapes created by the corporate order and celebrated in the media, there are depths where petty fraud becomes grave and often deadly sin." ~ Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge For the past twenty years, that’s the time we have been sheltering in … Continue reading Against Evil
Talking about Maxine
I haven’t finished reading Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge, and I will later adorn my Goodreads page with my conclusion. Suffice to say that Thomas Pynchon is, for this reader, one of the four vortices of the magic square, that which is at the heart of my love for contemporary American letters: Pynchon - Stephen King … Continue reading Talking about Maxine
Weekly Writing Challenge: 1,000 Words
Emptiness Photo: by Cheri Lucas Rowlands Story inspired by Cheri's picture, and an episode of Infinity Blade III. Cautiously they move along the vaulted corridor, to their left the late sunlight breaking through the high inaccessible windows, to their right the ancient wall, in front of them the increasing darkness. An icy air is blowing towards … Continue reading Weekly Writing Challenge: 1,000 Words
#FiveSentenceFiction: Highway
At first the darkness was total, and she did not know if she was still in the lab, or already somewhere else, somewhere out of the Unknown that physics was beginning to reveal. This was the 24th century of the Christian calendar, not that it mattered to Dr. Cecilia Townsend: her interest was science, or … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Highway
#FiveSentenceFiction: Letters
Letters ~ Vault of Tears He lived only for them, in the deep dungeon they kept him in, for there was nothing else that could keep his will to fight on. Long ago he had stopped counting days, then weeks, then months. Then years, yes, he remembered the end of the first year, when he … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Letters
Daily Prompt: New Internet Order
All the world’s countries have decided that the Internet itself needs a government. Your country asks you to run for Prime Minister of the ‘Net — do you accept? If so, what will your platform be? I know that, for most of you, its true origin is a mystery: but please believe me, the past … Continue reading Daily Prompt: New Internet Order
#AtoZChallenge: April 30, 2013 ~ Zero
Zero Well, this is the last post of this series, and I have succeeded in keeping slightly ahead of myself for the whole Challenge! This last post is about aircrafts and engineering, and bravery. The “Zero” was one of the finest fighters of WWII. It was the Mitsubishi A6M (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter) in … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 30, 2013 ~ Zero
#AtoZChallenge: April 10, 2013 ~ Isa
You are Siris’ little helper, and, I suspect, secret sweetheart. You are smart, fast on your feet, and a deadly shot with your crossbow. Often you have saved his life, often you have tricked the God King, that evil creature. But what I’d really like is to have you in the fight against the Titans. … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 10, 2013 ~ Isa
#FiveSentenceFiction: Conquer
The battle cruiser Aurora, of the Holy Socialist Galactic Alliance (HSGA), skipper Commander Lara Maiakovski, 23, Order of Lenin, Galactic Cross of Valour, Iron Cross with Palms, captured the little craft off the shores of Betelgeuse. Commander Maiakovski - the Angel of the Black Star, as she was known in the Fleet - called her … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Conquer
Of Glass & Paper 