A Dragon's Tale-Chapter 16-The Resistance
I woke to Adelind nuzzling me. "Good morning my love,she said softly,did you sleep well?" "Yes,I said in a soft voice and nuzzling her back. "I had a dream about the day we met." "I remember,she said moving closer to me,we had gotten lost during...
A Dragon's Tale-Chapter 15-Back In Time
25 years earlier Tacoma Dragon Preserve,North Texas November 13th,2004 -2 Fahrenheit Dad,Mom,anyone?" My voice echoed in the darkness. The cold air bit me as I walked along. I had no idea where I was. I was hungry,thirsty and tired,but most...
A Dragon's Tale-Chapter 19-A Turn Of Events-Part 2
I had let down my team,my family,and every one back at the camp when I surrendered. Now,I had little to look forward to but a needle full of Cyanide. I would almost certainly be put to sleep after what I had done on the flight deck. I shuttered at the...
A Dragon's Tale-Chapter 18-A Turn Of Events-Part 1
Lightning filled the pitch black sky and waves crashed aside our RHIB as we neared the Draco. The spraying mist against my scales was something I'd never before felt. I held my snout up in the air and let the rain wash down on me. It ran through the...
Capsule - Prologue + Chapter 1
Above the desk was a shelf mounted to the wall, it held many of her science textbooks and science fiction novels from past years of education.
Part III: Escape
She realized the ordeal with the turrets had not only helped her tune her focus to become sharper than ever, it had solidified her change from Calla into Ash. She barely recognized her old self now, hardly remembered her own face. Now, she was all...
Coming Home
Three hundred and forty-five klicks above the Earth, the mess toaster from the station Europa circles the planet in a decaying orbit. A shadow flits across the ceramic white appliance. The toasting routine is triggered. The Machine Intelligence...
Galvroode Ekahshtan
He toyed with his ice cube in the glass before him, punching it against the walls of the glass and not trying to push it further into the drink. He stopped for a second and took it up and sipped from the glass. He put it back down in the same ring of...
Gate-Keeper
"Transport CH-42, this is Tannman Control. Please advance to transport position and state your mass." Ren scratched behind one of his large, triangular ears and keyed in a course to jump position, then answered. "Tannman Control, CH-42. Roger, moving...
Episode Ten: MAAB
P'rao scuffed the dust with his talons and watched the entrance to the meeting cave for any sign of Meech. His buddy had vanished into the low opening moments before, and though the mouth of the cave enjoyed a steady stream of birds both coming and...
TCoJ - Book 1 - Character Quotes
"Trust is a two way path, Mari, one that you seem to tread very lightly with me as well. ... Not all the scars we bare are on the outside." - Zenti "I am the one thing that you will never be able to run away from! I will chase you to the very pits of...
TCoJ - Book 1 - Zenti
The silver white wolf stood in the shadows of the fading daylight beneath the cover of the thick-branched trees. Watching the every move the little fox made, remembering a time when not only did she excite him but she caused a bit of fear at her...