The horror! The horror! (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness). New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June 29th, 666 GE At 17:56, the Aranui received permission to land and entered the descent corridor. At that hour, the Rhodon IV spaceport was exceptionally crowded. Nevertheless, Kyle had immediately ruled out using a peripheral access point.Continue Reading
Hyperspace, coordinates ******/******/******June 28th, 666 GE Twiglet was down forty-two credits. Arto Wol wasn’t faring much better. He wiped the sweat from his brow and silently cursed himself for inviting the mahjit to join the game. She had looked like easy prey, but… She was maddeningly slow. Painfully cautious. SheContinue Reading
Hyperspace, coordinates ******/******/******June 28th, 666 GE Entering the lounge, Twiglet did her best to look like a harmless tourist. She cautiously glanced around, then ambled toward the bar with an awkward air. Raising one hand, she signaled the bartender. “Makeshi juice — and a deck of cards, please,” she saidContinue Reading
Oh, he’s rude to everyone, […]. It’s what makes him so damn sexy. (Cassandra Clare, City of Bones) New Xanadu, coordinates 000.000/000.000/000.000June 25th, 666 GE Volker Chang stepped out of the elevator into Princess Virginia’s residence. She was hosting one of her usual, interminable parties — something that happened atContinue Reading
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (John Belushi, Animal House, 1978) Bageechaa, coordinates 99.001/-55.447/1803.240June 24th, 666 GE Running toward the spaceport, Twiglet tried not to think about her house, the hyperneural probe, or everything she’d left behind. Right now, escaping the werewolves was all that mattered. GriefContinue Reading
CHAPTER 1: AWAKENINGS The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis the XIV, to pick up a name at random, would not have liked it, would have found it not sunny enough, and insufficiently full of mirrors. (Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, PocketContinue Reading
