Procyon The Fast-class cruiser RN Jericho generated a flare as it emerged from transit outside the orbit of UM-7, the last planet in the system, an equivalent distance from Sol to Sol-7, the Sun to Jupiter. It extended masts and began transmitting a request for the Transterran home office to grant a meeting with the NorCom representative it carried. Planet...
The journey to the lake folk was uneventful which suited Dravo Asta just fine. The young men had voiced their thoughts early on to Dravo and he’d told them that there would be plenty of excitement and they’d best be ready for it when it happened. “What kind of excitement, uncle?” Morolo had asked. “If we knew then it wouldn’t be excitement, now would it?”...
I’m sooooo glad I’m not driving home. Home is tooooo far. And I can’t drive. Nope. Not tonight. Margaritas. Lots and lots of margaritas. No driving for me. Nosiree Bob. We came to Joanne’s apartment. Joanne has a big comfy couch. Little apartment. Big comfy couch. Takes up the whole room. Big enough for five. Which is good, ‘cause that’s how many are on it....
Wednesday evening. She’s sitting next to Sam in his big white sofa, watching the news, waiting for the latest update on the economy news. The table in front of them are covered in newspapers, notes, and, on top of it all, Sam’s laptop. They are eagerly waiting to see if their stock has gone up over the weekend. After Ellenor’s stockbroker / one night stand h...
I’m sitting in a wine bar in the West End of London, just a short distance from my hotel. My husband, thankfully, is over 150 miles north, looking after our two children. I’ve finished my meetings earlier than anticipated, so I could have caught a train back home today, but today I fancy a little fun! I am sipping my third G and T already and it’s only four...
"Beep ... Beep... Beep... Beep ... Bee-" The alarm stopped mid-seriously-annoying BEEP. Seven thirty am. Waaay too early to even be ALIVE let alone to get ready for work... Desperately wishing for an extra ten minutes sleep, she drags herself out of bed, shivering in the early morning cold... She stumbles, still half-asleep to the bathroom, stripping off her...
This part continues right where the last ended, if you have not read it, I strongly urge you to do so. I woke up with Maya on my left and Candy on my right, thinking how great my life was. They were both still sound asleep, hugging me closely. I could feel their love, and I basked in my own love for both of these wonderful women. I lay still waiting for the...
Starring: Lady Liberty, as herself GW Bush as the Scarecrow Dick Cheney as the Tin Man Colin Powell at the Bureaucat Congress in their entirety as the Wuzard The Spook of the Mid-West - Charleton Heston Saddam as the Spook of the Mid-east Ralph Nader as the Good Spook CHATTY CAPPY:, the US intern Yuppies The helicopter pilot The Press US Sold...
Gen waited until she couldn’t take the gee-forces any longer before twitching her exo-hand and starting the crash jel. The progress bar was creeping toward zero, and had just passed the sun symbol. In ten minuets, they’d be hitting the ground, and the natives of this planet wouldn’t know what hit them. “Yi, yi, yi, yi, yi,” came over the com link. The othe...
Being Sheriff of Tuckahoe County, Tennessee means I get to see a lot of things. I say, “get to see”, but sometimes, I’d rather they just left me out of it entirely. Some of the things I’m called upon to take care of aren’t much fun, like when Clarence Upton’s boy wrapped his old blue convertible around that big oak at the end of Miller’s Lane. Not pretty, th...