Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 4

Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 4

Picking up where we left off yesterday, here's "Izcacus" Part 4. Eddie Sharp’s Notes – June 7 Summit Day: Overslept a bit. Frankly, I needed it after yesterday’s weirdness. The storm blew over and laid down fresh powder, but the increased avalanche risk is minimal. Temperature holding steady. Air’s so…
October 15, 20151 Comment
Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 3

Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 3

Continued from yesterday: "Izcacus" Part 3 Steve Herzog’s Field Notes – May 31 Saturday. 9 AM: According to this morning’s measurements, the glacier has receded 12 m compared to samples taken from the same location this time last year. DDT, dioxins, and heavy metals are present in higher than normal…
October 14, 2015
Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 2

Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 2

Yesterday I shared the first part of my horror/techno-trhiller story "Izcacus". Here's Part 2. Veronica Fulbright’s Expedition Log – 28 May Wednesday. I watched the eastern sky turn red-gold behind the Bezengi Wall on our descent, but night lingered in the mountains’ shadow until long after landing. The wind was…
October 13, 2015
Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 1

Serialized Short Story: Izcacus Part 1

A friend and respected horror buff once told me that there are only two kinds of vampires: the "supernatural" kind that suffer vampirism due to a curse, demonic activity, etc.; and the "scientific" variety whose infection by some pathogen mimics traditional vampire qualities. He went on to insist that writers…
October 12, 2015

Empress Theology and Queen Philosophy

The commendable Tom Simon writes about the contempt which late Moderns have been conditioned to hold for theology and philosophy: Only the philosophers and theologians, nowadays, try to concern themselves with the entirety of any question, from first principles down to final answers. And we have taught the humans to regard…
January 12, 20152 Comments
Squirrel Chasing

Squirrel Chasing

This post marks a milestone. It's the first time I've blogged about a Twitter exchange. Trying to peddle logic where the medium ensures the participants will just end up talking over each other isn't my idea of time well spent. John C. Wright likens fruitless argument to chasing a squirrel. Yesterday…
November 13, 2014