Starborne - Trial by Fire: Final Countdown
### 2.5 Final Countdown A deep gasp, eyes flying open - I'm back in the real world! It quickly turns out circumstances are no better than in the Iridescent's dream-like reality: The first breath I take back in my real body falls short to provide more...
Knight of Soular: Chapter 8
Chapter 8 "Why have you followed me?" Garrick whispered softly as his arm rose to block the morning sun stabbing his eyes through the canopy of thick oak trees. They had been searching all morning for the little valley that Eugene had described, the...
Biohazard Chapter 3
Chapter Three * * * "So you had him there. You were talking over lunch. You had the _perfect_ opportunity... and you_choked_?" Hanai looked over the rim of her wine glass and gave her a stern look. "Please tell me you did not choke..." she demanded...
Episode 16: Immunity Crisis Pt. 1
Bear witness to the death of a world. A small emerging industrial world sat unaware of the danger approaching it. A black, undulating mass that blotted out the stars moved into its solar system. The planet's astronomers were fascinated by it when...
Rehabilitation
“Is it safe for her to be doing that?” A woman asked. Two people sat alone in a room, a large television display in front of them showing a live video feed from a patient room. The woman who’d asked the question was holding a digital tablet in her...
"Behesht"
"Behesht" When father died, I cleansed his remains and wrapped them in a sheet, then secured them in a sling I'd fashioned ahead of time. His thirty-five-kilogram corpse strapped to my back, I made the long climb up the dusty steel ladder of the...
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 26
Strong Soul found herself wandering the corridors of the Rose when she wasn't needed on the bridge, and now that they were well and truly away from the scene of the battle and on their way back to Mss'ranaw, the small fleet had little use for her....
A Warrior's Heart, Chapter 12
It was different traveling with so many Mrr'tani. The thought that just a short time ago, being surrounded by all the others who were constantly in motion, diligently working at their tasks to keep the Ferret on course and on time, would have been one...
A Warrior's Heart Chapter 11
The human crew's mess hall stank of human sweat and blood when the door slid to the side at Strong Soul's touch to the release. She stood in the doorway with Stargazer behind her and two of the Ferret's Mrr'tani crew on either side behind him. The...
Story Excerpt - An Unanticipated Gunfight
My loyal supporters got exclusive early access to this excerpt from the scifi-fantasy, rough and tumble, space-cop mystery adventure i've been working on, tentatively titled "shifting scales."
Episode 22G: The Chaos We Sow...
================ The Chaos We Sow Special 22 By Vakash Darkbane ================= Admiral Felix Leyton strode through the polished corridors of Fleet Headquarters, a faint, almost imperceptible smirk playing on his beak. Today, the burdens of months –...
Flush From the Den
\>With a sharp cry from the driver, the carriage starts off along the cobblestone streets, and into the night \>The ride isn't smooth until the driving horse hits its stride; then you hardly feel the stray dogs beneath the wheels, the potholes that...