Events are occurring across the globe. Strange, inexplicable events. Cities disappearing, strange creatures sighted, and any number of experiences that simply test the limits of sanity. They are accelerating at an alarming rate, threatening to overwhelm an unprepared world . . . almost. Mage Elijah Valentine has seen it all before—well, most all of it. He stands between the world and the growing . . .
A four book countdown until the Mayan Calendar’s last date, 20/12/2012. A rambling maze of several connecting stories, all involving some attractive young women and wild-assed guys. And all, without knowing it, in pursuit of the mystery of the End Of Time. The lovely young Mayanologist, the rapacious lesbian industrial spy, the ReElect Obama manipulators, the dolphin groupie, . . .
Out of loneliness, or boredom, maybe, you assign a URL to your heart and share it on the forums and social networks you frequent. The hits trickle in at first, the unusually curious trampling through, poking and prodding, unsure of what they’re seeing. But then the links spread. Everybody wants to see your heart, to have a role in pulling . . .
“Mayan Calendar Girls” is a surreal collection of unconnected chapters that are supposed to make up a story, if you read enough of them. Each chapter is interesting and the characters are fun, but the point of view jumps between chapters and there are few linear links between them. If you don’t mind reading a story in bits and fitting [more . . .]
I liked the writing so far in this collection of scifi vignettes & short stories. "The Milgram Experiment" in particular was a heart-wrenching little bit of flash fiction that I loved – lots of emotional punch in very few words. Excellent. The general setting for the stories seems to be a future where AIs are powerful enough to mimic human [more . . .]