Based on characters created for "The Princess Has Come Of Age" "Commence mission log, ESV Prometheus, Captain Elizabeth Daniels commanding. Earthdate September 21st 2271. Earth Command has instructed us to seek out habitable worlds in preparation for the colonization programme that it shortly intends to commence. After some weeks, long range sensors have pi...
As promised, here is the final chapter of How to Tame Your Tikbalang. I truly enjoyed writing this story and am a bit sad to see it end, but, like all good things, it has to come to a close. Thank you so much for bearing with the long intervals between chapters and for reading my story. Thank you for taking joy in my native lore and for being with me on th...
Carlita yawned and stretched back in her chair was the ship cruised along quietly. They were on the edge of a new solar system with a hundred and fifty colonists in the ship. Their mission was to colonize a new planet discovered by scouts a number of months back. The Earthen scouts had deemed it livable and already good for colonization. It had a small group...
Turning around I saw Blackness approaching to land in the back of the village. Majestic ship was pretty in the green and blue landscape, the metal was strangely calming the way it bounced sunrays of its hull. Paul and Jerry left back to their posts I assigned them few minutes ago leaving me alone with Anna. The silence between us was calming me, I did not k...
Sachem went about his floating around within hive seventy two of the gortrum sector of his home sphere. Like most of his kind he was of a decent size and of a brilliant color blue. Most of the Borgles were very happy these days because another planet had been captured making for more colonization. Sachem, like most of his kind was long and cylindrical and...
When humanity reached towards the stars they were meant to be explorers, pioneers and scientists. However, history had taken a different course. The only ones who were capable of the colonization of the Solar System had been the big corporations, the rich and wealthy. Movements had sprung out of the exploitation of the masses and soon "rocket theft" and "rou...
Professor Emma Reed adjusted her tortoiseshell glasses and sighed. She shuffled papers around on her desk, hoping the letters of reference would write themselves tonight. She kicked her feet up on the leather ottoman, took a deep swill of her red wine, and leaned her head back into the cushions. Two months ago, Ted stood in her driveway with a cardboard bo...
It's been some time since I posted a story here. Life got in the way. I have a few more in the pipeline. Hope you enjoy them. Many of us have said it, but what if ... Ragnarök By Judogeezer Desolation everywhere...but not what he expected. Every end-of-the-world movie he'd ever seen had the same scenes; deserted streets with dust and scraps of paper...
It was a beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. Jim sipped his coffee as the ferry bobbed gently by the pier. He checked his watch. Things were now officially behind schedule, and he was starting to get stressed. Blackdeep Prison was supposed to run like a watch, but on the other hand he knew the power of wealth and decided to wait. The three new pr...
Entry: Date: 2038, January 17 Location: Alpha post, Planet E-1585 Time: 0940 GMT Fingerprint scan confirmation: Devyn Savoy, Captain, Department of Colonization Research Retinal Scan confirmation: approved................ Subject: Remind me to lodge a formal complaint when I get back! I understand that I volunteered for this mission, and that it was d...