Reclaimer – A Halo 3 Comic

I know, I know. I’ve really let Reclaimer languish lately, and I’m sorry about that. I haven’t forgotten about it. Honest. I’ll get back to our hero and his quest to save the universe. Eventually. Maybe Reach will provide some much needed rejuvenation.

In the meantime, though, I haven’t dropped completely out of the fiction business. I’ve been honing my craft with some (super-)short fiction over at Ficly. The deal is that no story can be more than 1024 characters, so they’re really more like bite-size vignettes, which is perfect for me right now with my busy schedule.

How about a sample? Alright. Here you go.
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Clanks at Midnight

The place smelled like shit and piss.

“I thought these things didn’t have bodily excretions,” I called out to my partner.

“They’re not supposed to,” she replied. “For some reason this one does. Someone’s been hard at work making a clank that can process food the way humans do.”

The clank was a junker, alright, especially since someone had unloaded several rounds of buckshot into the thing. Oil and grease spattered the wall around where it was slumped, and a puddle of very human sewage was leaking onto the floor around the thing.

“Makes you wonder what happened here,” I said thoughtfully. No answer. I looked around. “Mel?”

I found her in the next room looking at a scrap of paper she’d found on the desk. I looked over her shoulder and read: Nobody loves a clank at midnight.

“What does that mean?” I asked.

“Hell if I know, Joe. Nothing about this makes sense. We still haven’t found Mr. Peabody.” She sighed. “Maybe when we find him, we’ll have our answers.”

Maybe, I thought, but I wouldn’t count on it.
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If you liked this, there’s plenty more where that came from and new additions on a regular basis. I try (try!) to write something every day, but that’s not always easy (or possible). Feel free to head over and check out my writing.

Also, Reclaimer regular HSAR maintains a presence on Ficly. He and I have been tag-teaming a science fiction story called Cartographer. It’s a fun experiment in cooperative story-telling that Reclaimer fans may find right up their alley.

So, while Reclaimer’s taking a break, check out some more fiction, and don’t hesitate to leave your comments. As always, feedback is not just welcome, it’s highly coveted.

Cheers!