Tag: serialized fiction

Mongrel, 29

Opening a can of worms here, I think. Or I should say I’m opening a kennel of cyber and or robotic dogs? There’s more of the latter in the real world than the former who still appear to be creatures of fantasy.

This image from a site selling actual, friendly, robotic dogs. https://keyirobot.com/blogs/buying-guide/top-5-electronic-dogs-that-are-just-like-the-real-thing? Anyway, they don’t call them robotic dogs, these are electronic dogs.

That’s to distinguish them from the nasty headless robotic dogs that shoot people, the so-called cyber dogs clearing mines, and all the other industrial type jobs they’ve been applied to. Dogs in name and that’s all.

I told you, a can of worms. But the pack below is how I imagined the cyber dogs in this chapter. And they definitely cannot be classed with electronic dogs.

29. Rita de Heer, MongrelDownload

Mongrel, 17 & 18

Another two short chapters … This image has been made over from something completely different that I have used before … you may even recognize it. The ability to change an image utterly with just a few slide buttons, is a thing I love about the possibilities of even very simple software such as Preview.

The Well …

17. Rita de Heer, Mongrel, 17Download
18. Rita de Heer, Mongrel, 18Download

Earth Fall, 19

The action from here to the end of Earth Fall is from Ushen’s point of view. Her very early memories and experiences are glossed over somewhat, since realistic communications would’ve ranged from inchoate to difficult as she is only two years old at the beginning of the chapter.

Rather than posting up the whole lot at once, I decided on short chapters relating to the distinct phases of Ushen’s life. Plus, my thinking was that starting with very short chapters would allow me to expand where needed while editing, and that has been the case so far. Section 1 started with a bunch of notes of about 500 words, that became approx 1800.

As seems to be becoming usual these days, I’m behind on sourcing/painting imagery. The image pertaining to this installment may be added later.

19. UshenDownload