Chapter Ten We were on the bridge, and had barely entered light speed, with ten days ahead of us. Well, I was on the bridge with Bellona, the others were in the nursery with our babies. Bellona said, "It's done," in her usual sweet tone of voice, but I could hear the conflict in it. The future looked bright for us, but I felt that same doubt and regret ab...
Ch. 2: David and Ainsley greet a new reality. Author's Note "An Artificial Life" is the first story I have written, an exploration of general-purpose artificial intelligence - how that might come about and what that might mean. As a new author, I was grateful and overwhelmed by the generous response and helpful comments, as well as the significant number...
Part 1: Reika and Irene **** **** **** With C&C from D.B. Story **** **** **** (Herm/Bi-'bot (2), Bi-'bot/Bi-'bot, rom, SciFi, ASFR) WRITER'S NOTES: I've been editing D.B. Story's various works for the past few years now. I've long been impressed by his overall world view concerning robotics, AIs and how they would interact with humans in general....
Author's Note: This is a heavy chapter with a lot going on, but we are almost to the end. Only two more chapters await you after this one. Thank you for all the comments on the story. Please enjoy. ***** "I'm so sorry for your loss." Stephen steeled his insides and nodded before passing to the next person who sprouted much the same sentence as he had alr...
~~Beatrice~~ She slipped on her boots and stepped out of her alcove, her little cave in a cave. "Going out?" Aaron said. "Yeah, just to hang with Julias's childe." "Right right, making friends with Invictus." She shrugged and gave the man a little push on the shoulder. "The Circle is small. Carthians and Invictus are huge. We're not at war with them you...
Author's Note: This is a work of pure fantasy. The story contains sexual activities and situations between a man and a humanoid cat-girl that are to be read only by readers above the legal age of consent. All characters having sexual relations are above the age of 18. Or whatever the legal age is on whatever planet they came from. All the character names,...
USS Ajax, Deck 2 Mid - Science Lab: Lt Sasha Hrelle looked up from her hand, eyes narrowing across the table at her opponents and grimacing. "Hmmm... I think I have bupkis here." Lt Jim Madison's broad dimpled chin lifted as he raised the ante into the pot. "And I think I'll have to upgrade the onboard Universal Translator for all your Yiddish words."...
Sir Harold Voltaic: Paladin of the Order of the Crimson Rose, stood a lonely vigil atop Black-Scar Crag. With the coming of dawn he would go to his wedding, one he was far from ready for, for oh so many reasons. Let's start with the fact that he had just met his bride-to-be that day. Not much time for a romance to develop you must admit. Now let's consider...
The badge clipped onto your shirt pocket reads "Lewis Smith", and a not-flattering-but-not-unflattering picture of you is next to your name. Underneath is written the text "Junior Laboratory Worker". Your job is largely grunt work; you mix chemicals, prepare injections, handle paperwork, and generally do whatever you're told. You have alw...
Fifty years after a nearly apocalyptic world war, human population is a fraction of what it had been. In an effort to restore the dangerous population levels, women were enslaved and used as reproductive machinery. In the natural response to such arbitrary oppression, a courageous leader arose among the women and led many of them out of the giant maternity-c...