“Rayne! Can you hand me the plasma sensor?” yelled a big, red headed man with an elegant, curled moustache towards a young woman, long, black hair flowed over her shoulders. Rayne was part of an Artificers Guild and worked at Gerard’s Workshop. Gerard, the best artificer in town, even though his shop was far from the biggest in town, had personally seen to R...
For nearly ten years I worked as a traveling salesman. My territory included the entire state of New Mexico and a small portion of Arizona, Utah, and Colorado in the immediate Four Corners vicinity. I usually confined my travel to New Mexico because the few communities in the Four Corners are small and widely separated. Actually, I had only three clients the...
It was definitely not their finest hour. Liam and Jacob made it back home, limping and wincing as they left a bloody trail through the kitchen to the downstairs bathroom. They were both very capable field medics and had a well-stocked medical kit, so they got to work patching each other up. Bites and tears were simple things to treat; the deep bullet gouges...
Note from the Author: this story is much longer than the last Hunter Hunted, which was a one shot, because I have decided to make it an extended short series. I hope you enjoy! ***** "Three days." Private Parker looked up from his desk at Commander Grant, standing at the window of the temporary office building. His arms were folded across his chest and...
Welcome to Book III of Switched! I'm so excited to be returning to this story. Expect three to five more chapters, roughly once a week, until we're done with Book III. For our returning readers, here's a quick refresher: Jessica is a super-powered Variant who can Switch her consciousness with someone else's or just move hers over and leave her body empty. H...
"Shit that was close," Ginger yelled as the fire from the drop ship ended abruptly. Mack roughly shoved Ginger away and jumped back to his gun, quickly he sent rounds out towards the Kintark troops closing in on their positions. Ginger took position behind cover with her rifle and started firing on the troops that were closing rapidly only a few scant me...
Another long overnight shift, Stacey thought. She hated to say the word, lest she jinx herself. Quiet. The ER was dead. Only two patients out of 35 beds. And being Triage Nurse, she hadn't had any activity for 4 hours. Sigh. Even the difficult crossword puzzle was done. Having recently gotten over the flu and a breakup with her ex, she was still a little wea...
"Finally, I'm promoted. " I said to myself while slouching down onto my coffee colored leather couch. I wiped my forehead with my hand. So many years of trying; so many hours of working hard, putting my body through strenuous exercise and risking my life. I'm finally a command officer! I mentally did a happy dance. I turned on the radio, listening for any n...
This story is a spin off from the Mia Mine series, where the focus is more on Mindy and Jonathon, Christine and Dirk, and the new members of the Foundation House that Mia created to help transgendered girls get the start they needed in their new lives. If you haven't read the Mia Mine series, I would strongly suggest you do so to understand the background an...
Passion in James County XV: Ben and Nancy "Mr. Barrett, could you tell me again exactly what the young woman said before she passed out?" a handsome, well-built young man wearing a dark blue sweatshirt with SHERIFF in white letters across the front asked the Jamestown High School janitor. He was Lt. Tim Jackman, head of the James County Sheriff's Department...