This one has been bouncing around in my head for quiet some time. I work a little on it now and then when the mood strikes me. It’s a complicated piece. This week, after complaining that I hadn’t been very productive, I found myself...
One day I was sitting here and I thought, we need more cowboys in space. This lead me to sit down at the computer and start writing. The result was originally called ‘The Brothers of Katie Rose’; an homage to the classic western...
As you probably know by now, I’ve written a novel. I’m working on the second draft right now. The gist: young woman living her life like any other normal person, suddenly finds herself neck deep in a mess that involves magic and a...
It’s kinda funny how things happen. When I started playing World of Warcraft, a series of random meetings resulted in my meeting tons of new, creative and interesting people. The same sort of thing happened when I joined Twitter a while...
Evermist is a new, serial science fiction piece being released as part of my, ‘Tales From The New Universe’ series. New episodes will be released every week over at the Evermist site! Don’t miss out on a single episode! Add it...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: The Legend of Aoudjila Zohhāk fled from the great city early in the summer, making his way across the blistering desert where he intended to die. His lover had rejected...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: The Guardian All I had to do was save the world. Her name is Alison. I met her ten years ago. We were married eighteen months later by a Priest without a flock on a...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: SuperHero The thing about being a superhero is that everyone expects you to save the day all the time, to be on your toes no matter what, to have all the answers. No one...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: Solar City “Welcome to Solar City” says the card in large, bright blue letters. It depicts your classic suburban dream complete with a row of large houses each...
© 2009 Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Whooops! If this is the way I’m going out, then bring it on. That’s what I wanted to say. It’s the renegade in me; the rogue. He’s always saying stupid shit like that, and it...
This is an original work of Flash Fiction by Patrick Hester © 2009 All Rights Reserved Free Falling Falling from a thirtieth floor window sucks. If you don’t have a parachute, it’s worse. Still, I don’t panic. I still have the...
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