Judgement Eve Verse 8 Antediluvians is now posted.
In which the Judgment comes, and these events move to their tragic and inevitable end. Worlds fail, but the human spirit endures.
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A new tale from another aeon, near or far, will be posted in this space next week.
Judgement Eve Verse 7 Ducaleon is now posted.
In which the Exemplar of the Will gives the verdict of the stars, that Ducaleon alone of all flesh is held worthy of life; and the son of Ducaleon must doom himself to heaven or earth.
This may be the first time in five years I’ve forgotten to post my Wednesday episode of an ongoing serial. This is peculiar, because I remembered to post the week before, despite being a hectic day when two of my boys were off to college, one for the first time; and remembered the week before that, when I was on vacation.
Judgement Eve Verse 6 Urael is now posted.
In which passion and fury impels mad tumult as a man of earth and a man of the stars clash in fiery conflict for love of a dark-eyed woman, shattering and burning the surrounding towers and shrines.
Judgement Eve Verse 5 Mehujael is now posted.
In which Idomenes comes to the splendid mountaintop city of those found worthy of life: and finds empty the golden streets.
Judgement Eve Verse 4 Crimptyphon is now posted.
In which the beautiful daughter of the evil scientist is abducted by a dark angel. Idomenes, albeit innocent of the sinful instincts of base mankind, learns the meaning of wrath.
Judgement Eve Verse 3 Harlequin is now posted.
In which Idomenes discovers his lover is pregnant with a child not his own. Away in wrath he strides, seeking murder, and is aided in his hunt by one disguised as a harlequin clown.
Judgement Eve is now posted.
In which the love of a Promethean is offered to a fair and scornful daughter of Typhon, whose beauty is beyond peer.
Note that this tale first appeared in Engineering Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, London (2011)
It is reprinted in ALL MEN DREAM OF EARTHWOMEN AND OTHER AEONS, and made available here in preview, as a courtesy to my readers.
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Judgement Eve is now posted.
In which the deadly mirth of the Sons of Typhon is described, on the final day of a condemned globe, and the Invigilators of the Will, whom the vulgar call angels, hover above the carnage on wings of light.
