Tag: Characters
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The Co-ordination of Supervillains
Jordan Grainger and Ellova Palava were not pleased by the time they arrived at the complex, neither of them; the Sambabus had broken down just after they’d turned off the Main Road, mere minutes after they’d cleverly managed to evade capture by the police for their part in the robbery of the bank. Jordan spent…
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Beating Those Ragtime Blues
Feet tap and glasses clank, tills ring and heads nod, fingers jive and necks bob, empty glasses become full and exchanged for monetary replacement, all in rhythm, out of rhythm and around the rhythm, as Esther Edith and her Ragtime Band play duelling music at differing speeds. The Six Sentence Café & Bistro, full to…
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Onto the New
The wedding has taken place today between Edith Mathew and Malcolm Bletherington. The small church was packed to the rafters with both the bride and groom’s family and friends, and the street outside was lined with hordes of well-wishers. The bride wore a simple gown, but arrived in the style only befitting a silver-screen actress…
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The Legends of Europa: the Microwolves
The Micro-Wolves Varuna is a small, egg-shaped minor planet which orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune, and in Earth terms it takes approximately 279 years to complete one orbit. Also from Earth, Varuna seems to be constantly changing shape as it rotates rapidly, sometimes appearing oval, and at other times, circular. Varuna is…
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Ghost In The Machine
Sam could feel the vibrations from the hull on every floor, through every wall, and through every object he touched; the lighting flickered constantly between the artificial white, infinite black and overwhelming red as the Nova Luna’s power continually shutdown and restarted. The sensor array detected no activity outside the ship, and when he looked…
The Mansionic Perspective 