Baalzebul

by MrOtis

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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.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Baalzebul

    Fyora Cartagan's Buddy Icon Fyora Cartagan

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice complexity with the title and what’s going on!
    “Lord of the Flies” (And you mean Beelzebub? or Beelzebul? I’ve never seen it spelled as you spell it.)
    Just curious what you see them feeding on…

  2. Baalzebul

    J. D. Skalinger's Buddy Icon J. D. Skalinger

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh my. Vaguely Ellison-esque. I rather like this, sir.

    And I like the reference to The Fly with “Brundle.” I was surprised that even I caught that.

    Not like I have insight into the author or anything.

    Nice work, Dad.

  3. Baalzebul

    MrOtis' Buddy Icon MrOtis

    Posted 5 months ago

    Ha! Good catch, Bee Girl! And Fyora, Beelzebub has numerous alternative spellings. “Baal” was Canaanite for “lord”, hence “baal-zebul”—“lord of flies”.

  4. Baalzebul

    MrOtis' Buddy Icon MrOtis

    Posted 5 months ago

    Whoop: No, Baal-zebul actually means “lord prince” - which is no doubt how the character sees himself, rather than as Baal-zebub - “lord of flies”.

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