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Inspector Erwin Reynolds United States Department of Defense June 11, 2019 RE: The Shrill Inspector Pierce, As you will be meeting the consultant known as the Transient tomorrow evening, I am providing a brief ethnographic sketch of the extraterrestrial entities known as the Shrill.  Keep in mind that the Transient will refuse to answer mostContinue reading “The Nature of the Shrill”

Originally printed in “The Online Journal of Gary Buckle, Cognitive Detective”: from The Space City Chronicle, Exclusive Retro-Edition Vol. 23, April 6, 2046 This month, I am saddened to bring you the announcement that this will be my last report from the Harvestman 5. Something terrible is happening, and I simply don’t trust the vesselContinue reading “Primer”

The virtual universe of the Hypercosmos rendered inside the Heads-Up Display of Gary’s helmet. The standard burst of cosmic light that the user normally saw upon login was interrupted, however, and Gary’s interface was sucked into the spiraling vortex of a virtual black hole. “Here we go. Things are already interesting. Rico, do you copy?”Continue reading “The Apocalypse of Gary Buckle”

Dear God, if this goes right, I’ll turn myself into Schrodinger’s Cat. I give it a 75% probability of occurrence. Damn, I just calculated that, didn’t I. Focus, Gary, focus.  Floating in zero-gravity while writing with pen and paper was much harder than he’d thought it would be. Anxious nerves made his writing hand shake,Continue reading “Schrodinger’s Trap: 2045 C.E.”

Host: Today, my guests are Raymond Raining Cloud… Rain: Please, my friends call my Rain. Host: Very good, sir. Ray is a computer engineer for the four-corners school district, and his adopted son…. Rain: He’s my son. Host: My apology, sir. Ray’s son, and you’ll have to help me please with the pronunciation… Xijo: Zee-Oh,Continue reading “Character QnA: Raymond Raining Cloud and Xijo Ek Balam”