The Opiate Suite
She knows the pharmacology, knows the exact combination of chemicals that will induce paralysis along with the psychotropic hallucinations. Delivery of the cocktail is best achieved through the carotid artery -- rapid access to the sensory chambers and control centers of the brain. She feels the rounded shape of his head, her delicate fingers exploring the faint seams of the plates of the skull. She finds the shallow divot just above the ear and places the sharp tip of the 1/2" drill bit against his head.
She knows the anatomy, knows just how far to drill and, just as the resistance against the spinning bit changes, she backs it off. He doesn't move -- he couldn't if he wanted -- but she can tell by his eyes that he knows what she has done. She puts the drill aside as the round hole in his head slowly leaks. She shows him the gold-plated audio jack, shows him what she is going to do, and then, with the easy motion of a practiced junkie, she shoves the headphone jack into his brain. "This is my opiate," she says as she places the headphone cups around her ears. "I want to hear what you are dreaming."
The Opiate Suite: A Deconstructed Symphony in Four Parts is curated by our Minister of Sound, Mark Teppo. The OPi8.com mascot, SOMA, was illustrated by Neal Von Flue.
writing
This is a reasonably comprehensive list of my published work, both virtual and physical.
THE MISFIT LIBRARY
I am Nine of Thirteen, one of the members of the Misfit Library, a writing collective which puts out a quarterly journal of our respective work. We are scattered across the globe and determined to change the face of the planet one story at a time. The link above will take you to Misfit Central where you can acquire copies of the journal as well as read exclusive online material.
SYMBOLIC
I wrote a column for OPi8.com's Transmit blogs: journals of the new dark underground. SYMBOLIC tracked the novel I was working on, referencing the process and the research materials which mad up the backbone of the work. In addition, SYMBOLIC busied itself with ruminations and considerations on the nature of language and communication. And a wee bit of mythology. The first 100 entries of SYMBOLIC can be found here on this site as well as at OPi8.com.
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
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