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John

Jacobs

Digitally signed by John Jacobs

DN: CN = John Jacobs, C = US,

O = Neometropolis, OU =

Magazine

Reason: I am the author of this

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Date: 2005.03.13 14:29:32 -06'00'

Contents

Yet More Inane Ramblings

John Jacobs

Decadence Lost 2

Greg Beatty

CBE vs. CBE 3

Michael Grant

Here is the News 5

Vera Searles

The Monkey Pit 7

John Jacobs Setting Sun 11

About Neometropolis…

Neometropolis is:

John Jacobs - Editor, Webmaster, Guy on the Couch

Tim Knodel - Assistant Editor, Chatboard Moderator

Peter Mondlock - Assistant Editor, Chatboard Moderator

Daryll, David (both of them), Holly - Chatboard Moderator

publication may be retransmitted or redistributed, electronically or

otherwise, without the express consent of its respective author.

NEOMETROPOLIS

YET MORE INANE RAMBLINGS

So anyway, this issue is brought to you by The Radiant Press, publishers of a

great new cyberpunk thriller called Mr. Blur. If you haven’t considered adding

that title to your CP collection then you should do so.

I’d also like to put in the good word for Eugie Foster’s magazine, Tangent, as well

as http://www.coolarchive.com/ who once again saved my ass when it came time

to do the cover by providing me with a plethora of fonts to use.

Now you might be wondering what the cover is supposed to mean, right? Well,

it’s based on my personal belief that we’re on the verge of a global market crash

that’s going to make 1929 look like a baby cub playing next to momma grizzly.

There are a lot of indicators out there that are pointing to the same conclusion as

me but the future is yet uncertain, so I’ll just get off my soapbox right now. A

wise man once said: “belief is the enemy of knowledge,” and I attempt to take

that axiom to heart every day that I’m alive. Shit, it’s the unbalance between

belief and knowledge in our world today that got us into this mess in the first

place.

But I digress. Anyway the unofficial theme of this issue is “take a dive in ’05!”,

and both of the pieces which I submitted and then most graciously accepted deal

with that theme. One of them is a short poem called “Decadence Lost,” which

was inspired by the vast number of 1920’s architectural artifacts scattered

throughout Chicago. The other is a short story called “Setting Sun” that talks

about some of the social consequences of a financial holocaust. We also have

some great flash fiction from Greg Beatty (“CBE vs. CBE”) and Michael Grant

(“Here is the News”), and we have a shockingly colorful slipstream piece called

“The Monkey Pit” from Vera Searles.

All of these will keep you entertained in the event that you end up unemployed

when Great Depression II comes around. Just make sure that you have a copy

of Neometropolis on hand while standing in the unemployment lines or attending

your Neo-Communist party meetings and you’ll be okay.

Enjoy!

Issue # 0X04, 03/2005 -1- http://www.neometropolis.com

NEOMETROPOLIS

DECADENCE LOST

John Jacobs

Slime pours forth from a crystal chalice

into pools where we once swam.

I hear the silence of the ballroom,

screaming in my ears,

where we once danced, timeless in our youth

beneath the never-fading bright lights.

It is dark now,

and the ornate decorations

are but crumbling, cobweb-ridden memories.

When splendor turns to poverty,

and gold turns to brass—

behold, what was decadent

is now laughably innocuous.

On a wooden bridge I held you,

as petals fell around us like pink snow,

floating on the water,

drifting downstream.

We talked of love and forever,

we kissed again for the first time,

but somewhere in the trees

I heard a strong wind blowing.

I felt a cold wind blowing.

What I lost I never had,

for really, it was just a dream.

Splendor beyond all imaginings,

then gone,

drifting downstream.

Issue # 0X04, 03/2005 -2- http://www.neometropolis.com

NEOMETROPOLIS

CBE VS. CBE

Greg Beatty

“Yes?” Professor Ellis’s tone was imperious; she barely glanced up from her

work.

By contrast, her visitor’s voice was quiet and measured. “Yes,” he said. “I

believe I have an appointment.”

“Yes?” Ellis’s second query was scarcely less abrupt. Everything in her tone

and posture said, “Hurry up! My time is important.”

Her visitor pressed on. “Yes ma’am. Roughly six weeks ago I wrote you

regarding a question of nomenclature.”

Professor Ellis gave the stranger her full attention. “You’re with the Council of

Biological Editors.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“The other one.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“You wrote that letter.”

“Yes ma’am. As I said.” Each of her questions was a thrust; each of his

responses, a refusal to parry.

“The letter asking us, the Council of Biological Editors, to surrender the name of

our rather venerable organization, to you.” She glared at him. “You understand

that we not only publish the journal Biology, we also maintain citation standards

Issue # 0X04, 03/2005 -3- http://www.neometropolis.com

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ContentsYetMoreInaneRamblings1JohnJacobsDecadenceLost2GregBeattyCBEvs.CBE3MichaelGrantHereistheNews5VeraSearlesTheMonkeyPit7JohnJacobsSettingSun11AboutNeometropolis…20Neometropolisis:JohnJacobs-Editor,Webmaster,GuyontheCouchTimKnodel-AssistantEditor,ChatboardModeratorPeterMondlock-AssistantEditor,Ch...

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