Black Hat Magick

Invincible

Kyt Dotson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:44:36 +0000

“Hadaly! LZ is hot!” Elaine shouted into her Enoch phone as she raced up the stairs, taking them two by two. “I repeat, LZ is hostile—no friendlies! Wrap it up and get the hell out of there. Respond.” An alarm went off on the phone. “Frakking frelle!” she screamed as she bounced off the closed door to [...]

CONTEST: Pose questions to the main characters of Black Hat Magick [ENDED]

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:58:26 +0000

This contest has reached its conclusion. Ask a question. Elaine, Frog, and Hadaly happen to have accounts on BHM in order so that they can interact with users. To enter the contest, all you have to do is post a question to one of them (or ask about another character) in the comments below and they’ll respond. [...]

Chapter 33: Case Closed (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:00:06 +0000

Frog set the tray down on the nearby burnished metal workbench and took a seat between the siblings. All three took a quiet moment to themselves as they sipped their respective drinks and mulled over their own thoughts. The usual scents of the room slowly began to reassert themselves over the sweaty smell of Zane’s [...]

Chapter 33: Case Closed (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Elaine watched as her brother rolled the overlarge crate into the room with a hand-truck, the muscles of his arms strained beneath the short-sleeves of the armpit stained brown uniform he wore. Bump, thump, the dolly protested when he shoved it over the threshold to the Faraday rune-cage that surrounded his basement tech laboratory. She [...]

Chapter 32: Congratulations on Your Coma (Part III)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:00:44 +0000

She tapped in a short message and hit send. Moments later a new message appeared and the smile that flooded across her face lit her eyes, if just for a moment, before she schooled her expression again. “It’s him,” she said. “I don’t know what to say,” Tom said. Frog chuckled. “I think thank you will suffice,” she [...]

Chapter 32: Congratulations on Your Coma (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:23 +0000

Hospitals gave Elaine a sense of barely sedated hyperactivity. As environments they acted on a casual organization that required the motion of numerous individuals at all times, a business that blurred through the halls producing a constant din that never mixed enough to become white-noise. Footsteps melted with the cocktail buzz of conversation, the snuffling [...]

Chapter 32: Congratulations on Your Coma (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:00:28 +0000

“What happened?” Emily asked. She turned back to the place behind the stage, now hidden by the floor and scaffolding. “Is he already gone?” Elaine furrowed her brow. Hadaly aided Howie in lifting and carrying Roger through the minefield of fallen students. Frog and Andrew followed close behind them. She couldn’t tell how long they might [...]

Chapter 31: Reconnecting (Part III)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00:09 +0000

The AI’s projection moved her hand in a gesture that mimed unrolling a scroll; a legal document drew itself into the air, unrolling beneath her palm. “While you and Elaine drew him out, I’ve been finishing research I’d been set to much earlier this week. I’ve been trying to determine the proper identity of the [...]

Chapter 31: Reconnecting (Part II)

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:00:58 +0000

The figure had fully formed in front of her revealing a young man with chubby cheeks and a blank expression, his short hair smoothed down around the bangs and tucked behind his ears. His lips stopped moving and his eyes scanned slowly, staring with surprise at Emily. She stared back, and then looked away, glancing [...]

Chapter 31: Reconnecting (Part I)

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Emily rolled back on her heels and frowned, she could see the intense understanding behind Elaine’s eyes—though she didn’t understand what she saw. Surely, she realized everything that happened since the terrible circumstances that landed Chance in the hospital had quickly gone out of her control; but also brought her strange fame, even now she [...]