350 In The Field Of The Cage
Eventually the wedding is officiated at by sethkill, who holds it according to sethura tradition, so there is a symbolic wide and shallow bowl of water, and a binding ribbon for their forearms.
390 In The High Places
sethura pneuma, broken and incomplete machinery, occasional human hearts. sethkill hasn't needed repair of late, with the notable exception of his arm, which might or might not qualify as incomplete, or perhaps simply absent.
998 The Escapement
It's an extremely sethura structure, in a way, full of a symbology of spines and penetration designed to violate the soft inner flesh-folds of reality and lay claim.
406 Temporal Dislocation
"it might explain why there aren't sethura all over the place who have_already_ been ruling things ever since the fall of azatlan.
999 The End of the Way
Final Cut Scene: The End Of The Way Aftertime At the end of time, beyond life, beyond even death on arrival, they find themselves walking across the green places. The slow stream meanders, as always, just as it should be. Strange and beautiful...
840 On Movie Night
Save Point: On Movie Night Cleos New Couch (Chew Marks by Niphur) Tonight is movie night and so they are watching 'Overture', an underappreciated cult film that somehow nonetheless managed to attract the acting skills of Leonardo DeCaprio, despite...
750 Green Like Sekhmet
Save Point: Green Like Sekhmet In The Lower Arctic Somewhere on the Trans-Siberian express- "Oh, hey cats. You don't look well. In fact you look kind of - well, greenish, to be precise. Like that wall-painting of Sekhmet in the temple in...
680 Sphynx Kitten
Save Point: Sphynx Kitten Somewhere Near Exmoor, 1983 I have acquired a kitten, a catling, a baby cat, but it turns out it is actually a sphynx. We go travelling in the deep places, in the desert, in the brightness of the sun at noon, and and...
407 He Who Has Seen The Deep
Save Point: He Who Has Seen The Deep The Age Of Worn Bronze Inside the hut, Cleo is baking bread. It's not exactly the sort of thing you'd expect of her, knowing where those claws have been, but she seems to have mastered a technique whereby she...
001 Sythkyllya
"It is very important that you listen to this. None of this is true. Every word is a lie. Especially since all of it is real." Opening Cut Scene: Full Motion Standstill The Age Of Azatlan Behold Sethkill, he who would be lord of all...
000 Readme
The Sythkyllya is a long-term writing project that I've been working on (and off) for the past decade or so. I've always wanted to create something for others to enjoy, but I'm no popular author and my choice of content and style probably differs too...
500 In The Previous Episode of Sythkyllya
Cut Scene: In The Previous Episode Of Sythkyllya Immortality is a long business, and when you live forever, the world becomes something like a game. Cleo and Terrowne play house in various corners of the earth, walking back and forth and up and...