The phone was ringing at nine in the morning, which was way too early as far as Andi Selene was concerned. She groaned and rolled over in her small apartment, fumbling for her cell. Slitting her eyes against the cold February sunshine coming in through the curtainless window, she answered it. "Hello?" she mumbled blearily. "Andi, darling," came the deep,...
The vast fleet in the Delta-Draconis system was the largest that John had ever seen. The Tactical Map showed the precisely arrayed formations of the Terran Federation navy, which had smashed the system's Kintark forces in a major fleet engagement, leaving behind a widely dispersed field of debris and wrecked vessels. Squadrons of corvettes and destroyers wer...
It was ten simple words uttered by his friend Thomas that ended up changing Hagen's life that day. "So, I don't think this is going to work out." Hagen looked up from his coffee as he stirred in his cream and sugar, a frown crossing his face. "Wait... what do you mean?" For some reason, rather out of the blue, Thomas had sent him a message this morning sayi...
Chapter 5: Paul "And this Jack, joke, poor potsherd, patch, matchwood, immortal diamond, Is immortal diamond..." That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire, and of the Comfort of the Resurrection: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). "You say you're leavin' - you'd better be sure. These hard times will drive you from door to door..." Chris Thomas King NOTE: The d...
The Hermes shook with the impact, rattling like they just got blasted. It jounced side to side, Inari desperately trying to keep the ship aloft. Several of the Artucian started panicking, wanting off the ship immediately, but they were calmed quickly by Korsa. Another shot hit them, frightening everyone further, before Alex demanded to know what was happenin...
----=(The Ulballa)=---- Majgen was awakened by the characteristic two tone clinging sound of the apartment's visitor alert. While swinging her legs off the bed she cleared her throat. "Room-seven-four-two-clock-display," she said, to have the time displayed on the wall. She blinked her vision into focus. 'It's the middle of the night,' she thought, 'and w...
A few months back I wrote a piece called "A Man of the World". It sank without a trace. But, quelle-surprise!! I started getting emails asking me to continue the story of one of its minor female characters. I didn't have a clue about how to do that; until a guy who has given me some great story ideas in the past, told me about his nephew, a former Ranger. Th...
'Space Oddity' by David Bowie played on the stage. Kat House sung lead, Sarah Logan and Ashley Grant backed her up. "Give me a deep blue scrim," Jenna said to Lisa in the booth. "Slow fade in on stage right." "Fading in," Lisa said. "Up full in twenty seconds." "Is he doing the full eagle?" Jenna asked. From her station back stage she couldn't see center...
Cassandra was running down the hall looking for a way out. She had lost her gun and she barely escaped from the grip of a huge, ugly monster. The rest of the team was not responding through the intercom. I need to find a way back to the ship. This mission is a total failure. There was a lot of activity in the complex but not the way it was supposed to be....
Welcome to Part Four of The Florida Trip, aka The Baseball Trip: Season Two. You don't have to read the earlier stuff to get what's going on, but it'll definitely help. There is some light incest play in this one, so be warned. Everyone is over the age of 18. ***** I woke up feeling right with the world. The night before, I'd been with the terminally s...