http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/ "Our speech interposes itself between apprehension and truth like a dusty pane or warped mirror" -- Rudolf Steiner en-us 2008-08-27T12:53:04+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20080825231701 "Noriko One and Only, reporting. Two minutes after liftoff. Due east-northeast." "Makiko the Small and Meek here. Loud and clear." "Can we stop it with these ridiculous names?" Frantic activity greets the rising of Makiko/ the loss of inter-island communications forced their hand, all agreed/ it was time to go see why their parents were not answering/ "Don't start with me, Sato the Truculent, it's just too incredible. The view." "That high up, I have no doubt." "I salute you, Fuji-san! May ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2008-08-26T03:17:01+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20080822204746 The following morning/ between patrols and before breakfast/ Satoko picks up a line in the hangar to try her parents again/ and it's dead/ "Maki? Oh, not yet…" "Let her sleep, sis, what?!" Satoko holds the receiver to Noriko's ear/ punches through the outgoing lines/ "NTT is down." "Or our phone system?" "'Fraid not, look at the lit buttons…" "Okay…" "What?" Satoko puts her hands to her head, squeezes her eyes shut/ "Lord, no…" "Sato?" "Huh?" "My command period." "Oh. Thank heaven! Your ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2008-08-23T00:47:46+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20080819113136 in sleep/ all Makiko remembered were the hands/ reaching/ here, for example, just one well-articulated hand/ perhaps he played a shamisen/ or whatever that stringed instrument was in her mother's bedroom/ not a sound/ a gray akin to that they'd seen below when she'd leapt like a little fool to see if that was actually herself dressing furiously in their room while an Izutsu who wasn't really there upbraided a Satoko who may not have been there either/ yes, that very gray/ and it was not ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2008-08-19T15:31:36+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20080816222838 … "It looks so quiet." "And without you two arguing, it is." "I think we should take an afternoon nap once we're done." "One of us should watch the city HGPS readout." "Looking good over here. No looters…" "Yeah, I agree with the 'nap' part. I'm not all in, but I'm most of the way." "No 'anybody'…" "I know, Maki. Hang in there." "Can't we set it to alarm if something approaches the city other than… birds, I guess?" "That'll work! We should be proud of ourselves." "Um…" "Can your ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2008-08-17T02:28:38+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20080813222328 their drones are all the remaining sound of the city above/ I recall the night Ozzy first seduced Petey and myself/ he picked us up outside his office in midtowm Manhattan/ we had been looking for a human interloper to begin the process/ not certain how to get it started/ so we'd walked this particular Earth's particular city/ looking for a kind of inspiration/ Ozzy's appearance, his offer of a cup of coffee, his offer of a bed/ all unforeseen/ those were all the inspiration we ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2008-08-14T02:23:28+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kenegbert/index.html#20071117191000 This page is a gateway to my characters' website, up and running at www.warfampestdeath.net; excerpts will be found here, and all are welcome at the main show. New posts will appear here 2 to 3 times a week, and new content at the web site will be announced here whenever it is posted. What's the gist of my own little look into this world? We all know how reality (or our view of it) is rather malleable. Maybe it's time to see just how malleable. And this latest twist on our existing ... Ken Egbert (aka K.G. Griffiths) 2007-11-18T00:10:00+00:00