Well, we made it! The year 2020 is over and now we are in to 2021. Granted, I know that things aren’t going to be a whole lot different, since the end of a calendar year doesn’t automatically change things. However, despite the arbitrary nature of time, I am going to be optimistic and talk […]
Stories
Spilled Coffee
Yesterday was release day for The Forsaking of the Blind, the final book in The Wing Cycle trilogy! (Insert shouts of joy.) I’m still super excited about this and am basically riding that book release energy all the way to the weekend. (Quick note: the paperback and hardback books are not available yet. They’re stuck […]
Midway Between, Part IV
Midway was essentially the centre of the world. We had all sorts of trade running through and people besides. And people get bored. When people get bored, they head to the bars. Midway had a whole number of them. Oxygen deprivation for the cloud folk who wanted to feel a little more at home. Oxy-full […]
Midway Between, Part III
We went to analytics. Analytics folk are unusual people. They spend more time with their head buried into their vid screens and their piles of data than they do walking the decks or climbing up the city and seeing the real world. I think I’ve seen an analytic type out of their den twice in […]
Midway Between, Part II
“Checking the database,” Silver said. “We should have information on him come false dawn.” I nodded. Then pulled out my lapel comms pen, called up the head office. “Slocum here,” I said. “We could have one of those things you like to call a big problem here. Dead guy, looks to work for or be […]
Midway Between, Part I
How about something a little different today? Here’s the first part of a short story I wrote a while back. This has nothing to do with any of my other pieces, it’s just fun. My name’s Slocum Rexx. That’s spelled with two x-ses; make sure you get it right. Most people get that mixed up, […]