I want to thank my editor "Wires" for his assistance with this story. His efforts have greatly improved my submission. As always the errors remain mine however. * Finally, nearly a year after the sinking of the English Frigate and the capture of the surviving crew Roger decided it was time to make the trip to England. It was now 1606 and they had three of...
"There is nothing more desolate in all the abodes of men than an unfurnished house dimly lit, silent, and forsaken, and yet tenanted by the memories of evil and violent histories." -Algernon Blackwood, "The Empty House" *** "I guess no one mentioned that Devereux Manor is supposed to be haunted?" Amelia paused with trowel in hand in the flowerbed, consid...
Maman Brigette: a selection of entries from the journal of Gerard D'Estaing, mid-shipman on the slave ship 'Le Saphir' . Sanatorium for the Insane, Paris, 2 Feb 1788 I cursed the day that I met Captain Bernard Dugarry. What a fateful decision, made over too many cognacs in a tavern in La Rochelle, though it seemed the right one at the time. I had been disc...
"Two hours to the Tauk System, sir," relayed Screw to Atwat over the comlink. "We will drop out of N-Space in one hour and we should be above the elliptical plane of the planet." "Very good ... I'll be up shortly." Needa sighed. The three week trip from Earth to Tauk had allowed the crew to become more cohesive in working with each other. Even their scienc...
Mary Devon looked up from where she was dutifully scrubbing the deck alongside the rest of the Scallywag's crew. Up on the poop deck, legs apart to keep him steady was Captain Sebastian Brigham. Mary couldn't help looking when he stood there, overseeing his vessel. He was dark; dark hair, dark eyes, dark moods. He had a violent intensity when the crow's ne...
The fun went on into the evening, and ended with the dwarf being invited back to Lady Sally's bedchamber, much to the envy of Victoria, the four gentlemen and, though he was reluctant to admit it, Captain Wyndham. The squeals of pleasure from the room echoed through the passages of the gondola through the night. The dwarf was an enthusiastic convert from s...
Chapter 1: the Captains Desk "'Captain's personal log day two hundred and forty one of our journey. We've entered orbit above our fourth test planet and to no one's great surprise we found it quite unusable. The scientists assert, and I'm beginning to agree with them, that we need to make it to another system before we find anything suitable...'" Lt. Dascha...
Chapter Twenty OneIntrepid - 3754 C.E. There is almost no incident more serious than when the space ship of which you are captain has been attacked and boarded. And as captain of the Space Ship Intrepid, Nadezhda Kerensky knew that what was required was an emergency meeting for everyone aboard. It wouldn't be enough to simply broadcast a statement. There h...
Tom Paris and Seven of Nine were standing in sickbay completely naked, in front of Captain Kathryn Janeway, whom was glaring at them. "I can't believe two of my senior officers would do something like this!" yelled Janeway. "Captain I can explain. You see..." began Tom, but Janeway interrupted. "I don't want excuses! You two have no idea... Seven why are...
Star Date: 3004: "I am the Captain of the first all Female Crew of a Starship. We are winding up our 4-year mission of space travel. Our mission was to establish contact with as many alien life forms as possible to invite to become a member of our Federation." "My First Officer Val, although a Vulcan, has been an invaluable asset during this mission. The com...