Family Matters - Saturday
**Family Matters** Saturday – Sean drew slowly toward wakefulness at the distant, sharp warble of his alarm clock. Only, after a moment of foggy conscious contemplation he realized the alert tone was too far away to be his cell phone. ...
Family Matters - Thursday
**Family Matters** **Saturday –** The cold managed to drag Sean up from the depths of his slumber, the many blankets he had stolen to cocoon himself having tumbled off the bed. The room hovered between unpleasantly chilly and downright cold...
Family Matters - Wednesday
**Family Matters** Wednesday – Passing by the glass doors facing the porch Sean glanced out across the back yard, toward the vast dark waters of the Saint Lawrence beyond. A lone form stood on the gazebo on the shore looking...
The Auditor - Act 1, Scene 1: A Rude Awakening
_Resource: R37.3122.a4 'Crackle'_ _So named due to the constant low level crackling noise the substance makes in the presence of carbon dioxide as it binds carbon and sheds unstable atomic clusters which then react with released oxygen. ...
Do Dogs Have Souls?
Do dogs have souls? I heard this one day, standing outside the nave of a local church waiting for the rest of my family to emerge after services. A young boy asked his father, as they passed, "Dad, do dogs have souls?" Apparently a family pet had...
The Dragonslayer's Quest
The Dragonslayer's Quest The high mountain forest was lush and green, the day cool and bright. Puffy fair weather clouds dotted the sky like errant sheep. Through shadows and bright splashes of dappled sunlight rode a very curious...
The Auditor - Act 2, Scene 1: Into the Zoo... but just who are the animals?
# The Auditor Act 2, Scene 1 A Moreauverse Novella “I would not expect that they could, given they are outnumbered twenty to one and the weapons limitations here do not allow for sufficient armament to maintain tight control." As they...
The Auditor - Act 1, Scene 3: Two Protagonists, Two Antagonists.
# The Auditor Act 1, Scene 3 A Moreauverse Novella “You the Auditor?" One of the forms asked as they approached. The woman was tall, lean, and predatory. Johan...
The Auditor - Act 4, Scene 1: Bullet Hell. The Exodus Begins.
# The Auditor Act 4, Scene 1 A Moreauverse Novella And that's when all hell broke loose. “Initiate, act four!" Johan stabbed at the ghost just as every monitor on the command floor flickered and died. Half an eyeblink later...
The Auditor - Act 3: There is no Act 3
It now displayed a clearer, though still somewhat grainy and littered with tailing debris, image of five ships emerging from the outward ripple of distortion wake caused by jumping in. They were far closer than the freighter and turning to...