For the record, I don’t typically remember my dreams. Certainly wish I did; would make great fuel for more stories! But while I slept in that space viking’s chamber, bright lights filled my view, and a small audience of shadows encircled me. It was all quite blurry as for the visuals, but the audio was […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 6 (of 10)"As Jack’s eyes finally adjusted to the sudden illumination of florescent light, they soon welled with tears and he still couldn’t see much of anything anyway. The huge viking man stood up from his glass throne and rushed to Jack’s side, the room shaking under each massive plod. “There there…what’s the waterworks about? Yer in good […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 5 (of 10)"A maze of corridors, sterile and white and just as Jack had laid them, led him to the cafeteria he knew he’d find. Dr. Charles Lyman was the CEO of NEAPS Inc., the New England Anthro-Psych Sciences corporation, which was founded to dig deep into how cultural developments were shifting and shaping human psyches. Whether it […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 3 (of 10)"Day 1 Well, I’ve never expected this to happen. I’m just standing there, minding my own business, when all of the sudden POOF. I’m in a lab. And not just any lab mind you! I’m in the psychoanalysis lab of the one and only Dr. Charles Lyman, master of that which can be known, thought […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 2 (of 10)"When the sun rises, color returns to our sight. When gone, our eyes search for vibrancy through the dim filter of darkness, but color requires light. As does that which charges hearts to soar. For too long, Jack saw no light, and searched high and low. It wasn’t until the darkest of blackness that he […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 1 (of 10)"It was junior year that was to add depth to my experience. I chose to study abroad in probably the best country for anyone as obsessed with medieval history and lore as myself: Scotland. My three months there were filled with castles and craig, and core moments to consider my profession. I’ll never forget the […]
Read more "Stokes Hall of Darkness: 1-2, “The Stones Grew Strange”"Boston, Massachusetts. 2008. With every new season comes a life change. For me it was college. As I rode comfortably in the back of my parents SUV, I held on to my welcome packet and felt the firm, warm feeling of resolution. I had made it to Boston, to the school of my dreams, and […]
Read more "Stokes Hall of Darkness: 1-1, “A Hopeful Start”"Why? The only question I can muster up right now is this, for I know where I am and how I got here. I just need to know why. With every crack of lightning I shuddered, as the room was illuminated but for an instant. I kept expecting any sort of spectre or demon to […]
Read more "Stokes Hall of Darkness: Prologue"Prologue “In… excelsis…” The choir rang high into the steeple. Their harmonies were layered like clouds high above, pulling the listeners’ eyes up to the heavens. My hands were still in so much pain, but I would take care of that after mass. Right now, I needed God. I needed something or someone to remind […]
Read more "Town of an Unknown Name: Chapter One (‘Prologue’ and ‘Driving’)"Quite often in my journey home, my heart found times to question my actions. I wondered if somewhere, way back, I’d made a wrong turn, to find myself in the world I’d now generated. I could clearly remember the times I’d turned left and not right, was silent when I had a voice to speak, […]
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