Charles E. Gray's Blog

Terri woke up well before morning.  Mike was already up and had turned the lantern up, its bright light picking out every crack in the age-worn walls around them. “Breakfast?” Mike asked, handing Terri a ration bar. Terri wrinkled her nose. “One thing we’re getting is a kitchen,” she muttered. “I am not spending the […]

Terri had never handled a gun before, nor had she worn armor.  Mike had found some old suits armor and had modified them for his own frame. Terri was close enough to wear it, even though she had to cinch in the waist. “It won’t protect you from getting shot,” Mike cautioned. “But it may […]

“What?”  Terri asked, trying to process what Mike had said. “What are you talking about?” Mike paused and ran one hand through his hair.  It was an odd gesture. Terri had never seen Mike do that before.  “Look, how long did you sleep?” “I…I dunno,” Terri said. “A long time.” “Long enough for the house […]

Dazzled, Terri had to blink her eyes a few times before she could see what had happened. The robot closest to her had been flung back, a hole blown clear through its body.  The second robot was backing off, the useless gun pointing at someone behind Terri. There was another flash and blast of thunder, […]

It didn’t take very long for Terri to realize something was seriously wrong with her memories. She knew where the road led, after all. It curved around the slopes of the low mountain that divided their neighborhood from the mall and city where she’d lived most of her life before moving to the new place […]

The first thing Terri was aware of as she slowly woke up was that she was cold.  Freezing, in fact. And hungry. Very hungry, a growling emptiness in her belly and her mouth feeling parched, like she hadn’t had a meal or something to drink in ages. Terri tried to open her eyes, but her […]

This is a beta of an upcoming story that I’ll be putting out on Kindle and other ebook publishers probably in a few months.  As a beta, there may be errors here that will be corrected by later editing. If you see anything, story or otherwise, that really throws up a red flag, I’d be […]

Well, actually, if you’re one of the infidels who use Mac, it’s already here!  Those of us who are the truly wise will have to wait a little longer for the IBM version, although there is a beta out there for you to play with. Warning: Do not trust any beta release with actual professional work. […]

I’m going to be starting a new little thing–my Youtube clip of the week, highlighting well done or just amusing youtube shows. Disclaimer–I have no financial or personal relationship with the owners of these clips. Some of them do make money from their clips, so if you like what you see, go and check ’em […]

Are we facing a major social crisis? A major war? Will a gigantic asteroid come crashing down and end our modern civilization? For a less apocalyptic vision, could we one day see the kind of massive malware infection that brings the Internet, complete with all of our stored data repositories, crashing down? The answer is, […]