6 Nights of Midnight
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009Seven!
Larry grins. That’s a rare thing. He lets his feet dangle over the side of the roof, lets his eyes stray over the Fairgrounds, where there are no rooftops, and even through the Mirage, despite that the garden’s also got a metro station.
Larry’s not comfortable underground, and so much of Midnight, too much of Midnight, […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 5 - The Name of the Skull
Thursday, October 29th, 2009In one of the abandoned apartments near the subway, deep beneath the heart of one of the mountains, thirteen year old Ronnie found a skull.
It was an old skull, blackened by dust or dirt or age, transformed into something hard as granite, rough as broken cement blocks, and–to a boy like Ronnie–cooler than anything imaginable.
He […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 4 - Important People
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009There’s a gallery on Vine, a narrow but deep storefront under the curator’s apartment, a very small thing pressed against the side of one of the mountains. The curator, one Joel Sebastian, was born in Midnight and plans to die in Midnight.
The current exhibit showcases the photography of Mileah Warde, who works at The Midnight […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 3 - City of Night
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Doesn’t matter what city or town you call home, nor the languages you speak or don’t. Many roads lead to the City of Night.
Maybe you were running from a debt, escaping a former lover’s wrath, getting away for a weekend at the beach or camp or a friend’s condo on the beach, or maybe you […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 2 - The Things Ben Knows
Monday, October 26th, 2009Ben lives in a room below Mirage Station on the subway. Every hour after dark, the train rumbles past and dust falls from the ceiling. During the day, it’s more frequent.
Ben lives in a room with a lock. He believes he has the only key. There are other locked doors on his level, none of […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 1 - The Witches of Camelot
Sunday, October 25th, 2009Anne lives alone in one of those brownstones on Camelot. She’s third generation Midnighter. Her father does things she doesn’t want to know about. Anne consorts with witches.
It’s a small coven, and they know they have no real power. They don’t even pretend. Every Wednesday afternoon they gather for tea at one woman’s house or […]
Another 6 Nights of Midnight
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009The first 6 Nights of Midnight was so well received, I’m doing it again. Starting Sunday, 25 October 2009, for six nights, we’ll have more glimpses into the City of Night.
There’ll be important people, witches, and someone named Ben. Who knows what else we’ll find along the way? Maybe, for those who read the first […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 6 - Vignettes
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009A man with a knife waits outside The Bar on Whiskey Road. He sweats though it’s not hot, though he’s in shadows.
A girl sits within a circle of candles three levels under the streets. She breathes deeply of an unnatural orange scent. You can’t grow oranges in Midnight. You can buy them. They ain’t cheap.
There’s […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 5 - Midnight Storms
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009When rain falls on Midnight, it never wants to stop. It comes in torrents, and rushes down the mountainsides in normally dry waterfalls. Lightning dances between the mountaintops, a dark, electric ballet. Thunder rumbles and roils until it’s one ceaseless note so deep it hurts your teeth.
When rain falls on Midnight, it flows into storm […]
6 Nights of Midnight: 4 - The Midnight Grill
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Karl arrived in Midnight in 1975. He knew nothing of style then, and never learned, but he knew how to poach an egg and had his own spatula. He spoke enough German and English to get by.
He missed Prague. Said so every day. He missed the Charles Bridge, and the astronomical clock, and his dark […]