The paramedics were loading the still unconscious Georgina onto the ambulance when the call came through. Without telling them anything much about the reasons, Room 42 had given the Cheshire Constabulary a list of key-words to look out for in incident reports, something that they would want to be informed about. And one of them had just scored a hit. The wo...
The new specimen was waking up. Lord Xaurkoth unsealed the entrance to the specimen chamber and reared up to his full majesty, allowing only two of his tentacles to bear his weight. In this gravity, of course, even the weakest brood-swaddler could have maintained this stance, but the specimen didn't need to know that. It only needed to know that Lord Xaurkot...
10 - Funny Money: VJ and I were killing time. We were chatting about nothing and waiting for the moment the clock struck five so we could bugger off home. A baseball bat thudded onto the top of my cubicle divider. Vik and I jumped out of our skins. Fforbes grinned at us. "Sorry to break up this meeting of the mothers union, but have you noticed?" "Notice...
Chapter 33 – Renee does Playboy. Ellen The photographer and set that Renee was to use for Playboy were in Chicago, right near the Playboy mansion. Renee and Ellen were there three days, and most of that time from nine in the morning to six or seven at night, Renee told us she was either naked or wearing some frilly piece of lingerie that wasn't too differe...
Starring Lucithana as Hana Song Kitty as Nora Nathan Ravenwood as Rakain Jason as Sam Cyrano Johnson as Xata * Previously, on Starfinder: Hana, Nora, Rakain and Sam - childhood friends and currently unemployed 19 and 20 year olds -- decided to set out together on an adventure with their shared friend, Amieko Woodwise (a local orphan.) However, while e...
Jason paced back and forth in front of the repair shop, which was across the street from the distribution center where he had told Cori he would be. Luckily, the repair shop was within an acceptable radius, and therefore no attention would be drawn to him. He glanced at the time. Whoever was supposed to meet him at that location was two minutes late. He con...
This story is an interlude, a flashback explaining the backstory for Dr. Rene DuBois, played in the movie in my head by actress Lupita Nyong'o. Volunteer Lyris Price is played by Willa Holland. Paralaxia and CEO Devon Powell are creations of author "TheLearnedTentacle". ========= Seventy meters underground, below the innocuous-looking golden wheat fields...
The lake was hushed in the early morning while I drifted between mists with a fishing line dangling in the cool, dark water. It was quiet except for occasional bird songs. I'd lost a few nibbles from lack of concentration. I thought I was falling asleep when I saw a flash of magenta moving swiftly between the trees on shore. Then I saw the too small black sh...
Sisterhood: Alienation... Alien Nation? Jerry Colt: Protagonist Keeper Karen Colt: Jerry's little sister Iris Colt: Jerry's mom Jarael: Jerry's Primary Sentinel and ghost elf Serenity: Jerry's A.I. Neko: Cat Girl body slave Thorn: Lethean Twi'lek heavily tattooed bodyguard Xo'Dee: Slime Girl Dancer Naia: Chiss Strategist Lilith: Jerry's patron Bi...
"Is it safe?" Dey asked. A moment later, Loki managed to translate her question, which came out of her cellphone in what the locals sometimes referred to as 'English'. The muggy heat of the uptown Georgetown was filled with the babble of dozens of human languages and dozens of alien languages and a truly preposterous number of mosquito. Despite the best effo...