Twiglet running from the werewolves at the Nine Wonders sex club.

“When the galaxy is highI’m hungry, I’m hungryHungry like a wolfAnd I bite you to death.” (Oo’Tomo, Bite you to Death, Underworld Records Ltd, 666 GE) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE Twiglet ran at breakneck speed without daring to look back, but she wasn’t fooling herself. Any secondContinue Reading

Glamorous cybernetic showgirl on a neon-lit retro-futuristic stage, tall and statuesque with long tanned legs, red evening gown with a thigh-high slit, dramatic makeup, platinum-blonde curls, mid-performance in a smoky nightclub, spotlight illuminating her, audience of various humanoid aliens cheering, techno-baroque atmosphere, art deco influences, mood: seductive and mysterious.

“INSERT YOUR TICKET, PLEASE,” the door security interface chimed in a flat, digitized drone. Kyle slid the grifted plastic press badge into the slot. “THANK YOU, SIR. AND… ENJOY YOUR EXPERIENCE!” the metallic voice whirred. The interior was styled in a heavy retro aesthetic, dominated by a massive performance stageContinue Reading

Two humanoid werewolves — tall, broad-shouldered, with wolf-like eyes and slightly elongated features, but otherwise human in form — dressed in sleek, futuristic jackets — standing ominously in a neon-lit alien lounge — the room glows with pulsating lights in purple, teal, and crimson — strange alien drinks with glowing liquid and bizarre glassware on the tables — diverse alien patrons looking uneasy.

“They couldn’t even imagine something like The Palace of Nine Wonders”. (Stefano Benni, L’Ultima Lacrima, Il Palazzo delle Nove Meraviglie, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan 1994, p. 103) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE A couple of hours later, they were riding an underground maglev train, hurtling at roughly five thousandContinue Reading

A surreal digital forest representing cyberspace, with impossibly tall glowing trees shifting colors--pink, green, blue, yellow. Floating among them: a translucent beetle avatar, shimmering data-creatures like multicolored birds, iridescent insects, and snake-like reptiles with glowing circuit patterns. In the distance: a colossal tree radiating magnetic energy, with sprouting branches where message-birds land and vanish. Scattered below: wireframe fields, carmine lakes, violet-lit mesh networks, and ghostly golden obelisks.

“The last seven, eight years, there’s been funny stuff out there, out on the console cowboy circuit… Thrones and dominions… Yeah, there’s things out there. “ (William Gibson, Count Zero, Ace Books, New York, 1986) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE For some time, she’d been in a non-place—thoughContinue Reading

Underground science-fantasy laboratory, glowing violet stasis tanks lining the walls, each tank contains mysterious humanoid forms suspended in shimmering liquid, flickering arcane symbols on metal panels, a mix of high-tech biotech and ancient alchemical design, dim ambient lighting, shadowy corners, strange machinery with blinking lights and copper tubing, atmosphere of secrecy and dread.

New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE Kharl Zisk followed Bai through a subterranean labyrinth of dark hallways, delving deep into the Temple’s squalid bowels. They encountered no one but a few maintenance droids, silently engrossed in esoteric tasks; at that hour, most of the Lycans were out combing theContinue Reading

Underground occult temple hidden in a futuristic city, vast stone hall with gothic architecture and torch-lit shadows, banners with arcane symbols and kabbalistic patterns, statues of Anubis, Kali, and Emperor Nero, a black granite altar flanked by wolf and panther idols, hooded figures chanting in a trance, a masked high priest wielding a claw-shaped dagger, eerie child sacrifice with glowing synthetic heart, crowd of young initiates in wolf hoods throwing them into the air, cyber-gothic ambiance.

“There is evidence to suggest the Nazis believed in shamanic shape-shifting.” (Peter Moon, The Black Sun: Montauk’s Nazi-Tibetan Connection, Sky Books, New York 1999, p. 71) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE Few knew the precise location of the Temple. Even the near-purebred werewolves, on the day of theirContinue Reading

Futuristic city with towering skyscrapers, glowing roads, and a crescent moon

“The horror! The horror!”(Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June twenty-ninth, 666 GE At 5:56 p.m., the Aranui cleared landing protocols and entered the descent corridor. At that hour, the Rhodon IV spaceport was notoriously congested. Under normal circumstances, Kyle would have immediately dismissed the idea of utilizingContinue Reading