Ten Months Later Half an hour to midnight. Chances were, it was going to feel like fifteen seconds at the speed of light. And if I wasn’t careful, the whiplash […]
Author: Mute Monkey
Genrefuck: The Space Opera
Good evening. Instead of likening Republicans to supervillains (who says they even need likening? Yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk) or writing thin holocaust parables, I’d like to announce my new […]
Clandestine, Part Seven
There was a knock at the door; Mae. She let herself in, sauntering in coolly and tossing me the clothes I had woken up without. The Priestess winced at this, […]
Clandestine, Part Six
The Priestess’s meditation chamber had been serving as a sort of conference room for the past few weeks as the six of us; Jan, Wendy, Mae, Priestess, French and myself; […]
Clandestine, Part Five
“We deserve better than this,” I said between coughs. The lights were dim, but I could make out the faces of my companions perfectly. Mae certainly looked like she agreed, […]
Clandestine, Part Four
Coffee for Jan and whisky for Wendy and myself was the order of the day. Mae’s mother, a happy-looking woman in her early fifties, had insisted we make ourselves comfortable. […]
Clandestine, Part Two
I realized as a small animal bit me that I had fallen asleep. As I opened my eyes, the circumstances leading up to my spending the previous night in a […]
Clandestine, Part One
Looking back on it now, it almost tickles me. The things I believed, the things I didn’t, the lies I bought and the truths I dismissed. Up until recently, I […]
Prelude to Clandestine
Our first mate Sam Lagow is back, with the first installment of a new serial that will be replacing Shademan. Literally. The Shademan pages are gone. The view from the […]
Cynic’s Guide to Comic Book Movies: DC/Vertigo
Batman: The Movie Proof that idiots will always try to elevate themselves over wit they will never understand by making a “shark repellant” joke every time Adam West is mentioned. […]