Set twenty-five thousand years after the apocalypse, The Firewall Saga tells the story of an Earth divided into two unique civilizations by a wall of nuclear fire that encircles the equator.
20 Sep 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
My Most Capable Agent "Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out till too late that he's been playing with two queens all along." - Terry Pratchett "We have been gifted with the perfect opportunity to strike," Slovenia co...
13 Sep 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Covered in Blood "Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with their own blood." - Friedrich Nietzsche "That settles it," Mayotte announced, turning away from the microscope. "Aside from being a disease-infested mess, ou...
6 Sep 2020 7 minute read 1 comment Gryphonboy
Her Mortal Form "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross The High Countess Slov...
23 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
A Crunching Sound “Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C. S. Lewis Denmark was beginning to get frightened. He was not used to being frightened. Certainly...
16 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Her Naked Skin "Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it." - Thomas Jefferson The Countess Slovenia threw her helmet on to the table in disgust. Her long, raven-colored hair was matted with sweat and dirt. Sh...
9 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Following Our Quarry "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter." - Ernest Hemingway Jordan surveyed the scene, his brow so deeply furrowed t...
3 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Guam's bottom bitch "The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery." - Plato Britain was in a buoyant mood. So far, all the Gateway systems were functioning nominally and he was confident that his promotion prospects were...
26 Jul 2020 10 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Field Observations "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain Antigua looked up as she pulled back the bloody tendrils of hair from her face. She was hunched over one of the many carcasses that littered th...
19 Jul 2020 7 minute read 2 comments Gryphonboy
The Cotton Veil "Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy." - Sigmund Freud You are standing on the edge of a terrifyingly high ledge. You are not exactly sure how you know this, but your senses are screaming with the sicken...
12 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Halt and Make Camp. “What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Jordan leaned forward and patted his horse affectionately on the neck. They had been rid...
