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April 13, 2026
Hawkelson Rainier

Hawkelson Rainier

Hawkelson Rainier is a tradesman in Northeast Ohio. He dabbles in prose and poetry from time to time.

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About Hawkelson Rainier

Hawkelson Rainier is a tradesman in Northeast Ohio. He dabbles in prose and poetry from time to time.

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  • The Lake Erie Lights

    Hawkelson Rainier is a tradesman in Northeast Ohio. He dabbles in prose and poetry from time to time.

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    Things can go really well, and they can go just as bad as you never imagined the could...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 3

    Having taken time out of life for fun, Roy and Sarah now have to step up and rejoin the human race...including getting to know who each of them really is...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 4

    Roy and Sarah find a refuge...of sorts.

  • The Lake Erie Lights 5

    And now a view from another angle...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 6

    Megan, formerly known as Sarah, has got to figure out how she is going to live...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 7

    Guess he deserved what he got...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 8

    Even on a good day, Chicago traffic is mind-blowing...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 9

    After his bout with bad acid, and his confession to the police, there was only one place to go...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 10

    In the darkness of solitary confinement, time has become meaningless to Roy. Deprived of food and exercise, sleep is his only way out...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 11

    If someone doesn't even care what you did or didn't do, and want to 'help' you, it's either a lawyer or...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 12

    So the lawyer wasn't really a lawyer, and the conversation wasn't exactly a conversation...is any of it real?

  • The Lake Erie Lights 13

    Roy has transported his consciousness away from Earth, and met some strange people. Where are they going and what do they hope to gain?

  • The Lake Erie Lights 14

    The Council has a plan for Roy's unique ability, but to Roy, it doesn't sound quite right...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 15

    Roy's brain is in a jar, and a bunch of his clones are alive somewhere. You know that Roy -- or maybe even most Roys -- are not interested in leaving well enough alone...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 16

    Roy's clones have a plan for action. They just didn't actually understand what "action" meant...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 17

    Roy's clones are gone, and his physical brain is a mess. He can ride along in the body of the gray alien, but how will that help?

  • The Lake Erie Lights 18

    Roy has taken over the body of one of the gray aliens, who doesn't really think much of the idea, but although they made it off the asteroid, they are not getting away...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 19

    Being a disembodied entity means Roy has plenty of time and space to explore, but one place seems to draw him more than any other, but so much time has passed...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 20

    Through Clarence's memories, Roy has experienced the horror and trauma of war. He endures Clarence's nightmares, and maybe a good dream, too...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 21

    Roy hitches rides in human psyches, drifting in memories like a time traveler. Except that for Roy, time can be deceptive...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 22

    Roy's ethereal self attached to an embryo who grew up to be Donald Harris. Psychological trauma submerged Donald's self, and Roy stepped up to tap back into the real world...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 23

    Roy finds himself lost without his family, and the drinking habit didn't help...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 24

    Roy has frittered away millenia, always wondering what he could do with himself. Now face to face with a strange reality, he may actually have a direction...

  • The Lake Erie Lights 25

    Conclusion. Roy managed to sober up his host body, but there is unfinished business...