Fiction   Saving Grace   Where Hearts of Suns in Pieces Lie   The Man Who Went After JT McGyre		. The Spiral Sea An Idea Exchange Vehicle for Contagious Concepts			Entire Site Copyrighted 2001 by Spiral Sea Enterprises	Vol 1 No 1 August 2001
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	.	To capture a mind first tell it a story... JWE		.
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	.	Stories had to be, in a sense, the first intelligent communications between minds. Why? Because the word "story" implies a string of communicated ideas, not necessarily accurate nor truthful, but meeting some general criteria for internal consistency and continuity. Communication of truth, on the other hand, is a skill which must be developed, mastered, and passed on. Each human being spends a great part of his and her life learning that latter skill. To be sure, after people figured out how to be accurate in their communications of "truths," most of them, for one reason or another, preferred to stick to the initial mode of idea exchange (!). Our intent in this section of Spiral Sea, is to give a platform for an honest presentation of ideas not necessarily truthful, factual nor accurate--but interesting. And, above all, enjoyable.       Send your contributions electronically, or query if you propose to send physical items, prints or manuscripts. See our SUBMISSIONS page for specific instructions. Also, our CONNEXIONS page provides links to other websites with potential relevance to your favorite topics.			In this first issue, Spiral Sea is pleased to bring to the World Wide Web a collection of short fiction which we hope will serve to whet your appetite for future visits--and may kindle within you the urge to communicate some idea streams of your own. CLICK ON the ICON for story. CLICK ON the author link for bio. Jay Othersky pens, in "Saving Grace," a simultaneously sardonic yet wistful set of vignettes examining one small force for good, lost in a dangerous and often uncaring world. Jack Egan contributes a novella-length tale in his universe of the G'nai--"Where Hearts of Suns in Pieces Lie." This is one incident in the continuing hunt for an elusive lifeform known as the Ri, which neither the incredibly ancient master race from the Nested Worlds of the Milky Way's black hole-dominated core, nor any of the younger intelligences of the galaxy, have been able to approach. A hunt which sees agents of the Pan Planet Service shanghieing outcast, out-of-work navigator Edward Delloso, forcing him into a pursuit which has already cost him his past, and very nearly his life. William C. Burns, Jr. appears with a bounty hunter's vaguely Homerian odyssey, "The Man Who Went After J.T. McGyre," wherein the hunter finds himself the hunted, and the game deeper than he had imagined. The story is illustrated by veteran VR game illustrator, Joerg Fiederer. D.L.K. writing as Atk. Butterfly, offers some insight into the cat-like ability of humanity to land on its feet even in the throes of ultimate culture shock.   Paying the bills As with any enterprise providing a service to its practicioners, Spiral Sea achieves its global presentations through the use of modern technology. In support of making that means available to our authors and artists, we pay the bills--in part through earnings from our Catalog of relevant products and services offered by ourselves, our members, and a select few outside parties. By all means, check it out. The commercial products of a culture tell us much about its spirit and direction.		Mission     Meet the Staff   Meet the Authors         Tech Corner       Problems & Solutions
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