Hannibal Ante Portas! #MondayBlogs

A science fiction story about the end of the world, the future, water, hope, and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero

Episode Twelve: Part One: We have no bread
Episode Twelve: Part Two: We have no bread

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Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Again

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter Two: Abandon all to hope

Episode Thirteen: Hannibal Ante Portas

Audience: Adult

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Part Two

A science fiction story about the end of the world, love, suspicion, betrayal, murder, and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero
Episode Two: Love hurts
Episode Three: God speed your love
Episode Four: Two hands ain’t good enough
Episode Five: Part One: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Five: Part Two: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Six: Everything counts in large amounts
Episode Seven: Love Never Fails
Episode Eight: Princes of the Universe
Episode Nine: Technobohemian Dreams
Episode Ten: It’s getting kinda hectic!
Episode Eleven: Part One: The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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The Prodigy, Breathe

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Eleven: Part Two: The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Audience: Adult

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It’s getting kinda hectic – episode ten of an epic sci fi story

A science fiction story about the end of the world, love, money, blogging, technology, and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero
Episode Two: Love hurts
Episode Three: God speed your love
Episode Four: Two hands ain’t good enough
Episode Five: Part One: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Five: Part Two: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Six: Everything counts in large amounts
Episode Seven: Love Never Fails
Episode Eight: Princes of the Universe
Episode Nine: Technobohemian Dreams

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Snap, The Power

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Ten: It’s getting kinda hectic!

Audience: Adult

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Two good hands ain’t enough – episode 4 of an epic, end of the world story

A science fiction novel about the end of the world, love, money, leadership, MMORPGs, zombies, alien technology and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero
Episode Two: Love hurts
Episode Three: God speed your love

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Iron Maiden, The Trooper

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Four: Two good hands ain’t enough

Audience: Adult

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Norocul este din sticla, cand incepe sa straluceasca, se sparge.

Luck is like glass. When it starts to shine, it breaks.

A Romanian Proverb

God speed your love

A science fiction novel about the end of the world, love, money, leadership, wisdom, and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero
Episode Two: Love hurts

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The Righteous Brothers, Unchained Melody

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Three: God speed your love

Audience: Adult

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“Who am I?” John repeated as he looked into Cristina’s blue eyes.

I am… your hero.”

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”What does that mean?”

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”It means I am yours and you are mine.

I will celebrate and cherish your laughter and know the salt of your tears.

I will carry you in my arms through the long, dark night – keep you safe.

I will kill for you and die for you.

You will take my breathe away. And I will stand by you, forever.

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“Forever?” she asked.

“And always,” he replied.

And they kissed.
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Love hurts

A science fiction story about the end of the world, true love, destiny, beauty, heroes, and everything else.

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Enrique Iglesias, Hero

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Two: Love hurts

Audience: Adult

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George, John and Hachi waited at the Cretulescu Palace entrance of Cismigiu Park. Anca was meeting them there. Anca’s cousin, Cristina, and one of her girlfriends were waiting for her at La Biblioteca – the last karoake bar in Bucharest.

John was doing things on his tablet computer. Hachi was sniffing tree trunks. George was bored.

“Whatcha doing?”

“Mixing some video of Hachi for his blog.”

“How many subscribers do you have now?”

“One million – more or less.”

“That’s EPIC! One million subscribers. You’re up 100k in a week!”

The heart of a hero

Notes:

Some of you may remember that I had started writing a sci-fi novel about the end of the world. Some of that story has changed. Here’s my latest rewrite.

Episodes and/or related writing are published on this blog – most Mondays and Wednesdays. Please subscribe to this blog to get a reminder when the next episode is published. Subscriptions are free.

Stan

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Tina Turner, We Don’t Need Another Hero

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode One: The heart of a hero

Audience: Adult

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Toate drumurile duc la Roma.

All roads lead to Rome.

A Romanian Proverb

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The dark, long night was endless. John’s heart was still pounding from the death match that he had just won an hour ago. Below, the dead dragged their feet.

“You are so totally epic!” whispered George excitedly.

The Long Road of Hope. And exercises in procrastination.

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October 2023

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Tina Turner, We Don’t Need Another Hero

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I’m working again on my science fiction novel. The first book of many (or so I like to say to myself). I attempt now the second rewrite.

“Do,” says Yoda.

“Oh – I’m facing a mountain of do, little rodent-man,” I reply to the venerable and wise Jedi Master.

The little dude wanders off muttering to himself – it sounds like the hushed barks of a dreaming dog.

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Mister Hachi, Stupid Poodles, and Sammy the Spam

Mister Hachi ♥ you

A scene from Chapter 1.7 in Book of Carrot, my novel about the end times. READ it here http://wp.me/pbg0R-aE

Notes

In this pic, Hachi (sporting his aerodynamic trim) is seen through John’s K-9s. This is a few minutes before John meets Sammy the Spam, the park policeman in Cismigiu Park. Hachi is a chow chow – just sayin.

Excerpt

Sam wondered what the guy’s name was. He wondered where the dog’s blog was at. He’d find out and maybe he’d get someone to hack it.

Stupid poodle, he thought to himself.

Who likes poodles, anyway? Poodles are a chick dog. Poodles suck. Dudes with poodles are fucking loosers.

He looked around. John and Hachi were out of sight.

“Fucking Loser!” Sam shouted.

Fan Art

Media: Digital Art and Photography

Artists: Madalina Cristea and Stan Faryna

Creative Commons license for this graphic as follows: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

Credits:

Madalina Cristea
http://dmonss-mady.deviantart.com

Stan Faryna

http://about.me/faryna

Note: You can submit fan art to stan(dot)faryna(at)gmail.com. Please provide contact information (FB, website, etc. so I can include it like I’ve done above). Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted will be considered as released by the author under the Creative Common’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA.

Love this gruesome, apocalyptic scene! #fanart #apocalypse

Apocalypse

A scene from Chapter 1.1 in Book of Carrot, my novel about the end times. http://wp.me/pbg0R-98

Notes:

Love this pic! It was my very first fan art. Maddy has worked on it some more since I last published it. The spider is especially awesome. Because that’s a real spider that Maddy photographed.

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The villages, towns, and cities along the way were dead, burned down or both. The remains of the dead lay exposed to weather, animals and worms. Cats fed upon their worm-ridden, dead former owners. And dogs fed upon fatted cats.

John paused, lit a cigarette, and took a long drag on it.

There were frequent stops. Cars and debris had to be cleared from the road. There were occasional conflicts: Roman, Focsani, and Buzau. But our caravan had the upper hand. Two out of three fights.

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Media: Digital Art, Photography and Pixel Art

Artists: Madalina Cristea and Mihai Stets

Creative Commons license for this graphic as follows: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

Madalina Cristea
http://dmonss-mady.deviantart.com
http://www.facebook.com/Madeline.Cristea

Mihai Stets
http://smihailangelo.carbonmade.com

Note: You can submit fan art to stan(dot)faryna(at)gmail.com. Please provide contact information (FB, website, etc. so I can include it like I’ve done above). Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted will be considered as released by the author under the Creative Common’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA.