And just where did you leave your colony?
WritingGroupChallenge -- 04/14/2020 This Week's Writing Challenge is least 1000 words on: "And then, as if the very earth it self rose up in defiance: it happened." Our mission: Establish a functioning base on the planet, Lacaille 9387- delta,...
Lament, Chapter 2
-\<FILE BEGIN\>- DISCOVERY DATE: 06/12/2012 RECOVERY DATE:: 07/12/2012 RECOVERY STATUS: HOSTILE, PACIFIED WITH FORCE ASSIGNED STAFF: DRS. ITOSHI, MANFELD, REYNOLDS -\<FILE END\>- The cells were a lot better than they could have been. When you...
Ebon, Chapter Three
The door to my bedroom banged open, jerking me out of my dreamless sleep. I rolled over swiftly, propping myself up on one arm as my father trudged into my room, holding a white USPS box under one arm. "Oh, dammit dad, don't scare me like that."...
Ebon, Chapter One
I met him online, in a chat room hosted by one of my friends. Within a few weeks of meeting each other we entered a relationship that would scar the rest of my life with its ebon touch. His voice, his touch, his deathly cold glare would haunt me for...
Teaser: As Below, So Above
Teaser for: As Below, So Above by Mut He'd found the note clipped to Thomas's bunk with a magnet. It had been written in an urgent, passionate scrawl as uncharacteristic of the rat as the words. It spoke of sacrifice and redemption, temptation and...
Rising Power - Chapter 6 + 7, The Alloy Furnace and Battle Vu'Eltrys
Chapter 6 \* \* \* The Alloy Furnace \* \* \* I essentially quit my job as a messenger. It's not like anyone was looking for me, and no one could find me unless they could get in and out of Nox'Hyem, so it wasn't a big deal. It's been about a week...
Misplaced Muse
Lucid dreaming of a world gone by, Wishes made on the tails of stars, Only to reinforce steely bars. Screaming, arms raised to the sky. Blink, and you miss the wonder, One night so torn asunder. Dreams forgotten, stories left untold, It...
The Curtain of Stars (a Tale of Furry Spaceflight)
The first male in space. since he had been old enough to grasp the concept of space travel, flint had been obsessed with going into orbit one day.
The Countdown
FIVE, brayed the voice of Control, making her ears prick and the fur rise along her spine. A mission FOUR the sake of all furkind, the media had called it. At the boom of THREE she braced in the launch suit, giddy with pure oxygen, and tucked her...
Clipped Wings
Now unable to hold back their tears of joy as they saw you in the official space overall, bearing your name and crew-number proudly on your chest under the logo of the space-agency.
Words from Far Away
Karezuma Base, Earth Date 17.5.2246 It has already been 2 months and 3 days since I was assigned here. So far, no major problems to report. According to the results from the Environmental Verification, the planet should be ready for settlements. But...
Space Warrior Hitachi
space warrior hitachi by david sutherland aka marsten y'know, whoever first said that thing about the 'cold vacuum of space' was really on to something. i mean, damn!