February 2009
4 posts
Adventure 32 from the Life of Mills
Guilt still weighed on his conscience as he surveyed the landscape of bodies.
The assassins had been sent back in time to murder Jean-Paul Sartre, thus ridding the world of a wealth of existentialism. Whatever their nefarious purposes, Mills knew he couldn’t stand by and let them carry out their plan.
His resolve was firm. For just this once, his epistemic loneliness was overshadowed by a...
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In a Manhattan loft, the post-coital embrace of two secret lovers is illuminated by the glow of nearby Macbooks.
He brushes aside a strand of blonde hair from her face. Her look shifts to despair.
“Where is this going, David?”
“Where is what going?”
“Us. This.”
“Oh. Well, you see, you probably won’t believe this, but I was kind of a loser...
An excerpt from Tumblescence: The Stupidgate Story
In a secret underground control center somewhere in northeast America, a warning light that had never flashed before started flashing.
“My god.”
“What is it, sir?”
“We’ve got a Code One outbreak! Alert all units!”
An hour later, panic was widespread on the streets above. Chaos reigned supreme. Babies were crying. Planes were falling from the sky. There...
A Portrait of the End of a Love Affair
“I just don’t think we should advertise our relationship. The internet doesn’t need to know.”
“Are you ashamed of me, Peter? Is that it? It’s not like you don’t look like a human hedgehog. You have no right to be ashamed of me.”
“No,” he sighed, “if you must know, there’s a hit out on me and I just don’t want to put...