Black Hat Magick

Chapter 28: To Turn a Phrase (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:11 +0000

Roger edged to the doorway to get a better look at the girl Howie had referred to but found Elaine blocking his way. She shook her head and grabbed onto the door. “Could you boys wait out in the hall for a moment?” she said. “I need some privacy with Frog for a moment to get [...]

Chapter 28: To Turn a Phrase (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:21 +0000

“You’re in my way, Zach,” Elaine said and moved to push past him; he proved to be an unmovable object. She stepped back and fashioned her face into the crushing expression she’d seen her mother use on Zane and Blaine to get them to sit down and shut up. “The stuff with the dean has [...]

Chapter 27: The Scent of Disaster (Part III)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:42 +0000

“The hijack is possibly more subtle than that,” Elaine said. “Here, we can do an experiment with what we have with us. It’ll be inconclusive, but if my hypothesis is correct, we can demonstrate it at least once.” She gestured to Howie, who reluctantly disengaged himself from Frog’s personal space to move the two feet [...]

Chapter 27: The Scent of Disaster (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:30 +0000

Ah-choo! Ahead of them, Howie broke into a short sneezing fit as they passed a stand of flowers. “Urgh, whatever these are they always do that to me. The smell reminds me of summer back at my parent’s ranch, always so much ragweed I’d end up with a runny nose the entire time.” “Need a tissue?” [...]

Chapter 27: The Scent of Disaster (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:00:29 +0000

Elaine reluctantly abandoned the field after their serendipitous encounter with Roger’s friend. Emily looked busy, standing up atop the newly constructed stage with her apparent lieutenants. She didn’t answer cell phone calls or shouts; the people with her on the stage adequately blocked both egress and ingress and shielded her from the general crowd. A [...]

Chapter 26: In Nam-Shub Only (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:51 +0000

Howie was doing something he usually didn’t do: skipping class. In spite of his devil-may-care attitude about his scholarly aspirations, he knew that he couldn’t let his grades slip if he wanted to keep his free-ride from his family to go to the best party school in Arizona. He just couldn’t take that fear far enough [...]

Chapter 26: In Nam-Shub Only (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:00:48 +0000

“I need to get out of the RF suppression and get Halady connected up,” Elaine said. “She’ll have a better clue as to the current state of ASU’s electrical network. Then we need to pin down any more of these nests. Zane, I need you to complete this Faraday cage. Frog you’re with me, we’re [...]

Chapter 25: Magnetic Declination (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:00:47 +0000

Pointed in the right direction by Roger, Zane trucked off to do his favorite type of work: inflicting mischievous damage to buildings for a good cause. Both Frog and Elaine rolled their eyes when he picked the girl’s bathroom first, poked his head in, and cackled loudly. Without a response from within, he darted inside. “Perhaps [...]

Chapter 25: Magnetic Declination (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:27 +0000

Inside the closet stood a monument to Emily Early. A small tower, constructed entirely of CRT and LCD monitors dominated the center of the heap like a terrible god, each screen glowing with flickering video images replaying apparently random clips of video—all of which included Emily Early at various stages of her childhood and college [...]

An update: Forced hiatus

Kyt Dotson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:19:16 +0000

Firstly, I need to apologize to my fans for the total lack of updates over such a vast period of time. The events that led to this caught me totally by surprise, but they haven’t stopped me. On top of having some technical issues, which have mostly been sorted out, I lost my job during the holiday break. [...]