I always thought blogs were one of the most offensive things to arise from the information age. Suddenly, millions of people got the idea in their head that they had something worth spewing at everyone else. Ideas, recipes, pictures of their kid they’re sure a billion other people actually want to look at as much […]
The Kalis Experiments-Prologue
(This is the prologue of Book 1 of the Tides Trilogy, originally picked up by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. Unfortunately I was forced to part ways with them, and so am looking for a new home. In the meantime, it can live here, a little bit at a time.) Prologue: The Death of […]
The Kalis Experiments – Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was strange that Ormo had asked Syrina to meet him in his suite instead of his Hall, and it pricked at her thoughts as she crossed the broad courtyard toward the Palace where the fifteen towers of the Syndicate crowded together like a bundle of blunt, loosely bound spears. The northern sky was thick […]
THe Kalis Experiments – Chapter 2: The Accounting Problem
It wasn’t Lees’ name that Ormo gave her then. It was more than a year before that name came up. In the meantime, things returned to business as usual for Syrina, with the addition of Triglav. Watch him, steal that, kill her. Working with the owl almost immediately became as natural for Syrina as it […]