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Light Switch, Part 6
Tom showed Lana how to place clothing into the tiny washing machine, which made very little noise doing its work. Then, using his own brush, he carefully detangled her hair. It was almost white, and bore a slight natural wave. … Continue reading
Light Switch, Part 5
As he half expected, Lana followed him. Slowly, she got involved in the work. He was surprised Lana could do much at all, but made no comment. At most, he simply gave directions when it appeared she didn’t quite understand … Continue reading
Light Switch, Part 4
It took two weeks for the soreness to become taught muscles. Thomas was not a small man, but was glad none of the trees lying on the ground were huge. Indeed, most of it was broken limbs, windfall and such. … Continue reading
Light Switch, Part 3
The pain in his back and shoulders was exquisite. Having been awake again for just a few minutes, Thomas remembered the dour Finns didn’t snicker much about anything. One of those dour faces approached him with two cups of coffee … Continue reading
Light Switch, Part 2
Thomas clawed his way up out of sleep, and opened his eyes. It was bad enough he didn’t quite remember where he was at the moment, but was shaking off the semi-nightmare of bad days long ago. A decade before, … Continue reading
Light Switch, Part 1 (Updated)
(NOTE: I had mistakenly posted the rough draft of this part previously. Fixed now.) The breeze was light, sun warm. Very nice day for this far north. Thomas leaned back against the post at the corner of the cabin, closed … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, geography, government, oppression, resistance
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Light Switch, Introduction
Today I begin posting another fiction series. On my other blog, I offered a spiritual discussion of where my stories come from. In short, they are sanitized versions of what comes out of my internal fantasy engine. I don’t much … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Epilogue
So as he sat in his chair some years later, Mantis reflected on how quickly his ad hoc academy had gone from a two story WW2 barracks building with barely 200 machines to where it was today. He was Chief … Continue reading
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Technocracy of War, Part 10
Early that next morning, Thad was clawing up from a deep and troubled sleep to realize his phone was ringing. Struggling to be alert enough to respond intelligently to whatever it was so important to wake him just after dawn. … Continue reading
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Tagged bsd, computers, government, war
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Technocracy of War, Part 9
Thad had never moved that far from his last military assignment. The base was just a few minutes up the interstate highway. While he had been careful to avoid buying a home in the standard flight pattern, he was easily … Continue reading