Captain's log stardate 9411.28: We are leaving Drycon 3, a mostly peaceful planet with an early warp civilization. It's refreshing to see a society where they managed to get into space with so little death and destruction. Our next stop is an uncharted system of five planets orbiting a yellow sun; our probe told us that one is a habitable class M planet with...
Just a warning: this is very different from my other submissions: more graphic and with a language warning. **************************** Sara and Mitch had been married for twenty years, and the home fires had grown pretty cold. Sara was on the verge of asking for a divorce, but Mitch was a good man, and had never done anything to wrong her. He just wasn'...
"And this is permission for you to see a Physician's Assistant. If you'll just sign there, we can get you all finished up." The intake receptionist pointed to an electronic pad. "Great! That's it. If you want to take a seat in the reception area, we'll call your name. It shouldn't be too long. In the meantime, here's some literature on the procedure. Your d...
It's early evening. I'm sat at home, watching the box. Nothing really taking my interest, so I'm doing what I normally do: channel surf until something grabs my attention. My mobile phone rings. From the caller id, I see it is my Owner. Odd. She doesn't normally call this time of day. I pick up the phone and before I can say anything She states 'One hour, sl...
The two women finished their shower and exited the cubicle. The act of taking separate towels and drying off distanced them from the intimacy they had just shared in the shower. They had washed off all evidence of the carnage that took place on the planet below. Now, barely over an Earth-day later, Daniels, the new Captain of the USCSS Covenant, and the only...
The slave follows his new Mistress along a short corridor and enters a large spacious bedroom behind her. "Sit!" She demands. He turns to follow her gesture and spies a large chair in the corner of the room. He moves over to the chair and sits with his eyes fixed to one imaginary spot on the floor. Footsteps approach and she feels a smile creep over her...
I looked at my digital watch. 20 minutes until the hyperspace transition. There were only three of us in the space probe. Max Taylor (me), Blaine Collins (the ship's captain), and Randy Sims (the captain's assistant.) My job was basically "gofer", but if I did well on this trip, I was hoping the Captain would put in a good word for my career. (Mr. Sims didn...
Jamie sat at her table enjoying her hearty breakfast when the captain came over the intercom. "Attention all personnel, this is the Captain speaking. We will be arriving at the Dyson sphere in seven hours. All department heads report the bridge in thirty minutes for final briefing. All science personnel are to stand by in their labs and observe the briefing...
No one spoke as the utility lander docked back with the Covenant in a high, safe orbit over the planet. Daniels, Rosenthal, Adams, and of course Walter were all that was left of the disastrous trip to the surface. The utility lander, flown from ship to shore on auto-guidance so as not to expose more humans to unknown contagions, methodically went through doc...
I wake up early Tuesday morning and feel a little excited. Today is the day my husband and his friend have been planning for over a month to make happen. The only part I know about the plan is that I am supposed to dress in what my husband has provided me for the day and that a car would be here at the hotel around 11am to take me to some place. I was told t...