The Necromancer

Warm Up

The Necromancer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:38:23 +0000

Pyramid Intercom

The Necromancer — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:12:17 +0000

In “light” of the PIPA/SOPA protests. Found here.

Glances could kill. Love was outlawed.

The Necromancer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:34:36 +0000

This, I feel, is the best of the six word stories from my now defunct blog. It’s also my response to the short story challenge presented by Aggie on Sithy Things. Hope it’s not too verbose…

Fnord!

The Necromancer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:33:01 +0000

It’s Robert Anton Wilson (RAW) week over at Boing Boing. A nice selection of articles to check out. In an effort to participate, I offer a link to my elegiac post about RAW, The Earth Will Shake, a piece I wrote many moons ago…

Remembrance of Beaches Past

The Necromancer — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:40:39 +0000

Zombie Bees!

The Necromancer — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:06:33 +0000

Or…”Zom-bees”. A recent article in the science news section of The Telegraph suggests that one of the possible explanations for colony collapse disorder (CCD), which I’ve written about before, is that honey bees are the victims of the parasitism of a species of fly, Apocephalus borealis. A. borealis, already known to target bumble bees, lays its eggs in the host bees. They then begin to display “zombie-like” behavior, abandoning their hives and seeking out light. Eventually, they die when the fly larvae hatch. It’s unclear whether this is an emerging phenomenon. Honey bees have been closely studied for years, and this parasitic relationship has never been noticed before.

Nature. Weirder than we can possibly imagine.

Sahsima

The Necromancer — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:47:48 +0000

“Sahsima, meaning ‘harpoon’, was the original name identified by Songhees elder James Fraser for the point where the Chinese Cemetery is located: Hayls the Transformer, with spirit companions Raven and Mink, came by in his canoe, frightening away the seal the harpooner had been stalking. The harpooner rebuked them. Hayls turned him to stone as he stood there poised to throw the harpoon, saying, ‘you’ll be boss for seals…from Sooke to Nanaimo.’”

Incinerator Rock

The Necromancer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:38:34 +0000