The Wise Head

By Benjamin D. Baker

In one world he’s considered a divine being of infinite wisdom, a Wise Head, but in his world he’s...the opposite.
After a technological discovery opens a bridge between two worlds one scientist finds himself in a very humiliating predicament with seemingly no way to escape it. To free himself he must use his wits in one world and a bit of groveling in the other.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Benjamin D. Baker
• Release date: Sep 6, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463394878

Benjamin D. Baker

At a young age Benjamin D. Baker developed a voracious appetite for books. As his tastes matured and the school library began running out of books he hadn’t read he stumbled across the works of R.L. Stine and developed a craving for dark fiction.Now Benjamin has begun digging into his own mind to see what shadowy thoughts lie within and is sharing them with the world. Though his works run the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres there’s always a little darkness found within the pages.He currently resides in the shadow of the mountains of Utah with his wife Maddie and little Maltese terror Alfie.

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The Wise Head

By Benjamin D. Baker

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Copyright 2019 Benjamin D. Baker

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed are either productions of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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The Wise Head

Dr. Pendrant watched with anticipation as his creation hummed to life. It was a large circular archway made of metal resting atop a concrete platform in the center of the room. Every inch of it sprouted wires that trailed to various parts of the room connecting to generators, batteries, monitors, and other peculiar devices of his making. The monitors beeped and whirred as a seemingly infinite stream of data scrolled across the screens. The generators chugged as they fed the archway with power and kept the backup batteries charged.

So far everything was going normally and he waited to see when things became less than normal.

One monitor suddenly flashed red and the stream of data sped up. Dr. Pendrant glanced at another monitor meant to compile and summarize the data and was amazed by how much it was spitting out.

The archway began emitting a high-pitched whir and the batteries in the room began flashing as their power reserves started draining. Concerned he eyed the monitor tracking power usage and was alarmed to see it was much higher than anticipated. The energy demands fluctuated wildly, and he felt his heart flutter as the batteries would drop to low levels before charging again.

Just as he was about to consider retrieving more generators the archway emitted a high-pitched squeal and seemingly every mechanical object in the room screeched in apparent agony.

Abruptly two generators failed, a few of the monitors went dead and the entire apparatus began winding down.

Dr. Pendrant cursed and kicked his desk over angrily, the laptop, globe, and dozens of notebooks that had been resting there went tumbling to the floor. Enraged he snatched a notebook up and began ripping pages out of it.

Ten years, ten years of ridicule, budget cuts, sleepless nights, and for what?!

Tossing the empty notebook aside he grabbed the globe