As the ship settled smoothly into the clearing in the woods, its' single passenger made the final preparations to put the drive into standby. The pilot's name was largely unpronounceable by the natives of this planet, so it chose to call itself Cuckoo for the length of its stay. Not that it anticipated a great deal of communication with the planet's inhabita...
Sam picked himself off the ground staring at Mellos. Rubbing the side of his face he thought, 'Damn I actually felt that.' "What in the hell is your problem?" He asked. "You are, you miserable piece of garbage." Mellos spit out venom at him. Sam could only shake his head in confusion. Walking up to Sam, Mellos started, "I thought when I started to heal t...
After a bad day, you, Jacob Ryan, are reading in the library. Suddenly, you spot a weird american history book, it talks about the Native Americans and their curses. The only one that catches your eye is the "Change or listen" curse. The book explains that the curse was passed down amd changed into its neutered, powerless, younged sibling, "ei...
You slip your CashCard through the slot and the Rent A Room door glides open. Looking in, you see a bed, sink, shower and dresser. On the dresser are three metal cubes, each about three feet on each side. You know that these containers hold the DrokSar, natives of this planet. They welcomed the Human expansionists with much zeal, for the DrokSar are parasit...
Tacitus Salutem The background for this story is the Batavian Revolt in the year 69, as mentioned by Tacitus. It was rumored that the Batavian leader, Claudius Civilis had a personal reason as well as the anger of his people to stand up to the Romans. A7inchPhildo helped with the Latin and HawaiiBill took care of the editing. Noviomagus, Dies Mercurii xv M...
One of the problems in Islam is Muslim women. Frankly, they're too damn submissive, and as a Muslim man, I can't stand that type of behavior in a woman. That's why I married a bossy Muslim woman. Let me tell you how we met. My name is Ali Mustapha and I'm a black man of Somali descent living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. I was born in the City of Cornwall,...
The trick when you make a rookie mistake is to make sure as few people as possible know about it which was going to be difficult after losing an entire day to mystical after glow. The creature I was sent after was a burly quadruped with a razor back bone and porcupine quills with the rough form and agility of a large cat. Arguably it was likely to start eati...
"Alright, so in the morning we'll get another group together to go ashore. A couple of them that almost shit their pants today, they stay behind this time. Pick out guys that can handle themselves," Karl said. "We'll bring our trading materials along with us, see if we can't bribe our way into getting to see what's what around here." "So you really think we...
When the elves had crossed the great ocean and come to the Sunset lands, they had found themselves almost immediately at home. The local spirits and gods and the like had a similar -- if not identical -- stance when it came to the great Tellings and while their stories did not mesh, they didn't come into direct conflict. And so, elves who wished to find high...
Abel Kalitz considered his new appointment a distinctive honor. As the first Ambassador of the Federation of West Asia to the Dekerin Domains, he hoped to get the tall, hairless, orange-skinned humanoid extraterrestrials to establish permanent diplomatic ties with his country, one of 12 nations still in existence on Earth. The FWA already had 2 lunar colonie...