This will be the last chapter of this story posted on this website. I am currently re-writing it and adding additional details in the hopes of having it published commercially. Thank all who have left feedback and voted. Your ideas have helped me take this story into the best possible direction. Jamie awoke the next morning to the sound of her alarm. Groani...
Lana sat down at the kitchen table with a book of andyne fairy tales. "So uh..." said Arin, filling the kettle and putting it on the stove. The kitchen was just off the living room, on the left upon entering Arin's quarters. The hallway that branched off to the right led to Arin's bedroom, the bathroom, and the office, which contained the laundry closet. "...
Reflection 3: What exactly is Pornography? The question is straight forward, but defining it is altogether another matter. It is one of those words that has a multitude of meanings. Most think it's a dirty, mudded word and will not even say it; it evokes so many negative connotations and avoids it as if the word itself held a disease without really knowin...
Only Marcella and Richard know PLATO's true powers, but the outside world is rapidly closing in. Others have found out about the PLATO project and are trying to steal PLATO... or at least enough of him to grow their own neural network computer. This story stands-- more or less-- on its own but might make more sense if you have read the previous chapters. P...
USS Surefoot, Deck 5, Brig: "Not very palatial in here, is it?" Giles had been lying in his bunk in the brig, staring at the blank wall opposite. Now, at the sight of Captain Hrelle standing on the other side of the force field door, he rose to attention. "At ease." As Giles relaxed a little, Hrelle nodded to the Security Officer at the brig control panel...
Chapter 6 Hitchhikers Manual Entry # 7539287287.2 Category: Language Language is, at base, a mind-bogglingly useful device for sentient beings to give instructions to each other regarding various tasks that need performing. It also serves to enable sentient beings to feign sympathy, affection and other mind-sets likely to put one's fellow beings at ease a...
Arthur's day was not going especially well. This in spite of the fact that he'd had sex twice and met a girl who was turning out to be rather nice, all things considered. Of course, he'd also 1) been accused of financial malfeasance (by the very girl who was now keen to bestow sexual favors on him); 2) lost his home planet (a quaint carbon-heavy sphere known...
Chapter 5 Unpleasant Truths As the fires didn't ravage the surface of Destran, deep beneath the surface of the planet, changes were also happening. Life on Destran had evolved to not only survive the burning times, but to thrive because of them. While some animal species mimicked the sentient immigrants to the planet and moved into the extensive caves tha...
Clark Kent stood in front of his parents' farm, and looked at the horizon. He looked like any other young farmer in this part of Kansas, of course he was anything but. Clark Kent, adopted son of Jonathan and Martha Kent was not an ordinary youngster. He was the last survivor of the planet Krypton. Krypton was a distant world once inhabited by human-like enti...
There were once a lot of dumb people in this world. I'm amazed by this more and more every day that goes by. In all of nature, nothing that exists acts against its own best interests. Animals and plants do all that they can to ensure their own survival. All of these life forms follow the same basic plan. Self-improvement, reproduction and the furtherance of...