The Bible of Bobism

Epiphanies are few and far between, a juxtaposition bringing things together in a way hard to deny, its intent to allow the recipient something they hadn't, or wouldn't, have put together themselves.

Fate and the gods were vehicles sourced by Shakespeare and Homer employed to allow influence and reflection. In my version, three old hags boiling toil and trouble have been consolidated into an individual who sits at the tiller of his conveyance making course corrections as the universe passes through his plane, guiding it through the seconds, minutes, and hours of time as the future becomes the present and transitions to the past.

Our play, timewise, begins with the curse of immortality placed on a 90-year-old man, Bob, Fate allowing his hold card time to gain substance for an upcoming convergence in the year 2222. 10,000 years pass before a second player is added, Archie, the detective assigned to Bob's case, finding himself with an immortal perp.

Bob is the one who allows Archie his epiphany, a solid like no other, to see the error of his ways, the treatment of his wife, Rose, but not until she is on her deathbed. He wasn't a bad man, but his age and technology created a bitter one that leaked into everything around him, Rose a victim by proximity.

A friendship develops and carries into The Sequel on Mars 200 years later where five gods displace all the previous ones, Bob a key factor.

During Rose's easing, Archie makes a pledge to find the WABAC Machine, to go back and make things right by her, and his journey finds legs in The Sequel, its whereabouts located on Mars through a set of events arranged by Fate with a purpose in mind.

The Night is an urban fantasy whose end transforms into fantasy, The Sequel an eclectic series of sci-fi and fantasy events needed to move things to Archie's desired end.

Please note that every god that has ever existed is in my story, but not all of them have speaking parts.

The table of contents shows a progression of events by way of chapters, an insight into its making:

Contents

Easing Into the Night

An Introduction to Easing

Nurse Washington's First Day on the Job Goes to Hell in a Handbasket

And Then Came Archie

Archie's Investigation Introduces a Reality Shift

Interview with the Immortal

The Captain: Archie's Arch-Nemesis

Archie's Realization that Rose's Life was no Bed of Roses

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Bob has a WTF Moment in the Hoosegow

Bob's Cell Mates Come to the Rescue

Archie and the Captain Part Ways

Bob Ain't in Kansas Anymore

Bob Returns for a Changing of the Guard

Bob's Promotion is the Death of Him

The Story of Bob

Easing Into the Sequel

The Beginning-Bob

Musk City, Mars, 2222 hundred, February 22, 2222

The First is the Hardest

Archie and the Car Computer, James

The Memory Stick

And the Gods come Together

Jack and Bob Compare Notes

The Beginning-Archie

The Beginning-James

The Beginning-HAL

Jack Gives Heaven a Redo

Archie's Immortality Dilemma

An Introduction to Fate

The Big Bang Tale or Fate Makes His Entrance

The Manipulation of Minutia and The WABAC Machine

Fate Takes a Break

Archie's Easing or Frostbite Falls Mourns a Hero

The Story of Archie

Note: The WABAC Machine Invoice

Fate's Encore

Where Do Gods Go When They Die

Enjoy,

Joe Paul