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Schemes of the Unknown Unknown Ch. 08

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Eight Aladdin - 3753 C.E. When Captain Kerensky was offered the opportunity to be captain of an Interplanetary Space Ship, she welcomed it full-heartedly. It was exactly the distraction she needed so soon after the messy fallout accompanying her divorce from Veronika. The heartache and acrimony that accompanied their separation had driven Nadezhda t...

Incident on Space-station Vega

by Shibbar on Apr 22, 2025

PLEASE READ! This story has been written with the game mode in mind! Press the 'Start Game' button on the menu to the right to get the intended experience. Try to avoid using the 'Previous Chapter' button unless necessary, as it will interfere with the variables. Game reset may be required when chapters are added or updated. The game and story is in the fini...

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Schemes of the Unknown Unknown Ch. 23

by bradley_stoke on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Twenty Three Intrepid - 3755 C.E. Beatrice wandered contemplatively across the freshly grown lawns on the outermost level of the Intrepid. The space ship's restoration systems had at last made the level habitable although not everything had quite returned to the condition it had been before. New trees had been planted but were modest in comparison t...

Jake's Fortune Ch. 07

by vWrath on Sep 13, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

"When Jake Evans appeared, we knew we had to do something." -- Lindsey Z. Edelin, Secretary of Defence, United Earth Front, Addressing the United Earth Senate, April 2178 *** His uncle had almost managed to convince him to stay when they arrived. Five military Hunter-Killers were right on their tail. The fast ships were coming in hot from the directi...

Into the Unknowable Ch. 07

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Seven Intrepid - 3756 C.E. When Colonel Vashti strolled into the living room where Beatrice was sitting, it was no surprise to her at all to see the android staring ahead of her with an expression of intense concentration. Beatrice turned her head round to face the colonel. "Would you mind telling me what has just happened?" she asked. Colonel Va...

Heavy Matter

by xannatharr on Sep 14, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Long considered a possibility by theoretical physicists, Heavy Matter was proven real when a meteorite only 3 feet in diameter came to earth in Canada's remote Northwest Territory with an explosion that left a crater over a half mile wide. Only a few hundred Native Americans and their Caribou herds were killed, and the strong polar jet stream kept the worst...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 05

by bradley_stoke on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Mars - 3752 C.E. The gust of wind that blew over the red soil picked up a fistful of red dust and brushed it against Colonel Vashti's visor. Through the scattered grains, she was able to admire a landscape that was both splendidly barren and untidily littered with the detritus of war. A tank that had sunk inside a crater was weathered by wind rather than ru...

Into the Unknowable Ch. 01

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

The Anomaly - 3755 C.E. What could be seen looked very much like a lion. It was a lion, however, whose tail was alive in a way a lion's tail should never be. Instead of gathering in a tassel, the tail ended with the head and body of a snake that hissed and curled around itself. It was a lion moreover that had the head of a goat arising absurdly from the mid...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 17

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Seventeen Feynman - 3754 C.E. Jaden was in love with the wrong woman. By rights the one he loved the most should be Michelle, but it wasn't his long term partner whose mere presence shortened his breath and excited his heart however much he wished otherwise. Instead, the chief object of his lust was Svetlana. This was an utterly futile love, of...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 20

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter TwentyMilton - 3751 C.E. It was the couple's good fortune that the only space ship Lieutenant Korolyov could provide for Paul and Beatrice at short notice for their journey onto Earth was the Ambassadorial Cruise Ship, SS Milton. The luxury space ship was diverted from its journey from Jupiter orbit to the Asteroid Belt to carry the diplomatic bagga...