Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones
DeathWatch II No. 1 – I failed him, Aecus.
This is Issue #1 of DeathWatch, Book II, tentatively called Heart Of Ilona, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find DeathWatch, the first in the series, or start from the beginning of Book II! Welcome back, and Happy Reading! … Continue reading
Songs of Remembrance
Her hands moved over the piano; she played quietly, constellation eyes half closed, heart wide open. She sang, but only in her head, only in the place where she wouldn’t hear anyone else comment on her tone, on her pitch, … Continue reading
30
Believing in me as you do, doesn’t it make you feel a bit like I’m some sort of Judas, every time I fail to be as wonderful as you hope me to be? If only I could get even thirty … Continue reading
100 Words: Far-Fetched
They said she was ridiculous, to believe in the thing she believed in. They said men like that, with fire in their eyes, fire in their hands — they didn’t exist. They said she didn’t exist. She knew they were … Continue reading
Missing
“Here,” she said, but only to herself. She put the case down on the tile and lifted the instrument to her chin. Arms lifted in the weirdly familiar, half-awkward box she’d been taught, she drew the rosined bow against the … Continue reading