Climbing and climbing, in pitch black. I began to lose my sense of even up or down. My hands rode the damp, rain-smoothed stone walls, for I could find no rope or rail to guide me. Step. Step. Step. One at a time, I can’t trip. I must get to the top right away. I’ve […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 8 (of 10)"Almost as shocked as by the blinding sunlight, though much more slowly and painfully drawn out, Jack felt a yoke of guilt hang from his neck, as he walked through Vastendom’s commercial district with its mighty leader in tow. This was the town he wrote up, no question about it, but just as Stuart had […]
Read more "Artificial Intelligence, Part 7 (of 10)"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)"When I consider the many ways in which a story can be told, 2 big types come to mind: Third-Person and First-Person. Today, I feel like telling one story in 2 different ways… First, the third-person: “The first time Arthur stepped foot in this grand, court, he was a much younger man. Wind had swept his […]
Read more "Third-Person vs. First-Person; Experimenting"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 […]
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