The fire spat at the darkness, disrupting the comfortable silence. Like insects of the night, embers flew on fiery wing toward the glowing stars overhead. He stared into the flames. Fingers of heat plasma clung to the fuel and blindly, mindlessly, converted the available matter into carbon, radiant heat, and smoke. It was a sight that never failed to mesmeri...
"I sense a man!" Dalinda thought to herself. "I sense a real man!" This was, of course, impossible. On the space colony Iberium, that orbited Titan in the cold darkness of space, there were no men, only Vampires like Dalinda. You see, Iberium is a safe haven for Vampires. No human has ever set foot here. Only one thing could explain her feelings: they were,...
Blue sky is something taken for granted. Humans are acutely tuned to the world they were meant to be born in. A dark sky means rain, a black sky means storms, and a red sky means war or worse. The sky of Terra 8 was red. At first, Kurt thought it was beautiful. Everyone thought so at first. As the months passed, the red sky and orange sun began to bother him...
Adi and Ajay dashed towards the community building of The Colony after they had prepped Priya. They reached the building in a minute and went straight to the terrace. They saw that the stage was almost ready. Also, not many of the colony residents had arrived. The men got ready for their work. At today's party, the Chef, Adi, had created Italian cuisines, w...
As the sun creeped up over the sandy cliff sides, the caves began to hum with activity. Dragons of all shapes, colors, and sizes crawled out drowsily from their dens, eager to bask in the warm spring sun. The last of the early morning frost melted away into a glittering dew on the sparse grasses as another day in the colony began. Vesp watched all of this f...
Copyright first edition 2013, 2015 Chapter 3 I'm strapped in tight that my chest could barely lift to take in air. My eyes drew to horizon transforming from blue to a lush spread of green as the hovercraft descended to travel down the street of a mossy treelined town. It looked so like the life in the pictures in my mother's childhood photo album: more hum...
Everyone was seeking an opportunity to get off-planet before an asteroid destroyed all life on Earth, and the Zorteff controlled the colony ships. But if you were not a scientist going into space for training or someone selected for the colony ship, your only chance- if you were a woman- was to go with the Zorteff as one of their "servants." If a woman did t...
My thanks and deep appreciation go to dforrest3 for his help in editing this chapter of Building Utopia. I feel we now have a much better product. As with all authors however, the errors are mine. * Early the next morning, true to his word, Roger and the new settlers began building barracks for the single men and women to live in and small cabins for the...
Author's Note: I am releasing this story in chapters as a serial. If you have not read the previous chapters, please do so, else you are doomed to be forever lost, lonely, and confused. In the previous installment, Lina and Arabel arrived home to find their colony without a queen and in total disarray. The two women, with their remaining lychee and the g...
The rest of the family is introduced, Ray learns the history of his family's people, and takes his place as leader of the family. Hope you enjoy. Jb7 Ray's Ring (Part 10 Family secrets; Ray's new role) PART 10-A (Prologue and introductions) Ray pulled into the driveway by the farmhouse he shared with his father, Tom, step mom, Carolyn and step sist...