The Man/Woman War: A Dystopian Science-fiction Novel
()
About this ebook
As for Jasper, he had proven to be an erudite and charming host in spite of his great age, and had regaled her with tales from before the Pogrom and before what men called the Betrayal throughout dinner, until music was heard outside and they looked out the cracked window to see a black War Wagon zoom past with its red lights flashing and its belly (presumably) full of Witch Doctors, after which a silence settled over the room and his tone became more somber. "You want to know what happened … how women became witches and men became Witch Doctors. And how the sexes became so estranged that they would kill each other on sight rather than suffer another Betrayal or Pogrom. Don't you?"
She nodded slowly.
He dabbed at the corners of his mouth with his napkin and sat back. "Well, I told you how things were, how men and women were. That there weren't any Witch Doctors except the kind you saw on TV, and there weren't—" He paused, noticing how they both looked confused. "TV—television—the boob tube, squawk box, the glass teat. Nevermind. It's not important. The thing is, men and women liked each other. Sure, they got to squabbling once in a while—hell, some might say that was half the fun of it. But they didn't fear and mistrust each other to the extent that, that—okay, well, some did—they'd kill each other. The point I'm trying to make is: they were bumper cars that enjoyed … bumping."
Satyena and Jeremiah looked at each other.
"They danced," said Jasper. "And when they danced it was something to see. But over time that dance began to sour, mainly because, outside the dance hall, only one side seemed to have all the power. Now, whether that was true or not depends on your point of view, but having read all about it and lived through some of it, I'd say the case could be made. And if you're wondering," He looked at Satyena. "It was your ancestors that felt they didn't have any power. So, steps were taken to even the balance, just as they were with my own ancestors, and I think most would say that those steps were successful."
Again there was the sound of music, and again a War Wagon blew past with its lights flashing.
"The problem with human nature is, it doesn't know when to stop. Eventually, every apparatus designed to right a wrong just becomes a new one—it has to, you see, because once created, its focus becomes its own survival. That's when the ideologues come—like saviors, some would say, while others would say like vampires—who feed off everyone's fear, stoking it and fanning the flames. Our Chairman Kill-sin is a man like that. Perhaps you've a counterpart among the witches …"
Satyena nodded.
Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Wayne Kyle Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author and low-budget horror filmmaker from Spokane, Washington. He is the writer/director of the short horror film, Shadows in the Garden, as well as the author of Flashback, an SF/horror novel published in 1993. Spitzer's non-genre writing has appeared in subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History. His recent fiction includes The Ferryman Pentalogy, consisting of Comes a Ferryman, The Tempter and the Taker, The Pierced Veil, Black Hole, White Fountain, and To the End of Ursathrax, as well as The X-Ray Rider Trilogy and a screen adaptation of Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows.
Read more from Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Dinosaur Rampage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLean Season Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fields Tinged with Red Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ghosts in Their Boroughs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemonosaur: A Tale of Blood, the Sea, and Revenge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Concrete Veldt Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Once and Future Kings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sex War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTerrible Lizards Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales from the Flashback: "The Ank Williams Story" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLean Season: Contemporary Tales of Primordial Terror Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKings of the Road: The New Ank and Williams Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Ferryman: The Entire Ferryman Saga in One Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales from the Flashback: "The Drive-in That Time Forgot" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Boy and His Dinosaur Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Burning Cathedral of Summer: Stories of Darkness and Youth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Monsters: Horror Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove in the Age of Reptiles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Midnight Country Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBehind a Pale Mask Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe End: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Hole, White Fountain: Book Four of The Ferryman Pentalogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Dinosaur Is A Man's Best Friend (A Serialized Novel), Part Three: "The Beast in the Iron Mask" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Devil Drives a '66: And Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemon and Machine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlashback Dawn (A Serialized Novel), Part 2: "The Devil's Shambhala" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tempter and the Taker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Man/Woman War
Related ebooks
The Complete Witch-Doctor | The Collected Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Magnificent Bastards: 3 Realms ... 3 Unlikely Champions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Variant Effect: Madhouse 2 - Gas Light Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirebreak Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCity of Broken Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sherlock Holmes Christmas Magic: Sherlock Holmes, #10 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dark Awakening Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Pursuit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cloud of Unknowing: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invasion From Above: Two Alien Invasion Novels: Pursuit &Victory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSherlock Holmes A Tale Less Told: Sherlock Holmes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBitten (Book #3 of the Vampire Legends) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLucid Nightmares Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbraham Lincoln's Ascension Into Heaven and The Bow of The Assassin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSherlock Holmes: Shifter: Sherlock Holmes, #15 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Good Men: A Villain's Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTouched By Fire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Death Cart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDark Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Redeemer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Prince of Dahaar Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiranda Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRise of the Blademaster Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShadow Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsApocrypha Sequence: Deviance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadly Seduction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPursuit: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCastrum Lucis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTerra's Sabbath Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo Breathe the Breath of Isis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Science Fiction For You
Warrior of the Light: A Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How You Lose the Time War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Who Have Never Known Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silo Series Collection: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wool: Book One of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blindsight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Annihilation: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Troop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sarah J. Maas: Series Reading Order - with Summaries & Checklist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rendezvous with Rama Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Psalm for the Wild-Built Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England: Secret Projects, #2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust: Book Three of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firestarter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Hideous Strength: (Space Trilogy, Book Three) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oona Out of Order: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Light From Uncommon Stars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perelandra: (Space Trilogy, Book Two) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Man/Woman War
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Man/Woman War - Wayne Kyle Spitzer
*w yqJKÆq,~s(X*Rs ۜ D88zpzwPZܻt&XX{ @i[0@j4=tCt (WGup19|g3tTcEL34.BfAh?j(V|[;s}M&ۍ(D ܜ}YNVrpH~)L2^Q53ʇKOz"ܻ9TR**ڻa%̕q0~/iR,nmcڛySP6Q;k 0So!d4;ph+;,nG(RĿ3xtjuLG{$o=1 C{khJ`$h=pK79$PdYt2ӼxsA[D_;PrMi (7ѱz ^<ݒFHVLTpUI\@X#cVHwct,"b5ByEq/P^ GzMR"BLZ.[y\MqlLvIDj#GjxvYbauu7 G1:WlJ \B.@r1dƯxL9M--v<`E}?$À(Pɫ>PLubpAd wU qj7좓 rw2G#mdb+B)xVf[6G3QHR9u\uĘ#>)&|F*K)(,+F8ᕜ1̱~M/#-:==yxf6C9hNCNWԅU5z"K;r#4+0ȢR/ϢKQ#nv!ZCwZGWg겒~!]msOCSTCOg>ʦ/" <3^Ȟ/A^#,9@Gs~U#h1|>Ōo*axrMNNT