For the first time in the history of the Earth he was warm. The sun was a red bloated ball on the far horizon. Without the ozone and radiation belts the solar radiation soaked into his old bones. The hideous Beast of the six's shifted in his seat of power. With a sigh he lifted his eyes and looked at the velvet blackness of space. The cold emptiness chilled...
Blue! Beautiful blue as far as the eye could see. Blue oceans teaming with life. Blue skies marred only by a handful of white fluff. Although in a few hours, the tropical afternoon heat might well give way to something more ominous. The white clouds replaced by storm clouds, but that was life. Storms always came when you were a mutant. Raven rested her hand...
Happy to say that the conclusion of this story should be coming soon. Thanks to all who commented and I hope you continue to enjoy the story. _____________________________________ Returning with food in hand, Sang Nam nearly dropped the take away container when he saw Angela kneeling with Linnsa in her arms and her blood on her clothes. Running to them, he...
Because I hadn't been able to sleep, I'd jumped out of my hotel bed and left for the airport at least an hour early, afraid I'd miss the plane. I talked to the cabdriver for thirty minutes straight. I couldn't stop myself from rambling. I looked everywhere and commented on everything: the color of a passing car, a pedestrian's skirt, the sign in front of a b...
Two Night Errants and a familiar travel East. They are hunting a King of Beasts and being hunted by a Queen of Thorns. They are not particularly nice. -Expository fragment of the Malaveve prophecies Sephora's view of the camp was obscured by darkness. Stygian trees that resembled a hag's twisting claws concealed a crescent moon. A fire pit residing in...
Thank the deity of your choice for Moore's Law. By 2030, computers were bumping up against the speed-of-light limit, but thanks to technological breakthroughs making the circuits smaller, as well as advancements in parallel processing, Moore's Law continued to hold. And by 2035, we'd reached "the singularity", where computers (androids, actually) could des...
"What do you mean I am a vampire like you?" I looked at Kaleb blankly. "I drank your blood and transferred the vampirism via my saliva through the wound into your body. You can't compare it to an infectious disease. It's rather like an infectious mutation. Just one day and you are no longer a human being. Invulnerable, immortal, superhuman strong, forever y...
"Can I help you find anything else?" I look from the staring, bloodshot eyes of the cashier, down to the package of faintly green-tinted meat in front of him. I look back up at him, and try not to watch the fat, spiny white worm slowly traveling up his face. The last thing I want to think of is where it will end up. "Nah. Just the bacon, thanks," I say qui...
Dr. Darrah went to Mikhail's parents' funeral. She was not religious, but out of respect to Mikhail she went. He looked gorgeous in a suit, yet tragic. An old priest led a procession with two coffins were brought into the church. Inside the churchgoers sang "Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us" three times. Inside the church, t...
VGreen Grass of Home Betty2037 Betty wasn't a naturist. That was a crappy thing to be. That was just like being a member of the National Trust or a Civil War re-enactment society. But she did make a point of wearing clothes as rarely as possible. She was proud and unashamed to assert herself as both Vegetarian and Green. And these were words that were defin...