They were soon underway, with Jade skilfully bringing them out of the asteroid belt, before racing away to reach the Nav beacon. As soon as they were clear of the pull of the system's gravity wells, Jade engaged the Tachyon Drive, and the Invictus leapt effortlessly into hyper-warp. They watched the icon representing their ship, as it followed the glowing gr...
Illustrations by LunA 1. VIRGIN BLOOD "I'll do it." "You sure?" Detective Joe Pratt looked at his partner skeptically. Grace had been anxious about this case since the beginning, and this latest development did not exactly improve her state of mind. She clutched her file folders to her side nervously as she and Joe stepped into the elevator of the Havens...
I have to apologize for the time it takes to produce each chapter. This one gave me a headache for a long time. Madison (ThanatopicFolds) my cool editor helped speed things up, for which I'm grateful. I've also had the kind help of Stylus. You guys rock. $$$$$$$$$$$$ The human heart is a puzzle made from pieces of our lives. There is a piece for that fir...
//Author's Note: Huge thanks to my good friends KatieTay and SkullTitti for their help in translations and tone! This story could not have been possible without their patience and assistance! All characters are 18 or older.// "Here we go," Wren whispered, as the timer counted down and the Daedalus dropped out of t-space. The disorientation passed quickly,...
Another tale of the "wild west" and the characters that lived in that exciting time. Life was simpler then; a time of stark contrast, a world of black and white. But there were a few gray areas. This is a story of one of the men who lived in that world between black and white, between good and bad, and between the law and the outlaw. Constructive comments...
"It's not good news, ma'am." "Tell me." "We, um... we bled off almost a hundred and forty thousand liters of air before I could seal the breach. We're still losing a liter about every forty-two minutes... I... I can't find any leaks in my seal, which means we gotta have another leak somewhere else... It'll take time to find it." The escape pod—roughly the...
Illustrations by LunA. 4. NAKED AND ALONE It would be her last visit to the Havenswood Psychiatric facility. She waited until the day after the funeral to do it, to say the words she swore she would never say. She couldn't look Daniel in the eye when she said them, and after she did, he couldn't look into hers. "I can't do it." Daniel Becket was too stun...
Sandra cursed as the car in front of her stopped for the red light, in her opinion far too conservatively. She was in a hurry, and had been so for a long time. Landing a job as an assistant lawyer at a small firm, specialized at environmental law, was the perfect opportunity, and more than she had dared to hope for fresh out of law school. Making a career ou...
"Are you sure you have everything?" "Yes mother: the wine, the bread, the medicine, the dried meats, my boots, my knife, my gloves, and my other knife, am I missing anything else?" Said the young woman exasperated as she tied her russet cloak. "I'm sorry sweetie," said the older woman, "in my eyes you will always be my little Rouge" "I'm not so little an...
Author's Note: everyone in this story is eighteen or older! I was in the middle of enjoying my summer vacation when an ex-President sat down on my face. The worst thing was that it was not entirely unexpected. "Mmphhmmmmhmm," I mumbled against a bunch of swimsuit. I felt Maddie's feet press against my belly, then her palms slap against the ground behind m...