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A Complicated Divine
A digital short of Heaven, Hell and... "other." Found in the collection FURTHER THAN FATE by Brian Fatah Steele, and presented here as a Kindle special edition.
The Shining Above and The Darkness Below collaborated on an experiment... but they never expected it would work. Now they're stuck with Kylie, who's a bit of an embarrassment. What's a divinity to do? Well, scam two disreputable entities into babysitting and hope for the best! Unfortunately with this crew involved, chances are things will end with a lot of swearing and not just a tad of violence.
The Shining Above and The Darkness Below collaborated on an experiment... but they never expected it would work. Now they're stuck with Kylie, who's a bit of an embarrassment. What's a divinity to do? Well, scam two disreputable entities into babysitting and hope for the best! Unfortunately with this crew involved, chances are things will end with a lot of swearing and not just a tad of violence.
46 pages, ebook
First published September 18, 2010
About the author
Brian Fatah Steele
40 books91 followersBrian Fatah Steele has been writing various types of dark fiction for over fifteen years, often describing it as “cosmic horror with elements of urban fantasy and sci-fi.” Steele originally went to school for fine arts but finds himself far more fulfilled now by storytelling. His own titles include DIRE BRANCHES (Alien Agenda Publishing), OUR CARRION HEARTS (Bloodshot Books), HUNGRY RAIN (Severed Press), CELESTIAL SEEPAGE (Alien Agenda Publishing), BLEED AWAY THE SKY (Bloodshot Books) and THERE IS DARKNESS IN EVERY ROOM (Sinister Grin Press), along with the self-published YOUR ARMS AROUND ENTROPY, BRUTAL STARLIGHT, FURTHER THAN FATE, and IN BLEED COUNTRY. His work has appeared in such anthologies as 4POCALYPSE, BLOOD TYPE, CTHULHU LIES DREAMING, DEATH’S REALM, THE IDOLATERS OF CTHULHU, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated DARK VISIONS, VOL.1.
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July 15, 2011
Here Brian Fatah Steele‘s delectable humor abounds.
This is a lovely, very fun and entertaining short story. There’s an air of innocence about Kylie that you will surely find endearing and touching.
It’s a bit of a bildugsroman, a bildungs-short-story if you will :) Though Kylie does not age physically (I doubt she actually could, anyway), she grows up from a sort of newborn angel-slash-fallen to a young primordial entity. She’s charming, utterly irresistible, and soundly naked a big chunk of the story. Of course, that’s not why I loved her, though it did make her a lot fun (fu~fu).
A clear display of writing genius, the tone and facets of this short story are in no way dark, there’s nothing sinister looming about, nothing too violent. Sure, there is a bit of metaphysical squabble, but it’s a story featuring a naked, beautiful, curious woman and several potent entities and elder deities, some squabbling is bound to happen. Well, it’s more of a morally oriented fight then a squabble, but it doesn’t reach cosmic proportions until the very last, and even then, it’s in low tones, contained, sort of calm.
I loved the vast array of ideas so beautifully webbed together, and the characters are simply adorable, even the so-called evil ones. This is a short, lovely, fun and greatly entertaining story, that will surely win you over from the first 10 words in.
This is a lovely, very fun and entertaining short story. There’s an air of innocence about Kylie that you will surely find endearing and touching.
It’s a bit of a bildugsroman, a bildungs-short-story if you will :) Though Kylie does not age physically (I doubt she actually could, anyway), she grows up from a sort of newborn angel-slash-fallen to a young primordial entity. She’s charming, utterly irresistible, and soundly naked a big chunk of the story. Of course, that’s not why I loved her, though it did make her a lot fun (fu~fu).
A clear display of writing genius, the tone and facets of this short story are in no way dark, there’s nothing sinister looming about, nothing too violent. Sure, there is a bit of metaphysical squabble, but it’s a story featuring a naked, beautiful, curious woman and several potent entities and elder deities, some squabbling is bound to happen. Well, it’s more of a morally oriented fight then a squabble, but it doesn’t reach cosmic proportions until the very last, and even then, it’s in low tones, contained, sort of calm.
I loved the vast array of ideas so beautifully webbed together, and the characters are simply adorable, even the so-called evil ones. This is a short, lovely, fun and greatly entertaining story, that will surely win you over from the first 10 words in.
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