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Holy War

They had fought in countless cities across the millennia. The granite tenement walls that framed the alleyway and the shadows of spires, turrets and domes that stretched between the gloomy orange lamplight made this as suitable a setting as any of the others. Not as Gothic as Prague of course, nor as symbolic as Jerusalem, but fitting enough. Lucifer stood at one end of the alley, his lithe silhouette tapering out towards Michael. Their eyes were locked and arc sodium light reflected a feral violence. As, always, it was Lucifer who made the first move, bounding up the alleyway. He already had his weapons unsh

A very short story about a battle that might be going on in an alleyway near you right now!

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CAMOUFLAGE - III
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CAMOUFLAGE - II“So you agreed to meet Miss Troy in the cinema, SILENS AND MOSHUN, to share your information?” My latest inquisitor was just as rope-like as all the others and he asked exactly the same questions. “Yes. I spent my nights visiting the clubs and brothels of the EBON TYGER, meeting with my contacts and building a picture of the current state of things, looking for gaps. Then I’d meet with Alex in the matinees and try to put all the pieces together for her.” “How successful were you?” “What sort of question is that? She’s dead! Of CAMOUFLAGE - II
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SHADOW - XIXI – Ringing in His Ears
Ellis found it hard to keep awake in the old armchair as the Former Baron and Siren chatted away to each other about the details of defence mechanisms, hypostatick wards and weapon arsenals. He tried to focus on what they were saying, to absorb as much information as he could, but it was all too complicated for him.
“You see I rerouted the hypostatick fluids widdershins around the perimeter at twice the pressure, thereby increasing the range of the effect without decreasing the potency,” the Former Baron was saying, “and by using a three inch valve i SHADOW - XI
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SHADOW - XX – The State of Things
Ellis had been surprised to see the cab waiting outside Kerring’s Mercantile at the edge of a square that suddenly, or so it seemed to him very busy. After his initial confusion at the Former Baron’s turn of phrase he had assumed that, by ‘cab’, he had meant some kind of horse and cart, and indeed many such were in evidence around the square, heading off to who knew where at surprising speed, but this was not what was waiting for them. Instead, there was something that vaguely resembled a car, open at the sides, covered in pipes and verdigris, with an im SHADOW - X
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Current Residence: Aberdeen, Scotland
Interests: Writing, Reading, Music, Games, Films
Favourite movie: Ghost in the Shell, Babel
Favourite band or musician: Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen, Utada Hikaru, Imogen Heap, Annie Lennox, U2, Snow Patrol and many others
Favourite poet or writer: Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, China Miéville
Favourite game: Final Fantasy VII
Favourite gaming platform: XBox 360 (or PS2)
Favourite cartoon character: Motoko Kusanagi

Email: seraph_uk@hotmail.com
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CELEBRATE! (and Crit!)

Wed Jan 7, 2009, 2:50 PM

Why?

1) I finally finished reading Moby-Dick, after the third attempt. I, at least, am happy.

2) I finally finished writing CAMOUFLAGE, which has been WIP sicne march 2007. It probably still needs work and might be a complete mess, so please, if you have the time, look it up and give me some advice.

EDIT: okay, I've fixed camouflage part II and made a part III because it's just so long... I wanted part I to show up as a new edit, but I missed the boat on that one and can't be bothered to fiddle with it anymore, but if you want to read it (and it has been updated and extended) you can find it in the Darksyde folder.

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*Braq Nov 10, 2009, 8:57:15 AM

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~Ionixis Feb 15, 2009, 3:26:41 PM

Thanks for the fav!

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~theflyingdutchman84 Aug 24, 2008, 2:43:10 PM

Question: I want to start your New Fantasy Chronicles from scratch but I don't know where to start. Whats the order to read them in?

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