[Author’s Note: This Chapter and the rest of the short story were originally intended have been posted for the Beautiful Monsters Substack. But because Gio no longer has any plans to continue the Substack, I have no choice but to… Read More ›
Day: February 25, 2024
Zero Hour, Chapter 4 (Repost from Beautiful Monsters Substack)
Gottfried Emmerich lit a cigarette whilst slouching on a chair at his home’s breakfast table. He sifted through the papers inside a manilla file folder documenting the autopsy of a middle-aged man. The folder also contained photographs of the decedent’s… Read More ›
Zero Hour, Chapter 3 (Repost from Beautiful Monsters Substack)
An Asian man in a three-piece suit, glaring at the time on his wristwatch, leaned against the red front fender of a white Shanghai SH760 with Chinese license plates. Accompanying him was another Asian, a Japanese national, who stood by… Read More ›
Zero Hour, Chapter 2 (Repost from Beautiful Monsters Substack)
Edith summoned Lena, Christoph and his comrades to the living room. A flatscreen television set was relaying the official media of the Federalist American Union’s ruling party, the Greater American Federalist Party. Grabbing the remote from a glass coffee table,… Read More ›
Zero Hour, Chapter 1 (Repost from Beautiful Monsters Substack)
Prior to the Third World War, revolutionary educational standards supported by the victors resulted in the establishments of ‘Student Governments’ and ‘Student Economies’ operating from the secondary schools and universities. The increased complexity of postcapitalist economies accelerated student participation in… Read More ›
Update (25 February 2024)
Breaking the regular schedule, I am going to be reposting the completed Chapters of Zero Hour, the short story I had been writing for the Beautiful Monsters Substack. Yesterday, I reposted the Prologue. Today, the first four Chapters that appeared… Read More ›
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