Test Trial No. 1
"Will she show?" Amya Chandler asked. A thickset woman in her forties. The dark-skinned matron from Chad was a senior analyst with the Biggston-Raine consumer engineering firm. She and a dozen of her companions were sitting not so patiently in a circle...
Treacherous Shoals Part 1
Once the enormous creature that was the director of the sea-life rescue quietly ferried the last of the dolphins to the water and slipped in after them, the...
Test Trial No. 3
The metal frame surrounding a partially dismantled excavator came crashing to the ground under the coercion of some enterprising dragons, making Camila jump and...
Hurricane Kim Chapter 27
The sadness of the baleful calls fed into me until I was swept away by the feelings of loss at how much dimmer the world was with the disappearance of the lights gone that day. The smell of my brother fell away when I sat up and swayed in time to the...
Hurricane Kim Chapter 26
"I'm what?" I said, with ears fanned open in surprise. My head tilted so far over in puzzlement that I thought my neck was going to snap. Looking back at the city, with helicopters buzzing over it like flies on rancid meat, I made sure that there were,...
Learning To Fall Part 4
Six guns remained trained on the alien computer where it continued to lay, with its only movement being to drag its head around to observe the culmination of the events it had set in motion. The alien continued to be oblivious to the gruesome injuries...
Learning To Fall Part 9
The rest of the morning passed that way. Serena inside with Luke and Lucy, Brian under the colorful tutelage of Kim, and Tom conversing with Thumper and Prometheus. All around them the scurrying soldiers doing this and that, and for the most part...
Learning To Fall Part 8
The next morning, an unknown figure came in. Poking its head into the shelter the person paused with a sudden startled inhalation. The thin early morning light just barely revealed the figures before it, but also revealed the objective. Gathering its...
Learning To Fall Part 7
"I recommend, Brian and Serena, that you return to your university and start on your research right away. I'm sure you know the value of what you are embarking upon, and what it will mean for the world. I want you to continue to consult with the...
Hurricane Kim Chapter 3
All my glee boiled away like water on a hot stove when I turned backed to my husband and his eyes shimmering with tears. Startled, I reared back and my own began to burn once more... Tom... Tommy? What is wrong? I warbled, uncertain of what just...
The Days After
"Three... two... one...! Ready or not, here I come!" Liam took his hands off from over his eyes and looked around the back yard for his little sister. The 7-year-old's eyes quickly scanned over the trees, the swing set, his father's tool shed, and the...
Relentless Waves
The constant pounding of the relentless waves and the cry of birds were the only sounds on the remote island. A scene that should have been one of exquisite beauty....