The Complexities of Thumper Part 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A UN humanitarian near the Malawian border in Zambia fell to the ground in pain as a budding pair of wings tore...
The Complexities of Thumper Part 1
It was late summer as a remote and cold intelligence turned its attention towards a well-to-do neighborhood known as Jardins in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. In the basement of a mansion there, three figures had gathered. The mother Marcia, the...
Learning To Fall Part 6
Kim and Tom reentered the yard of their home to find the usual scene that they have come to expect. The flashing lights of several ambulances and patrol cars. Wooot! We're on a roll now! Two months, two mass casualty events! I'm putting out...
Learning To Fall Part 5
"Comfort him like when he had broken his leg." That was the message that rattled back and forth in Irma's head. An easily recalled memory, although it would need to be adjusted to accommodate their new forms. Setting the picture carefully down a...
Learning To Fall Part 4
Six guns remained trained on the alien computer where it continued to lay, with its only movement being to drag its head around to observe the culmination of the events it had set in motion. The alien continued to be oblivious to the gruesome injuries...
Learning To Fall Part 3
The next morning, just as the first rays of the rising sun touched black scale, everyone got a rude awakening. With his customary befuddlement, Tom awoke to a body that still felt alien to him and reared up in alarm. He gave an ear piercing scream of...
Learning To Fall Part 2
With the TV off, the reflection of Thumper could be seen behind the captive audience watching their reactions. Startled, they turned to look at the creature. "What have you done? The whole world will be at each other's throats for that coal and oil....
Learning To Fall Part 1
It had only been a handful of weeks since Tom, Kim, and Irma had lost their humanity. All three of them now a species who's only known name was the one given to them by an enigmatic alien supercomputer/AI who had earned the name Thumper in certain...
Learning To Fall Part 9
The rest of the morning passed that way. Serena inside with Luke and Lucy, Brian under the colorful tutelage of Kim, and Tom conversing with Thumper and Prometheus. All around them the scurrying soldiers doing this and that, and for the most part...
Learning To Fall Part 8
The next morning, an unknown figure came in. Poking its head into the shelter the person paused with a sudden startled inhalation. The thin early morning light just barely revealed the figures before it, but also revealed the objective. Gathering its...
Learning To Fall Part 7
"I recommend, Brian and Serena, that you return to your university and start on your research right away. I'm sure you know the value of what you are embarking upon, and what it will mean for the world. I want you to continue to consult with the...
Hurricane Kim Chapter 3
All my glee boiled away like water on a hot stove when I turned backed to my husband and his eyes shimmering with tears. Startled, I reared back and my own began to burn once more... Tom... Tommy? What is wrong? I warbled, uncertain of what just...