Angel, Prologue: Tiger

By David Farnell, (c) 2000 “Did he smile, his work to see?” –Blake, “The Tyger” *** It always went back to the Old Man. Every flash of beauty and violence, every truth and innuendo, behind them all was that enigmatic smile, the curiously accented French,
Continue Reading →

Scorched Earth (Jaundiced Eyes, Part 3)

“But when you reach the end…?” “It’s like….” “Yes?” “It’s like… sometimes, it’s like there’s a hole in my mind. Like… where memory used to be, just this empty, gnawing… hole. And you mother
Continue Reading →

lesserdark (Jaundiced Eyes, Part 2)

By Shane Ivey, (c) 1998 “‘How am I doing,’ he says.” Officer John Vitelle, hefty and dark, chuckled derisively and tossed a newspaper to the floorboards. “What,” said his partner, a thin balding man named Douglas Nee, turning the wheel of their squa
Continue Reading →

Blacker than Black (Jaundiced Eyes, Part 1)

By Shane Ivey, (c) 1998 Panama, 1986. A soft wind rustled through jungle leaves. The night was clear but moonless and black with swirling mists, and all the stars were dark past a fog-obscured canopy of trees. The air was close and humid and hot. Unseen bat wings flapped, dry and leat
Continue Reading →

Report #2003 – The Death of Garret Ellis

By Dennis Detwiller,  ©1998. DATE: September 5, 1994 AGENTS: Marcus, Bruce SUMMARY: A strange pair of murders and seeming resurrections in New York state. CASE STATUS: Open This report wraps up the investigation into the odd events surrounding the unusual “chain-lightning”
Continue Reading →

The Cost of Knowing

By Jussi Marttila, ©2001. The rain is pouring on the dusty suburban streets of Helsinki. July is as always in Helsinki, alternating with pouring rain and baking sun. The summer night is quieter than usual, all one can hear is the ubiquitious silent roar of traffic from the downtown ar
Continue Reading →

Report #2295 – The Cyllonich

By Jeff Boles, ©1999. On the night of February 16, 1995, Agent Ophelia and Agent Othello encountered a woman in an alley way, who appeared to be in the act of homicide. The woman was later identified as Desire Greer. The agents attempted to stop this crime, but Desire Greer escaped an
Continue Reading →

Yellow – The Season’s Black

By Konrad Talmont-Kaminsk, ©2001 with thanks to the Melbourne Fashion Festival.   The summer night was hot and humid, the air stifling. Inside the warehouse it was even worse. The throng of people heavy with sweat and musky perfumes, the air trapped within the hot corrugated meta
Continue Reading →

Report #1191 – The Revelations of Glaaki

By Dennis Detwiller , ©1998. DATE: August 12, 1994 AGENTS: Gary, William, and Thomas SUMMARY: Investigation into the theft of the rare occult text The Revelations of Glaaki, volume 12. CASE STATUS: Open The Agents were brought in under the jurisdiction of Chicago FBI as specialists in
Continue Reading →

All In a Day’s Work

By Jonathan Hsu, ©2001. (Lyrics © 2000 by BT – “Running Down The Way Up”). David Chen never figured out why he joined the police. As a child, there was the joy of watching the uniformed men and women keep the law and order, patrolling the streets and protecting the i
Continue Reading →