Chapter 1: No Good Deed...
> #### AGAINST THE TIDE Chapter One: No Good Deed > > > “The more one forgets himself – by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love – the more human he is.” > ~ Viktor E. Frankl Thom’s day had hit a high point. After...
Dark Fracture Chapter 1 - Emergence
Dark Fracture Chapter 1 - Emergence It felt like clock work to me, Every night after I had fallen asleep I would have this vivid dream. I would stand upon a high balcony with a plaza that was filled with a crowd of chanting...
The Lost Kitten, A Christmas Story: The Intro
-The Intro They say that Christmas was the time of miracles, peace on Earth, good will towards men, and a bunch of advertisements meant to separate the populace from their hard earned money to buy materialistic goods that had no baring on the first...
Cry Wolf - I: The Sheppard boy
Pauric wished his day had started to deteriorate when the sheep went missing. At least that would have been like ripping off a bandaid. It had been going so well too. As the village of Den’s main merchant, he arbitrated many deals that saw an...
Mission 01.1 - Proving Grounds
> “_We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.”_ > _~_ Anaïs Nin “Shit...” She said out loud to herself as she dove for cover The sound of energy sizzled over head as an explosion flash just in front of the barricade as...
Dark Fracture: Part 2 - Fault Lines
Dark Fracture Part 2 - Fault Lines I slowly started to wake up to a comfortable feeling of a fuzzy warmth around me. A rather decent improvement over the feeling of the cool air with nothing but the simple light sheet that I went to bed...
Chapter 8: Epilogue
> “_There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.” > ~Cassandra Clare, [City of Heavenly Fire](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/13629068)_ The image bobbed clumsily as the astronaut tried...
Dark Fracture Part 4 - Subversion
Dark Fracture Part 4 - Subversion Forth Commander Mrala Linhethal held a rigid look of military discipline as she stood on the deck of the raised command platform overlooking her subordinates on the bridge. While she didn’t care much for the...
Chapter 4: Beguile at Farpoint
> “_Things are not always what they seem, the first appearance deceives many. The intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”_ > _- Phaedrus_ Thom had first world problems in the worst possible way. And this was amplified by...
The Lost Kitten, A Christmas Story: - Epilogue
-Epilogue, 1 Year later “So, how was it?” I looked up from my plate to see the smiling face that was looking at me from the other side of the counter that I was sitting at. “Delicious as always Kitten.” I said with a smile after swallowing...
Chapter 2: Goes Unpunished
> _"A hero is not someone who does something courageous when he has nothing to loose and something to gain, but rather, he is the one who acts well when he has nothing to gain and everything to loose." > - Aurther Forman_ Thom had one of those...
The Lost Kitten, A Christmas Story: Bump in the Night
- Bump in the night I was doing my after work routine, sitting in what would be described as an old Mom and Pop's dinner like they had way back in the 1950's finishing my plate of food. The place did look the part, everything was a throwback to...