BlogHide Resteemscheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 11Hold The Line The rest of the week passed in relative peace. But only around Hunter’s Heights. The Pantheon surveillance team disappeared. With the police investigating the ambush outside the…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoBabylon Red Chapter 10Alpha The crackling roar of the railgun flowed through the streets of Babylon, filling the narrow stairwell within electric rumble. Hot on its heels was a wet POP and a heavy SMACK. Karim sprung…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 9Silent Scope Babylon was always in a state of urban renewal. It tore down the old and threw up new edifices to ever-changing modernity. West of Wright’s apartment, a construction site promised a…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 8War Council Symphonies of sirens echoed in the city streets. Police cruisers, flying ambulances, a PSB ESWAT gravtruck. Karim could identify them all by their tones, their pitches, the patterns of…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 7For the Good of All Karim was many things. Cop. Operator. Protector. Elect. In his short life he had seen so much, done too much. He had saved many people, yes, but he’d also killed more men and…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 6Pre-Emptive Defense Securing a property against physical assault was one thing. Securing it without being detected was something else. But creating the illusion of weakness, while still offering…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 5Ghost Guns Lamb jealously guarded his privacy. A locked door led to the back of the shop, where a winding staircase awaited. A holographic keyboard, authenticated by an iris scanner, secured the…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 4Rules of Deception The first rule of deception was to give the enemy something he expects to see. The second rule of deception was to act where he isn’t looking. The Street Wolves would expect…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 3Between Gods and Wolves Babylon, again. Kayla Fox loved the outdoors, but part of her heart remained in Babylon. Here, she had served in the Public Security Bureau. She had cracked the glass…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 2Babylon. Capital of the world, gateway of the gods, the most religious city on the face of the Earth. There was a god for every man, a church for every faith, a scripture for every believer. It…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoWolves of Babylon Chapter 1Awake Six months. Six months was a long time to live on the road. Even longer with the New Gods after you. The Federal government had promised that they had nothing to fear. The men, and…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoEarly Reviews of Edenet!EDENET is the first entry of Singularity Sunrise, a mind-blowing post-cyberpunk thriller series. The initial Amazon reviews are in, all of them with nothing less than five stars. Here’s an quick…cheah (69)in travel • 4 years agoHiroshima, 7 Decades After the BombNovember, 2018. My wife and I were on our honeymoon, touring the largest and greatest cities of Japan. Having visited Tokyo and Kyoto, we were now in Osaka, the final leg of our trip. There was so…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoA Different Kind of ThrillerCyberpunk. The word conjures visions of cyborgs and neon streets, high-tech mercenaries and corporate fortresses. A world of high tech and low life, where life is cheap and thrills are fast, where…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoEDENET is LIVE!The 22nd century brings an era of technological wonders—and horrors. Cybernetics and genetic engineering. Mass surveillance and social credit. Full body cyborgs and nanoscale engineering. And the…cheah (69)in fiction • 4 years agoSingularity Sunrise 1: EDENET available for preorder!The 22nd century brings an era of technological wonders—and horrors. Cybernetics and genetic engineering. Mass surveillance and social credit. Full body cyborgs and nanoscale engineering. And the…cheah (69)in politics • 4 years agoEqual Opportunity VillainyWhen Mediacorp aired a television drama featuring a pedophile who spread a sexually transmitted disease to a child, Teo Yu Sheng took offense. Teo, a 'queer designer' who sells LGBTQ-themed…cheah (69)in writing • 4 years agoUpdated Call for Submissions: Pulp on PulpMisha Burnett and I are working on a free collection of essays for writers. Titled Pulp on Pulp, this collection offers practical advice on creating fun, fast-paced fiction. This collection is aimed…cheah (69)in politics • 4 years agoPandemic Election Shifts Singapore to the Left61.24 percent. The People’s Action Party won merely 61.24 percent of the popular vote in the 2020 elections. This is a sharp fall from securing 69.9 percent of the vote in 2015, much closer to…cheah (69)in politics • 4 years agoNo Choice But to Speak Against Kumaran Pillai of the PSPYesterday’s post about my experiences with Kumaran Pillai of the Progress Singapore Party is spreading like wildfire. All over the Internet, on Reddit and Facebook and elsewhere, people are…