Tag: Mark Mason

The Well: A New Vignette by Torn MacAlester

“This man claims to have built a worm­hole,” said Mark Mason, point­ing to the paper, then glanc­ing back at the video cam­era. “I seri­ous­ly doubt he has,” said Doc­tor Vogel­mann. “Such a thing would be high­ly unsta­ble and require mas­sive amounts of ener­gy to pro­duce. One does not pro­duce such a thing in one of […]

The Boardroom: A New Vignette by Torn Macalester

Mark Mason glanced at his phone. The mes­sages were still in the pos­i­tive despite the board tak­ing their time. The drag­ging of feet favored his father, Mor­ris Mason. If Mark was going to wrest con­trol of the com­pa­ny from him, now was the time. Mor­ris had out maneu­vered him sev­er­al times before, but this time […]

Vignette: Clash of Titans by Torn MacAlester

Clash of TitansPho­to by Vale­ria Bolt­ne­va from Pex­els Clash of Titans by Torn MacAlester . “I see you’ve bought K‑Systems,” said Mor­ris Mason to his son Mark as he raised a glass in a mock­ing toast. “I thought this was a casu­al din­ner, not a busi­ness meet­ing.” Mark growled, wip­ing his scarred chin with a […]

Vignette: Sins of the Son by Torn MacAlester

Sins of the SonPho­to by Brett Sayles from Pex­els Sins of the Son By Torn Macalester “Did you hear it?” The patient asked over the cacoph­o­ny of emer­gency equip­ment as the doc­tor worked on him and six oth­er patients that were near­ly as bad. “Hear what?” The doc­tor asked, plac­ing the gauze pads over the burns. “Make sure we […]

Clash of Titans: a Vignette by Torn MacAlester

Clash of TitansPho­to by Vale­ria Bolt­ne­va from Pex­els Clash of Titans by Torn MacAlester . “I see you’ve bought K‑Systems,” said Mor­ris Mason to his son Mark as he raised a glass in a mock­ing toast. “I thought this was a casu­al din­ner, not a busi­ness meet­ing.” Mark growled, wip­ing his scarred chin with a […]