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 […]
From the mountaintop where Arcturus lay limp he could see the temple city of Io. The high golden domes. The twisting waterways. It made sense that Kadamern was the moon of grandeur. Considering all the Western Spheres, Jupiter was really the only one worth visiting. Mars, to the south, was nothing but hurricanes and swamps. […]
The fire spread like the high priest’s herpes. Arcturus and the prisoner made it to the window sill he had entered. Arc was beginning to crawl out but the older man shook his head. Arc began to protest. “Look, I know this is a rescue, but don’t get the false impression I’m some sort of […]
Arcturus lifted his eyes from the map to the gated manor house before him. As far as he could decipher, this was the target building. But it was dark and he could not be sure he had made all the correct turns. It was also cold, which frustrated his deliberation time. There had been a […]
He waited until dark. That was patient of him. It meant he endured a whole extra day of the spittle-filled name calling, the derisive snorts, the urination … His own, that of passers by, and the barghest curs. By the time he opened the stock at midnight he was soaked and soiled. He waited after […]
I don’t usually write about writing. For one, I’d usually rather write than write about it. Also, everyone’s writing style and philosophy is different. This causes me to grumble against headings like … “Do It This Way and You Will Succeed as a Writer.” I always read it as … “Do It My Way or […]
