Catherine Rivet's Blog (7)

Letters is an ongoing series of free-verse poetry snippets. From the POV of Ian Baraati, of Chaos Rising fame, they give a unique perspective on his conflict with John Corsica, Omega's 'mad scientist' on the ethics of his work and its ramifications. Snippets follow in no particular order. Continue

...is an older piece I've returned to since the crash, and jumps between the Bull Courts of ancient Mycenae and the Greece of modern day. When a pair of acolytes in service to the Bull Court stumble into a plot to kill a Mycenaean noble, they inadvertently change the course of history. But legends grow with the retelling, and not everyone is so willing to forgive and forget the failed assassination. Especially not the would-be killer. Three millennia and some later, that dark past resurfaces a… Continue

...is a new piece just getting on its feet. It was started on a new disk, and thankfully safe from the disaster that wiped out everything else. Children traces the work of the Yewes-Ser, an 'historical society' seeking evidence of the immortal beings of legend living in the modern day and its inevitable collission with an isolated Bedouin tribe sworn to keep the secrets of their people precisely that: secret. Conflict arises when the Yewes-Ser discover that two of their own aren't what they see… Continue

*Something* killed my backup ZIP drive, and in the process wiped everything I'd had saved to said disk at the time of the crash. And I mean completely wiped, as in the computer doesn't even read it as an empty formatted or unformatted disk. It's as though the disk itself doesn't exist when you insert it in the new drive. Being the backup copy, it shouldn't have been such a big deal...except that just prior to that my hard drive crashed and lost the original. Ergo, *everything* I've worked on sin… Continue

Gods is yet another experimental piece: a work of high fantasy blended with ancient mythology and modern politics. Adam Peyton, history scholar and story-teller extraordinaire relays a tale of magic, love and betrayal only for his captive audience to realize that the 'fairy stories' are in fact reality and that the world is in danger from forces beyond their control. Excerpts following are in no particular order. Continue

Chaos Rising made its first appearance in the early '90s under the working title Omega 19 as an experimental work in political fiction/intrigue/sci-fi and shortly after merged with the Dark Storm universe of a friend and co-author. Over the years, the characters have taken on a life of their own with several spin-offs delving into their pasts and how the special ops team at the core of Chaos Rising came together. Arcs include: Omega Phoenix (The Haliday Project… Continue

In loving memory of Carolyn Colbert 1945-1998 The short series 'For Love of Music' began life as a college admissions essay intended to honor all those who promote a love of music, particularly in the young. A segment of the original work was later published under the title 'Carolyn's Tribute' for the choir director instrumental in the salvaging of my musical career at a point in my life when I was considering giving up music all together. Sadly, she passed away shortly before 'Tribute' was rel… Continue