Title : Dark Luminance
Author : E M McDowell
Quantum energy. Unlimited power. Humanity’s
salvation.
The Frameway Project promises all of this and more, and Mackland Luther is guiding the project to its final culmination. On the eve of what promises to be their biggest breakthrough, Mackland and his friends, Billy and Sean, prepare the test that will provide the almost limitless power needed to take the human race into the future.
Initial success and excitement quickly turn to horror as the Frame goes out of control, ripping Mackland and his friends from their world and depositing them in a world that is completely different yet strangely familiar. Along with Lily, a hard-charging security guard that was caught by the Frame along with them; and Grizzly, a rough yet gentle survivalist they meet in this new world, Mack and his friends must figure out some way to understand and undo whatever brought them here if they ever want to return to their own world.
But first they must survive an increasingly dangerous world full of undead drug addicts, giant mutants, and a relentless telepathic madman who will do anything to get his hands on the Frame for his own purposes.
The Frameway Project promises all of this and more, and Mackland Luther is guiding the project to its final culmination. On the eve of what promises to be their biggest breakthrough, Mackland and his friends, Billy and Sean, prepare the test that will provide the almost limitless power needed to take the human race into the future.
Initial success and excitement quickly turn to horror as the Frame goes out of control, ripping Mackland and his friends from their world and depositing them in a world that is completely different yet strangely familiar. Along with Lily, a hard-charging security guard that was caught by the Frame along with them; and Grizzly, a rough yet gentle survivalist they meet in this new world, Mack and his friends must figure out some way to understand and undo whatever brought them here if they ever want to return to their own world.
But first they must survive an increasingly dangerous world full of undead drug addicts, giant mutants, and a relentless telepathic madman who will do anything to get his hands on the Frame for his own purposes.
Guest Post!
Dark
Luminance is the story of Dr. Mackland Luther and his companions battling
undead mutants and a telepathic madman in an attempt to get back to their own
universe after an experiment gone horribly wrong.
We
couldn't get a hold of author E.M. McDowell for a one on one interview, (word
is that his publisher has him chained in a dark room with nothing but a laptop
and a bowl of pretzels) but we did get a few pages from the journal of Mackland
Luther, found at the site of his latest experiment.
Read
on for an excerpt from 'Dark Luminance'.
Post-Experiment- Day 2 –
Zombies? Really?
Jerrington just got done giving us the
condensed version of how this little slice of hell came about, and I’m still
trying to figure out if we’re crazy…or if he is. Maybe both, but dammit, I saw
the zombies (Psidead, I think he called them) with my own eyes this morning.
Hell, I had one about to snack on my foot before Jerrington and his hunters
showed up, so who am I to judge?
Apparently they had some kind of drug
epidemic that not only killed people, it brought them back to life, or
something like it, and they now roam around in packs, looking for people to
snack on!
What I do know so far is this: We seem to
be on some type of parallel world to our own, with similar geography, history,
and even individuals; however, it took a significantly different turn at some
point, leading to this dying world. If it weren’t for the zombies and mutant
beasts, this would be a quantum theorist’s dream.
I still have nothing concrete to explain how
the Frameway portal brought us here, but at least we have a basic plan. If we
can get the Collector to find the piece or pieces of the power pack, we have a
chance of activating the Frame and getting off this world. Billy seems
confident that he can do it, and he hasn’t let me down yet, so I’m hopeful. If
it works, there is a very slim chance we can get back to our own world, but I
don’t want to get ahead of myself.
Although they saved our asses, Jerrington still
gives me a bad vibe, and I can’t put my finger on it. The whole time he was
talking to us, I kept getting a feeling as if ants were crawling all over my
head. Not really an itch, but some kind of crawling along my scalp. I thought
it might have been lack of sleep, but as soon as he left, the feeling went
away. The others had similar reactions, so I want to keep an eye on him until I
know more.
I can barely keep my eyes open, so I’m
gonna hit the rack. Hopefully tomorrow will bring some answers without a new
batch of monsters to deal with.
P.E. Day 2 -Still–
Dammit! More of the damn mutant animals
attacked us before I could even get to sleep, and now Sean is lying here torn
and bleeding with a bunch of crappy stitches courtesy of yours truly. We just
can’t get a break since we arrived here! None of us has had more than an hour
or so of sleep with the constant attacks and the stress from constantly staying
on edge.
Luckily Lily heard the little bastards
before they completely ambushed us, or we might have all ended up a lot worse
off. Sean is pretty bad, but as long as his wounds don’t get infected, I think
he’ll be okay. At least, I hope so.
Well, I need to calm down and hope the
adrenaline rush wears off before morning so I can get some kind of sleep. What
the hell have we gotten into?
Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, E.M. McDowell
first started writing in high school, consisting primarily of sappy poems aimed
at impressing girls. A four year stint in the Marine Corps pushed literary
endeavors to the background, where they remained for the next twenty-odd years,
until they were uncovered by a mild mid-life crisis.
In the intervening years, he has worked in various technology jobs, and is currently the technology manager for a small county government.
Married for twenty-two years to his best friend, and blessed with two wonderful daughters, he works to balance his writing while living in a house full of women.
In the intervening years, he has worked in various technology jobs, and is currently the technology manager for a small county government.
Married for twenty-two years to his best friend, and blessed with two wonderful daughters, he works to balance his writing while living in a house full of women.
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