From the Hands of Hostile Gods – Ch. 6

<– Chapter 5 / Chapter 7 –>
The loading bay’s interior airlock sealed with a hiss. A green light blinked on above the blast door to indicate that the seal was intact. The high whine of the industrial blowers forced a wall of air into the vast cavern of the sublevel, sending a skirl of [...]

Interlude: Greek to Me (And to You)

Some Nifty

I’ve got to send props to Cubicle Buddy Grant for pointing out to me the new online repository for the Codex Sinaiticus.  What is the Codex Sinaiticus, you ask?
To WikiQuote:
Codex Sinaiticus (London, Brit. Libr., Add. 43725; Gregory-Aland nº א (Aleph) or 01, Soden δ 2) is a 4th century uncial manuscript of the Greek [...]

From the Hands of Hostile Gods – Ch. 5

<– Chapter 4 / Chapter 6 –>
There was not a lock on the door to the Primary System Interface. It had a simple round handle. A doorknob. The wall-bolted ladder to this level did not have an electronic seal above it, but a low-tech pressure wheel which spun to the left. This was referred [...]

Interlude: Some Mentions, Plus More Files

Matt over at manybooks.net has added 12 Steps to my portfolio over there.  You can get it here.  As always, I was completely surprised and tremendously honored.
Speaking of feeling honored by the attention, thanks to Matt putting From the Hands of Hostile Gods on the front page over at manybooks.net, I got a couple of [...]

From the Hands of Hostile Gods – Ch. 4

<– Chapter 3 / Chapter 5 –>
The interior lock was on the second subsurface level, fully ten meters deep in the bitter stone mantle of Archae Stoddard. The halogen lighting system glared off polished concrete floors, metal banded shipping crates and line upon line of raw steel girders and curving, reflective walls. The circular [...]

Interlude: More Download Options

Once again, Matt over at manybooks.net has been incredibly kind and chosen to host the complete download of From the Hands of Hostile Gods in all of his multiple formats.
As always, feel free to grab it from there.  Feel free to browse the incredible selection of ebooks Matt is offering completely free on his website.
And [...]

From the Hands of Hostile Gods – Ch. 3

<– Chapter 2 / Chapter 4 –>
Wet sand between his toes, but his face was warmed by the driftwood fire. The waves he couldn’t see lapped up against the beach, probably just inches from where his toes dug their trenches, wriggled in. Lying on his back, his face bared to the nakedness of the [...]

Interlude: A Poem that Knocks Me Out

Editorial preface:  An absolutely brilliant online acquaintance of mine shared this poem a short while ago.  It is, quite simply, one of the most profound pieces of Holocaust literature I’ve ever read, and that includes many of the works I studied at university under one of the world’s premier Holocaust scholars.
Here’s a hint:  If you [...]

From the Hands of Hostile Gods – Ch. 2

<– Chapter 1 / Chapter 3 –>
The rules of Yetzirah. A deal of five cards to each hand. Cards can be shuffled, exchanged or drawn from any location within the remaining deck after the deal, though no more than one card may be traded at any time. The player seated to the left of [...]