Success! They said it couldn’t be done. But I’ve shown them all! I, Miguelito Loveless the Fifth, have proven them all to be fools and cowards! After that moron, Brundle, met his well-deserved fate, the naysayers had their day. Bah! Idiots! The key was not transference of matter, but transference of _mind_! Why do I tremble? Ah. Likely just the acclimation of my mind to its new neural pathways. Just as I thought—the compound eyes of the fly do not resolve the world into hundreds of discrete, hexagonal images any more than human eyes resolve patterns into two separate images. To see in all directions at once—magnificent! Never have I felt so alive! What’s this? I sense the presence of another. An unexpected boon! The mind of the fly is able to sense the presence and thoughts of its comrades! There, on the wall—and in the yard, behind the shed, I sense a multitude, a veritable army, gathered together, swarming over a... a dead... Well. Feeding may present an aesthetic challenge. 2008-02-01T01:19:14Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/19805 <p>Whoop: No, Baal-zebul actually means &#8220;lord prince&#8221; <del>- which is no doubt how the character sees himself, rather than as Baal-zebub -</del> &#8220;lord of flies&#8221;.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/19805?basename=37921 2008-02-01T01:19:14Z MrOtis http://ficlets.com/authors/mrotis <p>Ha! Good catch, Bee Girl! And Fyora, Beelzebub has numerous alternative spellings. &#8220;Baal&#8221; was Canaanite for &#8220;lord&#8221;, hence &#8220;baal-zebul&#8221;&#8212;&#8220;lord of flies&#8221;.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/19805?basename=37919 2008-02-01T01:14:00Z MrOtis http://ficlets.com/authors/mrotis <p>Oh my. Vaguely Ellison-esque. I rather like this, sir.</p> <p>And I like the reference to The Fly with &#8220;Brundle.&#8221; I was surprised that even I caught that.</p> <p>Not like I have insight into the author or anything.</p> <p>Nice work, Dad.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/19805?basename=37917 2008-02-01T01:08:06Z J. D. Skalinger http://ficlets.com/authors/nomnomnombees <p>Nice complexity with the title and what&#8217;s going on!<br />&#8220;Lord of the Flies&#8221; (And you mean Beelzebub? or Beelzebul? I&#8217;ve never seen it spelled as you spell it.)<br />Just curious what you see them feeding on&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/19805?basename=37914 2008-02-01T01:01:51Z Fyora Cartagan http://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacragge