Talking to one of her own kind, Saras almost comes across as normal. Almost. Recall that her father is human but carried the gene for demi-human. Two generations on, Saras is something of a mystery to me.
And she meets someone who makes her inexperience patent.
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 2/2″“It is a harsh place. We are becoming a harsh people.” I knew and know that this story will likely be my darkest since “Crosses and Doublecrosses.” I just didn’t think I would get there so soon. Saras takes after her grandmother in several ways. I am older in what I’ve written that family loyalty does not map to liking someone or a caring relationship.
I wonder what we’ll learn in this Part 2?
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 2/1″This is the conclusion of Part 1. Fussy has just laid it out to Eloise in sort of a “this is your duty” approach, which they knew would be the best route to take, rather than, “that other woman wants you out of the way.”
We meet Saras, not quite eight years old. Demi-human. She is the main character for Part 2, which I’m working on but once again stuck. I’ll figure something out, I’m sure.
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 1/5″I’m beginning to think Robert is a horndog. And Nadia is shaping up to be tougher than I imagined.
Miss Silque is yet another mysterious person. I know what she is – besides being a fantastic maid and housekeeper – but it would be difficult to write a story about someone who never speaks.
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 1/4″A short flight from Russia to the imperium allowing for a little exposition of Robert’s background.
I’ve already started Part 2, but have to take most of today doing RealLife stuff, unfortunately. I should wrap up Part 1 by Friday.
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 1/3″After showing the interpersonal politics between Robert and Nadia, I quickly wanted to show that this is not just a marriage forced on them by their respective rulers. They met, talked, had a (small) chance to say “no.” Any marriage is work; constant day-after-day work. I’ve been at it for over thirty years. No time off for good behavior.
Even a crown prince must defer to their sovereign, so Robert makes a call. At this point in her life (Fussy is fifty now), I think she is a jerk just for jerk’s sake. St Petersburg to Huntsville in a few hours? I wonder how he’ll pull that off…
“I I I” isn’t even out yet and I’m already writing spoilers.
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Continue reading ““The Fallen” 1/2″From the image all the way at the bottom, I had an idea. My demi-humans are known for their bioluminescent eyes. Was this young woman just taking a walk from her tent to cup a mouthful of water? About to dive in for a swim? Or maybe…
All things break down. Including civilizations. Including genetics. I began to wonder, what would a tribe of demi-humans be like in a non-technological world? They fact they think fast with quick reflexes would still be a positive survival factor; their ability to see into the Void would be useless. What would they keep; what is discarded? They can talk to one another by touch… do they lose vocal language?
And where did the image happen? Earth? Terraformed Mars? Some other world so far in the future I cannot grasp?
So, just like all the other times, I sat down and started writing. After my nearly ready to release “Ice Inundation Intelligence,” which I knew was a novel from the get-go, this is just me playing with ideas. Could be a short story; a series of them. I, honestly, had wanted to temporally backtrack, that is, fill in some of the gaps of people and event going all the way by to “Echoes of Family Lost,” but this opens six freakin’ years after “I I I.” Fine. Let’s see where it leads, frens.
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