Sci-fi... science fiction. The very word conjures to mind spaceships, intergalactic civilization, laserbeams and robots. Or, maybe it just conjues up images of slightly overweight nerds in glasses who are obsessed with TV shows and live in their parents basement. Which is unfortunate, even if there is some grain of truth in it. I'll admit it. I'm a little n...
Let me state right off that this is not a defense of abuse, sexual tourism, sexual coercion, lying, manipulation, molestation, rape, sexual harassment, misogyny, or any other such unethical behavior or personal/institutionalized prejudice. This IS, however, a direct critique on compulsory, coerced, and mandatory convention, no matter how that "convention" p...
In 1947, returning war veteran, Roy Shannon quits his job with the Chicago Tribune to write the great American novel. His premise: to help solve the Black Dahlia Murder. Enroute to Los Angeles, he encounters an Alien near Roswell, New Mexico. As a reward for helping him escape the US Military, the alien provides Roy with what he calls the story of a lifetime...
The rings of Saturn took my breath away. They had been beautiful from the distance, the orbit of Titan lying far outside the rings' majesty, but up close I could see the finely striated caramel-cream rings of ice and dust in all their celestial glory. Salacia's trajectory through the system had it practically brushing the edge, and this last shuttle was raci...
How many times have you heard the Story, Blood-drinkers, Immortals, Lords, and Ladies of the Night, Counts and Princes, Castles and interviews, Dracula, Seline, Orlok..... Edward. (Lets Ignore that one for sanity's sake.) But with all of the Legend and Myth, it leaves one wondering if there is any truth to it all, anything remotely real? One thing that has,...
Word has traveled over the star waves from Federation Space to the treaty zone, whispers of the Jade Assassin. A Human woman, or at least humanoid in appearance who has slain hundreds of undesirable people for the Federation's Governments, and parties willing to meet her salary. Little is known about her, even to her employers. Leaks have confirmed she was o...
So guess what? You're a god. I know, right? It's pretty cool. Infinite power has a lot of perks. You can be whatever gender or species that you desire. You can go to any universe and do whatever the fuck you want. For example, you could go to world where high fantasy is the name of the game. You could be a brave dragon-slaying knight or a buxom princess with...
As you walk through the door you were told to, what was inside wasn't exactly what you expected. So enraptured, you didn't even notice the door closing behind you. The place was the size of a ballroom, and actually, it really did have a dance floor right in the middle. Everywhere you looked, it was as though someone took all the fancy furniture from every er...
I have gotten several requests for more Benthamsthwaite College stories, especially ones about Teddy and his 'pets'. So here one is. I hope you like it. An autumn sunset glowed through the curtains of the apartment four girls shared at Benthamsthwaite College. It shown on Miranda Smith who was unscrewing the cap on a bottle of modest quality Pinot Gris and...
The year is 2704 or more commonly know throughout the galaxy as 543 Cosmic Century. Humanity has spread its wings and taken to the stars. Establishing connections to the rest of the Galaxy and taking its place as a prominent figure in the galaxy. Before taking their place along the other races among the stars the human race had been locked in a brutal civil...