Day 30 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Merlin

 April thirtieth.

Time to kill Merlin. Do it

right this time, alright?

Day 29 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Morningstar

Lidless eyes. Stone self.

Promethean Morningstar.

Waiting for the dawn.

Day 28 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Shadowjack

Stone eater, breaker

of the Compact. Shadowjack,

Lord of Shadow Guard

Day 27 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Dara

 Dara, not the best

mom in the world. No wonder

Merlin's such a tool.

Day 26 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Tak, of the Bright Spear

Tak, of the Bright Spear

Former archivist, now an

ape. Bananas, please!

Day 25 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Mary Maude Mullen, the Doyenne

 Mary Maude Mullen

immortal arbiter of

trans-society.

Day 24 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Agni

 Agni, wielder of

the universal fire. Guy's

got a glass jaw, though.

Day 23 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Tibor McMasters

Doc Abernathy

says to Tibor: "A legless

man cannot kneel." Mean!

Day 22 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Deadboy Donner

 Deadboy Donner: A

bit like Guys and Dolls, but set

in the far future.

Day 21 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Mordel

Mordel. Faustian

bargain. Short end of the stick.

Poor little robot.

Day 20 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Jim the Werewolf

Dog-shaped death beneath

sky's eyes beast to fest blooding

moon-turned hours...Werewolf.

Day 19 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - The Unicorn

Mythical creature

seeks single white hunchback for

love and maybe more

Day 18 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Dennis Guise

Dennis Guise. Itsa

me! Leonardo! No, wait.

Dennis Guise again.

Day 17 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Angelo di Negri, "Angie the Angel"

 

"Angie the Angel"

doesn't know much math. You need

Angie the Angle.

Day 16 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - George & Dart

George runs a scam with

Dart the dragon. Beats Ponzi

schemes, I suppose, man.

Day 15 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Adam Maser

 Adam Maser runs

the Psychoshop, the Black Place

of the Soul-Changer.

Day 14 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Willy Boy

Faithless faith healer.

Preacher Willy Boy. Stinks of

evil. Bourbon too.

Day 13 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Ovid Wiley

 Ovid Wiley, the

Dead Man's brother. Wondrously

lucky, so I hear.

Day 12 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Tlingel

Unicorn as the

War Games AI: How about

a nice game of chess?

Day 11 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Francis Sandow

Sandow doesn't want

to be a god. He's content

as a billionaire.

Day 10 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Dilvish

Dilvish, the Damned did

not enjoy his time in hell.

Stupid Jelerak.

Day 9 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Morgenstern

 A horse is a horse

Of course, of course, unless that

horse is Morgenstern

Day 8 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Dworkin

 Dworkin Barimen.

The anagrammatical 

grandpa of Amber. 

Day 7 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Frost

 Frost:  A cube who made

a deal with the robot

devil. (It worked out.)

Day 6 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Eileen Shallot

 Eileen Shallot: Named

for the Tennyson poem.

Not for the onion.

Day 5 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - John Sunlight

John Sunlight had a 

great plan AND a robot. Still

got socked in the jaw.

Day 4 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Llewella

Princess Llewella...

That's it. I don't need the rest 

of the syllables. 

Day 3 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Corwin

Today's haiku is about Corwin.

Oh  no, my eye! My

doctor told me not to get

hot pokers in it!

Day 2 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Benedict

 Benedict! No, not

Cumberbatch. Haystacks. Sleepy

Hollow. That's the guy.

Day 1 2021 - Zelazny Haiku - Gerard

 I think I've going to keep the Zelazny haiku character-focused this year.

Gerard. Strong as an

ox. Smart as one too.  Hey-o!

Stop punching me. Ow. 

The Triumphant Return! (Part XIII)

 Okay! I'm back! For reals! I mean it this time.

Except in which case I fail, whereupon I will retroactively declare this an April Fool's Day post.