"We can rule out pirates," Jena said as she reviewed the list of cargo the casualty collection team had scanned during their search of the cargo bay. Once the atmosphere was determined to be untainted, the boarding team had removed their cumbersome helmets, Jena's floated next to her. "There're no cut-ins on the hull and all the cargo is accounted for, unles...
Warning: this story contains ideas about theology based on my own bizarre and abnormal imagination. If you can't stomach something that might be "blasphemous" according to the Christian tradition, then DO NOT bloody well read this story! It SHALL offend you, if you're hung up on religious orthodoxy! * Nigel Allen was more than simply fed up with his wife,...
I sat there, facing Professor Harold Williams with a million questions, and having no idea where to begin. I just remained in my chair, still stupidly gaping at the man. Harold eyed me silently for a moment and then moved to take the seat next to me. "I suppose," he started with a slight grin, "the most obvious one would be- why are you here?" "Yeah," I fi...
CHAPTER 1 A COUNTRY BOY WILL SURVIVE BY SW MO HERMIT Lawrence Saunders opened his eyes but had yet to see anything when the pain hit. It was excruciating and he moaned while he tried to curl up in a tight ball. He felt hands pushing on his shoulders and heard a voice say, "Stop. Don't move or you'll tear out the stitches." His eyes began registering his...
The life of an angel is definitely no picnic, folks. My name is Michael. I've come to set the record straight about my Brethren. I don't know where mortals get their information but they're rather wrong about so many things it's not even funny. Whoever told you that angels are androgynous pretty guys or pretty girls with wings has definitely lied to you. We'...
The underworld was dark. It was both dark and strange. So dark that you could see nothing in it. There was so much of it down there. Such darkness. The setting fit the one who ruled over this cold darkness. The master sat on his throne. He looked positively regal. A truly beautiful man. He stood six feet three inches tall, well-built and muscular. His skin...
It's Earth Day and excuse me but it's me. You know, Earth? The planet you live on? So I figure why shouldn't I be able to go out and have a little fun for a change. I haven't had a date in geological ages, and if it weren't for the occasional comet dropping by, or a meteor shower, I wouldn't see anyone. Of course, the moon's always around, but she's so one-f...
Report 015 An Unexpected Challenge To Headquarters Science Exploration, Alpha Centauri; From Mission Commander Zed of the SS Venus, Star Date 5980, New Order report number 008. I found a traitor in my organization that I would have to eliminate. When we got back for the employment agency, Louise was waiting for us. "What do you think," she asked. "That...
Until the day I die, I will fight you bozos. Seriously. My name is Eric Wahid, and I'm a guy with problems. I was born in the City of Nabatieh, Republic of Lebanon, in early February 1987. My father Joseph Wahid is Ethiopian and my mother Catherine Al-Mansur is Lebanese, of Maronite Christian extraction. I lived an ordinary life in the City of Beirut with my...
Russell had no idea what the two trees were going to do to him. All he could do was to sit there, bound and gagged, and watch them do their preparations. He was stunned when one of the young trees knelt before the other one and starting caressing the slim trunk. It didn't take long for the youth's slim log to rise up, glistening with what had to be tree-sap....