Ed Teja

The nightlife is the rightlifeHe makes his living playing poker and although the game stays the same, everywhere he goes the house rules are different.and so are the dangers.There is always some kind of hustle going on and it takes time to learn the players, the movers and shakers, the traps and pitfalls. His helper is a whore named Chatty Kathy and the people who make things happen are gangsters, politicians, and petty officials. And it's Asian rules. And this time it's serious.Poker in Phnom Penh.

Nine short stories and two mighty drabbles complete the thirteenth edition of Wyldblood Magazine, packed with thought provoking science fiction and fantasy tales about time travel, the afterlife, buildings you can never escape from, skilll stealers, the consequences of bad decisions, a devil's pact, findiing your normal when everyone else is different, dreams of the stars and the siren's call.All new, all fresh - Wyldblood 13.Stories from: Arlen Feldman, Diane Dooley, Ed Teja, Gideon P. Smith, Brandon Case, H. V. Patterson, Madeehah Raza, Ryan Marie Ketterer, Richard Zaric, Cass Richards and Thomas Nicholson,

It's just a piece of an old watch But it's a piece of history. The bezel has been missing for a long time, but the watch is valuable and part of the culture -- the new owner wants it found. The job provides a chance for Lex Craig, world traveler, buyer and seller of odd things, to save his business. Perhaps a last chance.But seeking often leads to the discovery of the unintended, things that change life in unexpected ways. Lex's trip down the river of time into what has almost become folklore, puts him in contact with real people of the present, and new challenges and opportunities.A short story.

Travel opens our eyes and hearts and mindWhen we take the time to see, the world looks different from within different cultures.This collection of six, diverse short stories from two travelers will take you to Thailand, Cambodia, Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia to glimpse this changing world through their eyes.Powerful stories of crime and passion, resignation, love, death, and confusion about all of them.

Chaleur tropicale, argent et luxureHenry Miller a dit un jour: "La destination n'est jamais un lieu, mais toujours une nouvelle fa on de voir les choses." Je pense que c'est la raison pour laquelle j'ai laiss un riche et bavard expatri am ricain me raconter son histoire pendant des vacances prolong es de mon travail de programmation Carthag ne, en Colombie. Je n' tais pas impressionn ni m me particuli rement int ress jusqu' ce que je rencontre sa belle assistante et que j'entende des rumeurs selon lesquelles l'homme avait un sombre secret. M me ce moment-l , j' tais surtout intrigu , je suppose, parce qu'apprendre la v rit tait un moyen d'apprendre la conna tre. C'est de la fiction moderne, une histoire de justice d'autod fense high-tech. Il s'inspire d'une atmosph re tropicale fumante, de boissons fra ches et de corps en sueur. C'est l'histoire de comment, en fin de compte, la tentation de rendre la justice et de satisfaire mes propres d sirs (de poss der la fois le mat riel et l'immat riel) a vaincu le bon sens et peut- tre la d cence que j'avais autrefois. Mais alors, la trahison pour une bonne cause peut avoir un go t sucr m me si ce n'est jamais tr s clair, la fin, qui a s duit qui vous pouvez encore avoir une fin heureuse.

Calor tropical, dinheiro e lux riaHenry Miller disse uma vez: "O destino de algu m nunca um lugar, mas sempre uma nova maneira de ver as coisas". Acho que por isso que, em f rias prolongadas do meu trabalho de programa o em Cartagena, Col mbia, deixei um expat americano rico e tagarelado me contar sua hist ria. N o fiquei impressionado nem particularmente interessado - at conhecer a sua bela assistente e ouvir rumores de que o homem tinha um segredo obscuro. Mesmo assim, fiquei intrigado principalmente, suspeito, porque aprender a verdade era uma maneira de conhec -la.Isso fic o moderna, uma hist ria de justi a vigilante de alta tecnologia. Foi inspirado por uma atmosfera tropical mida, bebidas frias e corpos suaves e suaves. a hist ria de como, finalmente, a tenta o de fazer justi a e satisfazer meus pr prios desejos (possuir tanto o tang vel quanto o intang vel) superou o bom senso e talvez qualquer dec ncia comum que eu j tive.Mas ent o, a trai o por uma causa nobre pode ter um sabor muito doce, mesmo que no final nunca seja muito claro quem seduziu quem voc ainda pode ter um final feliz.

Qui n es Wyatt Osgood? Hacia d nde se dirige el mundo financiero?La tecnolog a emergente ha forzado la lucha por la libertad (y el control) para adaptarse. Las batallas de hoy se libran en un mbito digital y en todo el mundo. Los defensores de la libertad luchan por hacer valer su derecho a la privacidad, mientras que los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales continuan tratando de encontrar formas de controlar las transacciones que son casi invisibles. En Atlas Shrugged de Ayn Rand, Gulch de Galt era un lugar f sico donde las mejores mentes pod an retirarse: retirar sus habilidades y el apoyo de un sistema corrupto. Hoy en d a, las tecnolog as de libro mayor distribuido, como Bitcoin, permiten a cualquiera "ir a Galt" cu ndo, d nde y c mo lo elijan. No hay necesidad de una tierra ut pica para escapar. Y qu sucede si los promotores y los agitadores, los que crean la tecnolog a, los que la implementan, deciden usarla para sus propios fines? Y si hacen sus transacciones invisibles? Qu sucede si eligen su ubicaci n, su profesi n, las personas con las que trabajan en funci n de valores y m ritos compartidos sin preocuparse por las sanciones o normas gubernamentales?

Calor tropical, dinero y lujuria Henry Miller dijo una vez: "El destino de uno nunca es un lugar, sino siempre una nueva forma de ver las cosas". Creo que es por eso que, en unas largas vacaciones, de mi trabajo como programador, a Cartagena, Colombia, dejo que un expatriado estadounidense rico y hablador me cuente su historia. No me impresion o, mejor dicho, s lo me interes particularmente cuando conoc a su hermosa asistente y escuch rumores de que el hombre ten a un oscuro secreto. Incluso entonces me intrig sobre todo, sospecho, porque conocer la verdad era una manera de llegar a conocerla a ella. Esta es una ficci n moderna, una historia de justicia vigilante de alta tecnolog a. Fue inspirado por una atm sfera tropical humeante, bebidas fr as y cuerpos giles y sudorosos. Es la historia de c mo, en ltima instancia, la tentaci n de impartir justicia y satisfacer mis propios deseos (poseer lo tangible e intangible) super el sentido com n y tal vez la decencia com n que alguna vez tuve. Pero entonces, la traici n por una causa digna puede tener un sabor muy dulce, aunque al final nunca sea del todo clara, quien sedujo a quien todav a puede tener un final feliz.

Why somebody kill that man?The mysterious death of a popular figure at a Caribbean resort has inspector Johnny Cliff wondering why someone might want him dead. He didn't seem to have any enemies, but there's no question it was murder. The resort wants the case solved but they aren't too interested in having the police investigate. That's bad for business.All this confusion and Johnny still has to solve the case of Henderson's dog disappearing. It's busy times on the island.

Summer heat and sadness.The chain motels perch all along the US highways and freeways and cluster where they intersect, nestled among convenience stores and gas stations. Convenient, soulless, and relatively inexpensive, they provide a place to rest for a time, take a respite from a journey. They also house meetings, celebrations, and assignations. Inside their homogenous rooms, through their economical walls, you can sometimes hear life's dramas play out. Many stories end there as the faceless and anonymous nature of chain motels, their very convenience, makes them almost perfect for the tragic endings that come. This is the story of several such endings, stories that take on their own power and strength and become inevitable. They overwhelm actual desire, playing out no matter what outcome we truly want.

Who is Wyatt Osgood? In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Galt's Gulch was a physical place where the best minds could retreat--withdraw their skills and support from a corrupt system. Today, distributed ledger technologies such as Bitcoin, allow anyone to "Go Galt" when, where, and how they choose. There's no need for a utopian land to escape to. And what happens if the movers and shakers, the ones who create the technology, the ones who implement it, decide to use it for their own ends? What if they make their transactions invisible? What if they choose their location, their profession, the people they work with based on shared values and merit without any concern for government sanctions or rules? The fight for freedom takes on a new form and its main battles are fought in a digital arena, with the freedom fighters asserting their right to privacy while governments and international organizations are left trying to find ways to control transactions that are all but invisible. Featuring a foreword by Adam Kokesh.

Ideas can be powerful...and dangerousWhen the CIA sends a financial analyst named Tyler Blake to go undercover at the Anarchapulco conference in Mexico, the idea is to have eyes and ears on anarchist plots. Somehow things don't go as planned. Despite good intentions, the ideas of freedom he's exposed to might just be too contagious to resist.

Tropical heat, money and lustHenry Miller once said, "One's destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things." When a programmer on an extended vacation in Cartagena, Colombia, lets a rich and chatty American expat tell his story, it wasn't interesting or particularly impressive. But, when he meets the man's beautiful assistant and hears rumors that the man has a dark secret and has protection, he is intrigued and begins to think of ways to bring him down, to stop him. This story of high-tech vigilante justice was inspired by a steamy tropical, South American atmosphere, cold drinks, and lithe, sweaty bodies. It's the story of how, ultimately, a man reacts to the temptation to deliver justice and satisfy his own desires (to possess both the tangible and intangible), and in the process, overcoming common sense and perhaps whatever common decency he once had.But then, betrayal for a worthy cause can taste mighty sweet even if its never quite clear, at the end, who seduced whom you can still have a happy ending.

"A man oughta be able to walk home drunk without some damn fool running him off the road, you know."The hub of life in the islands is the local rum shop and though living in the Windward Islands in the Caribbean might be a little different than other places, maybe move at a slower place, the problems of life are pretty much the same as anywhere else. Still, it's a different kind of world.This is a collection of stories and poems about that world, with art by Dagny.

The partly true story of a passionate sailor and corporate executive -- a real "Flying Dutchman" who struggled to escape the Hong Kong corporate treadmill, and finally broke free of the world's tightest golden handcuffs to follow his bliss, sailing the ocean.Harper John (aka John Michael Pocock) wrote the song that inspired this story which provides a glimpse of a man living his dream.Our old colleague and good friend in Hong Kong, Tom Tsui, provided the interior photographs that beautifully illustrate the story.