Tag Archives: Tungsten

Archaic Minus One

Posted on 2013/02/19 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Chapter 51 Joule’s Machine Soul contemplated FATIGUE. On his Intranet he’d accessed Edward James’s PC, the one with 5 Morrison Cores; used Webster’s New World Dictionary. Joule was fascinated with human words. Noun verb transitive verb intransitive. Metal fatigue hurt: that corrugated tarmac in … Continue reading →

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Archaic Engineering Forty

Posted on 2012/10/28 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Chapter 40 Kathleen James felt the plush pearlescent italian leather sofa shifting. At her left, something settling in, uncomfortably close. Kathleen was afraid to look. Prosthetic exhalations. Pungency, like a rusty iron museum piece, displaced the ozone and burnt smells … Continue reading →

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Archaic Engineering Thirty Five

Posted on 2012/10/20 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Chapter 35 Archaic engineering dormant four thousand years booted up and activated heaters to thaw the remaining five casks forged of dark metal which contained the First Wave Archonte. A catalyst was introduced, forming a slurry which consumed itself; provided the … Continue reading →

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Archaic Engineering Seventeen

Posted on 2012/09/25 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Chapter 17 Each morning of his captivity Edward A James examined the silver-framed photo of his wife Kathleen, and then checked the nickel-plated 45 Caliber pistol on the right-side night table. He stuck to the same schedule every single day. … Continue reading →

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LIVE – R018

Posted on 2012/02/23 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

“There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.” Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452–1519 Aleister Parker smelled the warm sun on fresh linens inside the pristine guest room Floor-2 … Continue reading →

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LIVE – R011

Posted on 2012/01/22 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

“Though nothing means anything and all roads are marked “NO EXIT,” yet move as if your movements had some purpose” THE MASTER GAME, Robert S de Ropp, 1913–1987 Aleister, you’ve seen the Corvette, are you sure? Vitor Weiss’s pulse raced. Suddenly … Continue reading →

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LIVE – R007

Posted on 2012/01/09 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

” I must continue to follow the path I take now.” Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter, 1853–1890 Vitor Weiss smelled the wood fires burning alongside the Deep Sea. Scents of scrap pine, tainted with traces of iron nails glowing tiny … Continue reading →

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LIVE – R005

Posted on 2011/12/30 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

“1.10. Posthumanists do not fall into the trap of imagining a society where everything works well. Economic and political theories are as futile as long term weather predictions.” Robert Pepperell, The Posthuman Manifesto Angela remained unsurprised. Her creation, Vitor, one-hundred-eighty pounds of … Continue reading →

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JPRM – R.17

Posted on 2011/10/26 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

“Sweet bird of prey you’ve gone below… All soft and black it’s time to grow… Don’t be afraid to touch the light… Don’t run from love in the starless night…” James Douglas Morrison, Lyricist Parsons wondered what or who, exactly, was … Continue reading →

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JPRM – R.09

Posted on 2011/09/25 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Jack P Rocket-Man Chronicle, REV.09. Jack P Rocket-Man is ONLY FICTION. No warranties expressed or implied. “For the music is your special friend … Dance on fire as it intends … Music is your only friend … Until the end.” James Douglas Morrison, … Continue reading →

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JPRM – R.08

Posted on 2011/09/20 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Jack P Rocket-Man Chronicle, REV.08. Jack P Rocket-Man is ONLY FICTION. No warranties expressed or implied. “I’ll make my walking like my breathing … And my breathing like my walking … Around the wall that never was …” Richard Schamach, … Continue reading →

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JPRM – R.03

Posted on 2011/09/02 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Jack P Rocket-Man, Fictional Character, Writer, Engineer, Columnist, continues his latest tale. Jack P Rocket-Man is NOT REAL. There is NO WARRANTY on anything he says. REM: You were telling me about the International Airport, west from here. I looked … Continue reading →

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JPRM – R.01

Posted on 2011/08/26 by Richard E & Mary L Marion

Jack P Rocket-Man is a writer and friend. We have known each other a very long time. Jack P knows ALMOST everything. Ask him. When he doesn’t know, he pretends. The Jack P Rocket-Man column is strictly for entertainment, and provides no warranty. … Continue reading →

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