Casey: August 2000 • Name: Winter 1992 • Jambi the Angel Soundtrack: “Name” by the GooGoo Dolls Note: This story is being pubbed in serial form. You should probably start with EPISODE 1. Casey: August 2000 I lingered over my tables while the Gillespies lingered over dessert. If I let my future in-laws leave without … Continue reading WEATHERBONE: EPISDODE 12
Although Octavia Butler's classic novel Kindred does involve time travel, the story is, in the words of the author, a grim fantasy, rather than science fiction. First published in 1979, it is as relevant today as it was then, if not more so. To say this story is “grim” would be akin to saying Rammstein … Continue reading Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The UPS: 1999 (continued) • The Skudder Note: This story is being pubbed in serial form. You should probably start with EPISODE 1. The UPS: 1999 (continued) “Where's he going?” Marissa asks Meredith, easily matching Meredith's desperate pace as their feet pound the sloping corridor curving down toward the ground floor. “To call our supplier … Continue reading WEATHERBONE: EPISODE 11
I was part of a team sent to represent the Lincoln chapter of PFLAG at a national convention in Arkansas. The convention was at a church, in a town where much of the industry that had kept it alive had dried up, leaving whole blocks deserted and streets in disrepair. The church was also a … Continue reading Hunters Become the Prey
Ronnie: Summer 1991 • The UPS: 1999 Soundtrack: "Babylon" by Faster Pussycat Note: This story is being pubbed in serial form. You should probably start with EPISODE 1. Ronnie: Summer 1991 Maybe he'll be here tonight. That was pretty much my only thought as I parked the Buick by the dumpsters and headed towards the … Continue reading WEATHERBONE: EPISODE 10
The Division • Blood: Winter 1990 • Torgus the Angel Note: This story is being pubbed in serial form. You should probably start with EPISODE 1. The Division It's late. Or early. Marissa sways, drunk, on the wide, curving deck outside the dwelling where the monorail deposited her. This building, like all of the others … Continue reading WEATHERBONE: EPISODE 9
A great darkness had fallen over the city of Lincoln, placing all power in the hands of a very few, making it so we could not get jobs and were persecuted for not conforming. A group of us went to a big trailer in the Near South neighborhood that had been converted into a church, … Continue reading Sopranos and Dead Cats
