Strong opening scene here of a gangcultist left for dead on the road. Wasn’t real memorable, but felt like an early 90’s Full Moon Features flick, so thinking of that was fun.ĭuel Control (Myles Burnham) – Sheriff Jesse McHeath duels with a gang harassing New Carthage. Ghost Town (Neil Jones) – Three Sanctioned Operatives defend a hideout hidden in an abandoned town. This was a fun little tale told in a campfire tale manner, and it highlighted that there is a society in this setting and it’s not all wastelands and highways. This was a short tale on Kid Zero going rouge taking his crusade against the Corp and anyone in he and Snake Eye’s way. Seem she has altered eyes and scaly patches of skin. Kid Zero And Snake Eyes (Brain Craig) – Kid Zero, young ganger with the Low Numbers falls for Snake Eyes, a regular of The Underground who has a bit of a reptilian look having been experimented on by the GenTech Bioproducts Division (GenTech, the biodivision that cares…). Route 666 also begins the “maybe Dark Future is the beginning of the 40K universe” theories as it alludes to demons from the Realm of Chaos. We’re also introduced to Jazzbeaux of the Psychopomps gang who I believe we’ll see again down the road. escort series antagonist Elder Seth and his flock to Spanish Fork where all hell breaks loose….literally. Quincannon of the United States Road Cavalry as he and Co. Back to Route 666….This story kicks off the Jack Yeovil series of Dark Future books and, no surprise, is the strongest tale in this anthology.
Sort of a pre-League of Extraordinary Gentlemen tale where various literary characters interact beyond their own tales.
I’ve also read his Anno Dracula which I enjoyed quite a bit. Two of the finest novels I’ve read set in the Old World.
Route 666 (Jack Yeovil) – Jack Yeovil, pen name for the esteemed Kim Newman, is an author I’m very familiar with through his Warhammer Novels Drachenfels and Beasts in Velvet. That’s still more than I’ve found on the net for these stories, so ‘ere we go… The critic’s role never really suited me, so I’m going to give loose impressions of each story. All of these gents are more talented than I, so it’s hard to critique how well written they are. There are nine short stories here from six authors. The book that kicked started the series is the 1990 anthology compiled by David Pringle. For this Dark Future book report series, I’m going to read them in order of publication. Many of the titles are stand alone, but there is a series or two and we’ll get into those in due time. Well, as astute readers of my last post…you know I now have the complete collection. Though I’ve owned the Games Workshop game Dark Future on more than one occasion in the past, I had never actually owned or read any of the novels.
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