They flew without event for some time, the timeless pairing off Xii and Rider against an eternal backdrop of stars and ether-whorls. As they went, Tro'onbi hummed a gentle tune that Hyl'ena had sang with her sister long ago. Images of her lost sibling flicked through her mind like a sepia-paged picture book, and presently the rider found herself drifting off...
THIS STORY IS INTENDED FOR ADULT READING ONLY. ---------------------------------------------------- Space tourism is beginning. But have the rocket scientists and venture capitalists really thought about the sort of deals they can offer? ---------------------------------------------------- The Cessna business jet climbing out over the white and pink bea...
Summary: Senior Lieutenant Ranji Kandikan has returned home to his parent's estate under armed escort led by his blood-brother, Lieutenant Bilan Monaycote. While he has been away at training, opposition to his efforts to change the way women are treated in the military has increased. Members of his family and his command have been injured emotionally and p...
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Returning home from the gym at 7:15, Jenni Giles found a note from her PA Rhonda that she was out on a long run to sweat off some of the previous evening's gluttony and would be back about 8:00. Jenni had showered at the gym changed clothing. Sipping coffee she began adding responsibilities to each person on her staff list. Twenty minutes later she took a...
Episode 1- A New Face Amy sat next to Rory in the TARDIS, watching as the Doctor runs round the consol, bashing with his fists, a hammer, whatever comes to hand. Amy snuggled into Rory's shoulder, feeling his warm neck against her ear. Rory started to pull her in closer, but was interrupted by three loud bangs on the TARDIS door. "Doctor, what was that?"...
Rob slammed the oven door shut, fuming. Shooting a glance out the window he could see his wife laughing with their guests, mingling and enjoying the BBQ. Which was exactly what he was supposed to be doing, it had even been his idea -- yet here he was precariously balancing trays of food, struggling on his own to prepare everything at once and without a singl...
It was raining—not just a light sprinkle, but a downpour that left puddles on the sidewalks and filled in the low spots of every street for miles. I stared out the hotel window and sighed. Three days into my vacation and I hadn't been to the beach. A trip to the hotel pool proved a waste of time. Children splashed and played in the water, their screams reve...
I spent one long year struggling in art school after graduating high school. When that didn't work out, something about me not being good enough, I spent the next two years finding out that the military wasn't my cup of tea either. Using my hard won G.I. benefits I came back home and enrolled in a three-year architectural drafting school, which I really love...
Danger looms across the galaxy as the Empire's secret weapon, the Death Star, is finalized and ready to wreck havoc. Though a small rebel alliance has attempted to hold them off, their efforts have been mostly in vain - until now. The secret schematics of the superweapon were leaked following a high-stakes operation, which lead to those plans being inserted...