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A Portrait of the Artist as a Black Man – Daedalus (Part 3)
Dae keeps quiet during his first Bible study with the chaplain’s group. Everyone in attendance is a very devout Christian and Dae is afraid that his opinion of their firmly held beliefs will only anger someone and lead to a physical punishment that will take weeks to heal in the infirmary. He hated the sting…
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Amazing Elroy 12. The Man is Done
AEZg82 In one future, Alia and Kevin have a baby and it never occurs to either of them that Alia may have had trouble conceiving. The two had a baby shower with friends they had made in their new city and it was a joyous occasion. The baby was born prematurely, at just three months,…
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Romances and Mazes – Approaching Eternity E 10 end
AE0 Wes: Do you think he was really an alien? The woman smiles to herself. She is sitting across from Wes on a stool at the bar of my kitchen and he stands leaning against the dishwasher. Blogger: He says that ‘alien’ should be an epithet. It supposes superiority, like Earth is where real life…
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Issue 12, Vol. III – September 19, 2017 (God Machines)
True gods: 3. God Machines There is a device that contains details of all time and existence from the start and as it marches forward. This device is a God Machine; its machinations are wondrous to all sentient beings of the universe, or it would be if its existence was widely known. These are the…
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Amazing Elroy 11. Sweet Baby
AEZg82 Kevin contemplates many things on learning that he will be a father. He is happy, but then things are suddenly very strange. His apple seed, the one he had flippantly created and planted while he reminisced on his time expanding his abilities with Fritz Parsons for the CIA, had grown up in his backyard…
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Black Man – Daedalus (Part 2)
Religion has always been a source of mockery to Dae. It’s laughable to him that anyone would put so much emphasis on life after death. It was his belief that death brought a sense of relief from the trials of the real world and it actually made him a little mad to think that he…
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Issue 11, Vol. III – September 15, 2017 (New gods)
There is a device that contains details of all time and existence from the start and as it marches forward. This device is a God Machine; its machinations are wondrous to all sentient beings of the universe, or it would be if its existence was widely known. These are the tales from the Aeternus. *…
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Amazing Elroy 10. Aliae
AEZg82 *Alia Zephyr is the first Alia to take the name as her own. Her mother’s name was Rebecca, and she too, had been the Alia of her generation. Rebecca’s mother was not the Alia of her generation, but it was her sister, Constance, who could literally walk on water and had the ability to…
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Love as Power (Diode Bk. 1) – Issue 14 – Round 1
AEZg82 Clay sits out on the front porch a lot. Ivan and his sister have been gone for a couple of days, and he has spent every free hour sitting and watching the sidewalk in front of his house. Waiting for the man with the gall to lay hands on Ivan. Desperation knows that he…
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Issue 10, Vol. III – September 12, 2017 (Sentient Authorities)
There is a device that contains details of all time and existence from the start and as it marches forward. This device is a God Machine; its machinations are wondrous to all sentient beings of the universe, or it would be if its existence was widely known. These are the tales from the Aeternus. True…