Captain John Logan started his career in Star Force as an eager 16 year old cadet. As he watched the Epsilon Space Station loom closer on the viewscreen of his shuttle, he thought back to that first day in the Academy and how he had dreamed of commanding a battlecruiser some day. The war with the Prajuk had ended and John had never seen real action. But he h...
"Stop fucking about back there!" your father yelled from the driver's seat towards yourself and your older brother as your game of I Spy had escalated to the mild violence of trying to give each other dead arms. "Sorry Dad" you both replied in unison. It was not unusual for your Father to have sweary outbursts or even lash out from the ti...
Allyby region is a large country with a predominantly human population. Scattered with mountain ranges, the largest of which is in the north of the region, it lives mainly on the trade, agriculture and mining. Allyby is covered with large hills and has mostly a mild climate, allowing the population to live both in the city and in smaller village. The landsca...
The evening started off innocently enough. My husband, Bill, and I had a dinner party for a bunch of our friends. We all enjoyed the food, companionship and some great wine. As the night progressed the guests started to dwindle. Some had babysitters waiting, others had to work the next day and some were just tired. Eventually it was just Bill, me and our fri...
Chapter 04 -- Komal, the Mild-mannered Lady | 3 years later, Present Day | For someone who was so mild-mannered, Komal was a very demanding lady, Sundar thought. She demanded punctuality, she demanded perfection in tasks she gave Sundar, she demanded Sundar keep to rigid timelines, and most of all she demanded financial tributes. Financial tributes were ve...
It was a private island, not very large, one of the Keys; few went near it. Some said it was haunted, others mentioned secret government experiments; very nasty things happened there, or so people said. Hardly surprising given who used to own it. Dr. Armand Porneau: the Mozart of genetic research; submitted his first patent while in his teens; was a multi-...
So very hot …. It had been a long hot summer so far and it didn’t look like there was any relief in sight. The temps were climbing every day into the 90’s. Everyone was slowing down. It seemed even the traffic lights had no ambition to change from red to green and nobody was complaining because they didn’t want to move anyway. Few people were out and a...
It was twilight on the peninsula that marked the northernmost tip of the southern continent, a place where the weather was always balmy and mild, though the inhabitants were seldom as pacific as the climate. Arun was a major port of call for all kinds of travellers. Merchants sailing north or south, mercenaries temporarily between wars, priests on pilgrimage...
Bears, Porridge, and Honey: A Pair of Goldilocks by The Preve Story One---The Sticky Cheerleader: Part One The Gundersson Brothers lived in the forest: Olaf, Sigmund and Gurd. They prospered through honey making, courtesy of Olaf. Sigmund supplemented the income, selling wood supplies to the local furniture company. Gurd's hunting saved on groceries; meat...
News of trouble once again reached Aeriella at the court, the peasants were complaining that a werewolf has been terrorizing the neighbourhood. The sorceress had certain knowledge about these creatures and knew that most of them were not evil, the "terror" was most likely caused by someone who could not fully control themselves in their animalistic form. The...