Channeler - Chapt. 13: Sakkak

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

13: SAKKAK SAKKAK floated downwards, stopping its descent about five feet from the floor. It wanted to be larger. Since its body was modular, consisting of individual spheres, pyramids and cubes all bundled together, growth was accomplished by adding more of these shapes to the main body. The techno-monster willed ...

Channeler - Chapt. 12: Revelations

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

12: REVELATIONS Lisa didn't know how to return to her body. She remained fixed in position by lines of force that stretched from dream to reality. But the desire to return to flesh became weaker and weaker as the transformations of the Transmitter held her mind captive. So beautiful, ...

Channeler - Chapt. 11: New Spaces

Monday, March 17th, 2008

11: NEW SPACES When night fell over Boulderdale, it brought with it even greater amounts of rain: pounding, freezing rain, cutting through the atmosphere in great, icy sheets, hitting the ground as if gravity had tripled. Lisa was in bed, covered with four blankets, but still she shivered with cold, ...

Channeler - Chapt. 10: Nosebleeds

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

10: NOSEBLEEDS He shouldn't be sitting here. He has a moral duty to perform, an important one. He must speak to Lisa and Sarah. Warn them. Help them somehow. Explain to Lisa that he had been wrong to lead her to the Receiver. And Sarah...her innocent curiosity is going ...

Channeler - Chapt. 9: Pearl

Friday, March 14th, 2008

9: PEARL It was ripe. So ripe the brittle bone of his cranium wanted to shatter like a delicate porcelain cup. But the timing was off. Paul stood before the noisy, steaming, stainless steel dishwasher, watching the temperature gauge rise. Only a little while longer and he would be out ...

Channeler - Chapt. 8: Portents

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

8: PORTENTS On Wednesday, the sun remained hidden; dark clouds twisted and rolled from horizon to horizon, dropping dense sheets of rain--the inhabitants of the small mountain towns began to wonder if they would ever see daylight again. The roar of rain was constant. The pounding musical accompaniment to everyday ...

Channeler - Chapt. 7: The Meeting

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

7: THE MEETING It was Tuesday night. Sarah kissed Dave and said, "See you later, Spud." "Bye. Just don't come back with your head shaved, trying to sell me a hand full ...

Channeler - Chapt. 6: Interdimensional Fallout

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

6: INTERDIMESIONAL FALLOUT Dr. Crumb carried Byte to the small waiting room and set him on the floor. Byte wagged his tail and panted, his tongue poking in and out of his ...

Channeler - Chapt. 5: Parting the Veil

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

5: PARTING THE VEIL Lisa stood by the fireplace, the palms of her hands turned towards the heat. Rick had left Lisa to her thoughts after his powerful display of extrasensory perception. ...

Channeler - Chapt. 4: The Hike

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

4: THE HIKE Byte was smiling, wagging his tail and pushing his food dish around the floor with his nose. Sarah--beyond any doubt--knew that dogs could smile, and Byte, her large collie, had a nice one. Sarah chuckled as she filled Byte's dish from a bag of dry dog ...