I’m bad with names. I forget who it is I write for. Me? The masses? My close friends? Minority groups? Agents? Publishers? I once spoke with Ed Falco, the author of The Family Corleone (a sequel to The Godfather). He said he had attempted a few of what I would call literary fiction. The kind […]
A bear led them, which did not make sense. Bears do not lead men. Women lead men. But the men of the northern-most Sphere of Venus could not dispute the fact that in front of their ranks ambled a large black bear. This band of men had recently replaced pitchforks and clubs with bastard swords […]
Saar and Joost had a lot in common. For one, they were both exceptional warriors of the Templar Order. For another, they were twins with unique appellations. Their mother enjoyed odd names with double vowels. No one was quite sure if she had invented those particular names or if she had heard them come out […]
The bear, nose coated in sticky golden goodness, raised up to his hind legs and sniffed the air. His black fur was glossy and matted with rain. The handful of bees around him were sluggish and half-hearted in their protestations. Large brown eyes turned toward the hunched cultists. They argued in hushed tones over prophecy […]
The large double doors creaked open. Four of the bravest cultists entered and shook the rain from their hair. They looked around the wide entrance, then up the elaborate winding staircase. The floors were dark stained wood. The carven molding was elaborate, punctuated by tarnished brass at regular intervals. The walls were a dull, fuzzy […]
Transparency was the word to describe the temple to Siffora. Located far outside the city of Pan, it was made of jutting glass. It had the appearance of icy teeth splayed up from the ground. Like the ground was a gullet. It was not a place where worshippers lingered. In fact, it was not a […]
Rounding people up to burn in pyres had been easy. There was always a list of ne’re-do-wells provided by the local priesthood. They had found all but one on the list, in fact. Someone by the name of Arcturus Benjamin. Probably rotting in an alley, choked on his own vomit. That is what Councilman Meriodoc […]
