Lord Belmont’s life ended in Clovis, in the impenetrable darkness beneath the ground where forbidden rites were once held. Lady Gwendolyn was his love, body and soul, and the Demon in Blue Light killed her.
Every year, on the anniversary of Gwen’s death, he returned to Clovis to stand in the cold desolation, hearing the wind moan through the lonely passes, feeling her loss all over again.
On this anniversary, he wasn’t alone in Clovis. He heard the noises rustling in the brush. He smelled the raw river of Shadow tech. Then he saw it:
The claws …
The flicking tail …
The maniacal, glittering eyes fixed on him …
“I’ve been waiting for you,” it said in a grating voice as it attacked.
* * * * *
Far away, across the cosmos in a city of wondrous crystal towers, two people watch in horror as the desperate scene at Clovis unfolds. They had worked so hard, sacrificed so much, even argued for it before the gods. They convinced the gods they were right, that they knew best, and everything would go well.
But, things weren’t going well at Clovis.
If this situation went poorly, then ages worth of work would be lost, and, just possibly, the universe might come to an end.
Ren Garcia is a
Science Fiction/Fantasy author and Texas native who grew up in western Ohio. He
has been writing since before he could write, often scribbling alien lingo on
any available wall or floor with assorted crayons. He attended The Ohio State
University and majored in English Literature. Ren has been an avid lover of
anything surreal since childhood, he also has a passion for caving, urban
archeology and architecture. His highly imaginative "League of Elder"
book series is published by Loconeal Publishing
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Top Ten List:
10: Ren was once engaged to a woman 25
years his elder.
9: Ren visited New York City
and admired the World Trade Center towers just a month or so before the tragedy
of 9/11.
8: The FBI once put a gun in
Ren's face.
7: Bad hearts run in Ren's
family. He's already outlived most of his paternal grandfathers, all of whom
died in their 30's.
6: Ren's poor eyesight went
undiagnosed until he was in the 3rd grade. Up until that point, he was
considered "mentally challenged".
5: Ren broke his neck
playing volleyball in college.
4: Ren often sleeps on the
floor, finding it more comfortable than the bed.
3: Ren was once held at
gunpoint and frisked by the guards of the Prince of Saudi Arabia.
2: Ren was introduced to his
wife via Match Makers International.
1: In a vast extended family
of exclusively brown-eyed people, Ren somehow managed to get blue eyes.
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