The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter (a short story)

By Tim C. Taylor

"'Say farewell to your siblings, Oberoid scum!' roared Thogron Throatbiter as he leapt from his rocky perch. Somewhere in the background he heard the stage manager inhale sharply..."

Imagine unstoppable barbarian armies that discover spaceflight. After they have conquered every inhabited planet in their system, what then? They take their pantheon of violence, pillage, and destruction to the stars, of course. But one day, their meandering mayhem must reach its inevitable conclusion.

Take the foreign policy approach of Conan the Barbarian, mix with the insanity of Warhammer 40k, and add a dash of Brian Blessed on one of his louder days; now you have an idea of what lies in store for you in the Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter.

This Greyhart Press e-book is a short story, a perfect length to enjoy on your lunch break, or to complement a drink in your favorite coffee house.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Greyhart Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458062185

Book preview

The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter

Tim C. Taylor

Copyright Tim C. Taylor 2006-2011

Published by Greyhart Press at Smashwords

www.greyhartpress.com

An earlier version of this story was published in Forgotten Worlds Issue#3 (2006)

Cover image of Thogron's ship by Kostya Kisleyko

Contents

The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter

About this story

About the author

About Greyhart Press

Other stories you might enjoy

Praise for Tim C. Taylor

Delivered with an expert sense of timing and considerable panache. Taylor’s entirely modern opus simultaneously evokes the best of British science fiction past, akin to Wells or Wyndham... — Alan Moore, comic book writer, on I Won the Evacuation Lottery.

A very satisfying read. — WarpcoreSF on Welcome Home, Janissary

...a delicious piece of writing which ramps up excitingly through time distortions, grief, conflict, and peril, to paradoxical revelation. — Ian Watson on Last Man Through the Gate

...you could become hooked on this style and author. — online review comment on Future Speculation

The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter

Say farewell to your siblings, Oberoid scum! roared Thogron Throatbiter as he leapt from his rocky perch to land behind the cowering blue figure. His leathery feet raised a plume of dust when they thudded into the arena floor, making the sprung wooden boards underneath shriek in protest. Somewhere in the background he heard the stage manager inhale sharply.

Thogron ignored that annoying fellow. Flicking his fluted ear trumpets back aggressively, he dug deep into his repertoire of taunts and hurled one of his best at the Oberoid. Your grave opens and beckons you in. Go, meet your wriggly brethren, worm!

His opponent turned to face him and raised his sword to a guard position, but couldn't help glancing behind to search in vain for an escape route.

A sequence of muscle bulges erupted up the bare jade skin of Thogron's back and shoulders,