Few people realize the full width of the advances in medical and biological science in recent years. So let me bring you up to speed, and tell you about some of them. DNA and stem cell triggering Your basic organic cell, called a stem cell, has no idea of what he’ll be - an eye, a fingernail, a heart or a brain cell, whatever. There’s a profile package of DN...
*This is going to be a slow start as I set up background and the main character.* Titus woke to a large weight on his chest. He wrapped his arm around it, only to discover fur instead of the smooth skin of his wife he was expecting. It was a couple of seconds before his still half-asleep brain processed that his wife did not suddenly grow fur. "Move, Ch...
...And then it was morning. Light shone through partially open blinds onto Larissa's nude form. She calmly underneath her bedsheets, sleeping deeply. The events of the previous night were forgotten to her; she'd get what she wished for, even if she didn't know what was coming. Anything and everything she would want, no matter how sexual, could become a reali...
Juniper Keys stood behind the reception desk of CreaTOAD Ltd., fidgeting with the hem of her company-issued blazer. She adjusted it like she might adjust her armor—if only armor came in gray poly-blend. At 22, she was the youngest employee in the building, still fresh out of college and grappling with the art of adulthood. Her perfectly straightened ponytail...
Indubitable Brown ("Doobie" to his public school form mates, Dooobie doo, to his enemies) was,in 1843, the sole remaining heir to the Brown fortune . Though the names of several of his ancestors are more familiar (Charles "Charlie" Brown, the famous footballer and "Capability" Brown, Queen Victoria's head gardener are well known throughout the empire, as are...
Chapter One Howard’s Mind Control Chip and an opportunity arrives Howard Wolowitz sat in the dimly lit engineering lab, surrounded by a maze of wires and electronic components that sprawled across the cluttered desk. His eyes gleamed with a mix of pride and mischief as he stared through a microscope at a minuscule metallic square between his thumb and forefi...
Commission DM story: Clitical Hit Permanent damage, read at your own risk! Or skip the last paragraph or two. "Roll to hit, " Nina, the DM for this game sighs as Val, playing a Barbarian cackles with delight. Val had given her Barbarian, the Bashir, a very kinky and mischievous personality, often resulting in a low blow to the poor character she w...
**Note to any who read the old version. I have changed some of the intro over the years as my writing hobby progresses. I'm sorry if that bugs anyone.** As students trickled into Professor Melissa Rodrick’s senior-level biology class, the lecture hall filled with a subdued hum of conversation. Known for her early-morning lectures, Professor Rodrick often fac...
The club was alive tonight. Like a living creature the veins of vitality flow, pulsing throngs of people entertaining themselves to the beat of a dark sound. The flowing music washed over Tasha, the very touch of it's sonic wave upon her ears excited her. Perhaps the beat of the bass line was making that exciting tingle cross her flesh. Her body seemed to re...
A review of Brad Anderson's "The Machinist" Years from now, when cinephiles look back to 2004, they will find with little surprise that many of the best and most memorable movies of the year didn't come from Hollywood, nor were they acknowledged by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "The Machinist" will be one of those movies. Overlooked...