In Darkness

It was amazing what fools could be talked into doing. Those who knew better were either not there at all, or were standing far enough back to ensure their safety. Smoke pacified them somewhat, but its wielder got too close. Being attacked by angry wasps was bad enough, but NOW the wasps were on fire…

I was looking through some old files and I found some images I did for Zade and Eric Hood. Nothing you haven’t seen before, although I can’t remember if the full-sized versions were ever posted anywhere. Maybe on the Asylum Walls? I dunno. Click on the thumbnails for the full-sized versions:

Zade

Eric Hood

There’s a new science fiction story in the library:

Unofficial Report of the Pendleton Incident is a short science fiction piece that I was gonna try to get published on one of those web ezine thingies. I guess they didn’t like it. The reasons they didn’t like it are pretty much the same reaosns I don’t care for it myself, but when you’re given a length restriction of 1000 words, there’s not a whole lot you can do. My stories have entire conversations that last 1000 words. One action sequence could be twice that… EASILY. When I’ve only got 1000 words, what you get is basically a summary of a story that I WOULD have told, instead of an actual full-length narrative. Oh well… makes no difference to me: instead of reading it somewhere else, you’re reading it here.
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My writing efforts for the previous week:

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The February reward for people who donate at least $5.00 to the site is a science fiction story entitled “DarkSpace.” It weighs in at 8000 words and will be available for the entire month of February. Post comments/feedback here.